Sarah was out with her friends for most of the day and then they all came back to hang out with her while she packed up the last of her stuff. One of the mom's had some pizzas delivered.
Sarah with Danielle's mom (in blue), Danielle, Natasha and Kim.
Pic of everyone before we headed to LAX.
A few of Sarah's friends came with us to the airport to see her off.
All of us trying to cram in the elevator - 4 suitcases, 8 teenagers, 3 adults. We were a bit over capacity and the doors wouldn't shut.
Claire and I got to go through security with Sam and Sarah and see them off at the gate. It was a pretty tearful goodbye. They arrived in London safely and I've gotten to talk to them via AIM and webcam pretty much every day. They are slowly adjusting to London and all of the changes.
After Sam and Sarah left, Claire and I packed up the remainder of the house. I had packed all of Sam and Sarah's things that were being shipped to London while they were still here and boxed up all of the things that Brigitte wanted to keep for them when they were older so the remainder of the stuff we went through and gave out to friends, donated or sold in an estate sale this past Saturday.
This was Claire's first true American Garage/Estate sale (she's British and lives in NY). I kept hearing her tell her friends that she was having a car boot sale which as she explained was what they called them in England. I think they are slightly different though because that describes an English person that has stuff to sell in the "boot" of their car. A garage is significantly larger than a car "boot" but I guess conceptually its the same.
So its been one unexpected, crazy, memorable summer. Brigitte's house is completely cleared out and ready for new neighbors to move in on the 15th.
Well the Christian cliche says that when one door closes, another door opens...
1 comment:
wonder who your new neighbors will be??? dun dun dun
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