It's been a whirlwind since the last post.
The person who was interested in buying our house was based out of Florida, and apparently was unaware of how far outside the city we were (c'mon, can't you work google maps? Ugh!) So he decided not to buy the house. In the meantime, notice had been given at work, and Shane didn't want to extend it so we decided to continue on the same timeline.
We continued to work on getting rid of stuff and packing. After a while, I started to lose steam. We didn't have an official leave date, and it felt like our plans were crumbling. At the urging of my cousin/friend, we picked a date, and put all our belief into making it happen. And we did. After a week of painting our house inside and out, and packing, we left the day before our planned departure date. We spent a couple days with my in laws, then headed out, loaded down with all our stuff.
We drove 9ish hours to Las Cruces, NM and spent the night at a "scenic overlook". It went well considering it was dark when we got there, and semi's drove in and out all night. The kids did great in the car overall.
The next morning we drove 14 hours to the Austin, Tx area to stay with my cousin and her family. We've been here a couple days, and are leaving tomorrow for the homestead.
It's very exciting, and we have a lot of stuff to get going once we get there!