The James Family: Goodbye Tennessee!

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Goodbye Tennessee!

In February we moved from Tennessee to New Mexico. It was kind of a crazy time. The opportunity to move hadn't come up until January and it was unexpected. Also, I was 8 months pregnant, so that was a little crazy. We had always planned on moving back West at some point so I was surprised how hard and sad it was to leave Tennessee. This was really the place that we became a family, we lived here for 6 years, 2 of our kids were born here, we built our house here, and we made some really good friends. We really loved our time here and are so grateful we were able to live here for the time that we did.

One of my favorite people ever is my friend Natalie, she is seriously one of the nicest people I have ever met. I loved hanging out with her, and knowing if I ever needed anything she would always be willing to help. Our kids also really loved each other.

Owen and Sam. They had a rough go of it at first, but these last few months these boys were having so much fun together.

Brooke and Jackson. These two were only two years old when we met. It's crazy how much they've grown.

Millie and Eva. These two mostly just stole toys from each other and screamed a lot at each other, but I had high hopes for their friendship.

Natalie, I'm going to miss that girl and her cute family.

Another family we've known for a while and loved we're the Perkins. Vanessa, Harris, Jillian, and Evan.

Brooke's friend and our next door neighbor, Bethany. We are sure going to miss her.

Our family away from family was the Dahl's. We had Christmas with them and Sunday dinners, we loved these guys. The night we took this picture my kids hid in their upstairs hoping they could just stay with them. Their boys Ty, Alex, Luke, and Brooks are some of the nicest boys ever.