It's always hard to say goodbye....

This blog post is actually a little difficult for me to do, it is making me cry all over again for my dear friends in Omaha. We made so many great friends in our few short years there. I really hope that we can continue these friendships as we all go our separate ways in life.

First up, a few of my closest friends. Sherrie, Teigan and Brandi. I can't say enough about these ladies. We have had so many fun times together and they are each wonderful examples to me. We have spent many late nights chatting, laughing, and eating yummy food over the past 3 years. Cheesecake Factory was usually our restaurant of choice, yum.

 Next, Tyler's best friend this past year was Liam. Liam and his family are great and we will miss seeing them around! They usually bonded over the Wii or making up silly knock-knock jokes...they even decided they made up a word that Tyler still uses to this day "barnet", "You big barnet!" (I'm not really sure what it means, but they seem to think its hilarious.)

 Another amazing women I will miss, my wonderful friend Carleen. Once again, I can't say enough about how wonderful, kind, and sweet she is, and how much I will miss spending time with her. We were visiting teaching companions the whole time we were in the Cottonwood ward, I learned so much from her.

 Tyler's other best bud was his cousin Evan. It wasn't until the last couple weeks that instead of saying they were best friends, they started adding that they were best friends AND best cousins. These boys were two peas in a pod. It was so fun that they had all the same interests and got along so well. Though we are excited to be closer to more cousins, it is sad to not be in the same city as these cousins anymore.

I've mentioned Tyler's other friend, Jackson, on here many times. They have been good friends since we first moved to Omaha. They have had so much fun together over the last few years, and have both grown so much. Jackson and his mom Sherrie came to say goodbye the night before we left. Jackson was even kind enough to bring Tyler a little present. As of right now I don't have any pictures of that, because Sherrie took them. Their family also moved about a month after we did, so I'm just waiting until they get set up again in their new home for those pictures.

While Taylor was helping Jack move stuff from the garage we rented into the truck we got one last chance to play with their handsome little boy Beckham.

Our friends, the Boyle's, threw a little farewell BBQ for us a little before we left, along with a few close friends from Cottonwood ward. They were such helpful friends and were always there to lend us a hand. Kris was even kind enough to come over at 3am when I went into labor with Katy, now that's friendship! Unfortunately I don't seem to have any pictures from that BBQ...so sad!

We came to Omaha as a family of 3 and left as a family 5, in just under 3 years! We lived in three different places, 3 different LDS congregations or Wards, traded in our SUV for a mini-van, bought and sold our second home, graduated our first from preschool, laughed with friends, and mourned with friends. We have each grown so much in many different ways. We made so many great friends, that each taught us something different.

We can't wait to see what new adventures lie ahead for our family!

Farewell Huskers!