Leaving Lubbock

Leaving Lubbock was one of the hardest things I have had to do in my adult life. It was WAY harder then leaving Reno to move to Lubbock. I say that because I have never been happier then I had been in those three years in Texas. Lubbock actually is the ugliest place on earth but I absolutely loved it there. The people in Texas are the best people in the country. Our ward was amazing. The way of life is so simple and family oriented. The law school was so so good to us. But most important, our friends were what made living in Lubbock so wonderful. We had a few good, really close friends and a bunch of other wonderful friends. Oh I seriously miss Lubbock. :(

 One of our last nights there we got our closet group of friends together for some Bahama Bucks. This picture makes my heart seriously ache. I miss these friends so much.

 Weston and Oli are little buddies and Weston still asks about him. Moving is so hard and emotional.

 We miss the Oblads. They are the type of friends whom I love for a few reasons. At any point in the day or night they are ready to hang out. Even last minute, which I love. We hung out with them multiple nights a week and did dinners all the time. If I hadn't planned anything for dinner or lost motivation to cook, I would text Ally and say..."let's go out to dinner." They were always game and vise versa. We did lots of game nights. Wade and Tim were serious BFF's and Wade misses him. We miss our friends.

 About the last 9 months we lived there we got really close with the Kim family. They are one of the best families we have ever met and we miss them like crazy!

 I seriously hope that these two are BYU roommates. They have known each other since they were 3 months old. Out of all of Weston's little buddies, he definitely played the best with James. These two were the perfect pair. Weston, just yesterday told my mom all about James and how he misses him. Ughhh...sad :(

 The night we loaded up to leave Brittney and Sam had us over for dinner. Brittney was one of my first friends in Lubbock. I love her and miss her. One thing about Lubbock that I am pretty sure is unique to Lubbock is that it is drama free. I am not sure I EVER heard gossip, rumors, judgement, or nasty girl drama. Coming from LOTS of that prior to moving to Lubbock, I appreciated and LOVED that more then I can express. Every one there is in the same place in life: poor and students. And every one is supportive of one another and loves every one. I sure hope I find another place/ward like that again. And...I hope I find another Brittney. She is so easy to be friends with. Btw...this post is making me so emotional. Booo!

These were our moving helpers! Their parents were so kind and stayed hours at our house the night before we headed out, helping us load the truck.

The day we pulled out of Lubbock was incredibly hard. I cried  a few times in the car. We had a 14 hour drive to Utah and I spent the WHOLE time looking out the window thinking and remembering so many things. It was so hard. I honestly spent the next few weeks seriously grieving. It felt like some one really close to me had died. It is still very hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that I am not going back. I am pretty sure Lubbock is heaven on earth. :) And I am still missing it.