With all our travel plans out of the way, we have started to tackle the project of packing. Yikes. Every time we have moved in the last ten years, I look around and ask myself “Where did we get all this stuff?” and “Do we really need it all?” This time is no different. It broke my heart to give away all the boys’ old clothes, but I did it. Lighten the load a little.

Cardboard and packing tape have become my new best friends, and the new scapegoat for my dry skin.