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Swapping Altitude for Acreage

I’m a Midwest city girl, turned Colorado transplant that just uprooted our family of five and moved clear across the map. Here I share messy, funny, and heartwarming bits of parenthood, moving mishaps, and the slow work of making a new place feel like home.

Pull up a chair, follow along, and enjoy the trade off of Mountain View’s for quiet country roads.

The Adventure Begins

Packing up and moving across the country with 3 young children is not for the faint of heart. But we did it in two weeks. 😅

Our kids became more feral with every box we packed. Taking full advantage of the lack of supervision. They found creative new “canvases” for markers, lipstick (*not blood*), even dirt—mainly bodies and walls. They found creative new places to rest/fall asleep—vacuum sealable bags filled with blankets, the hallway floor, and mom and dad’s bed a couple hours before bedtime.

Saying goodbye to our besties was hard, but watching our kids say goodbye to them was even harder. 

3 days and 1600 miles later we made it. Not only were we hit with the 2 hours ahead timezone but also daylight savings.

I’ll tell you one thing—If we ever do a move like this again, we will be hiring a moving company.

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