Well after 12 plus years in the Arkansas we just couldn’t take it any more and moved back to California. Joey and Joe left Arkansas in a Denali pulling a trailer in Mid July. Joey Started Football with his new school, Lutheran High School of Orange County (aka Orange Lutheran). After 2 weeks Joe went back to Arkansas and left Joey with Pops and Mare. Mare got to drive him to practice every day from Murrieta to Orange and wait the 4.5 hours for practice before driving back home. Thanks Mare for all the help.
Back in Arkansas , Dawn and Amy went to Florida for a few days to spend time with Dawn’s best friend and her kids. Dawn’s best friend has been going through a tough divorce and this was a court ordered visit (long story). Unfortunately she had to return to the chore of packing. She and Amy packed the house and got things ready for the move. Dawn’s Mom was a great help in this process as she took care of the house and helped do some packing while Dawn and Amy were gone. What a real blessing she was, always running out to get things when it was needed. Thanks Joyce for the pizza. When Joe returned they spent one day packing and then loaded up 2 U-haul Trucks. Yes that was two trucks, 26 feet in length. We could not even open them for the California inspection station to look so they just waved us through. We left on Monday August 3rd, Pop’s Birthday, Joe driving one truck pulling Amy’s car loaded with stuff on a trailer, Dawn driving the other truck and Amy driving Dawn’s car loaded with stuff. That is right every one, Dawn drove a 26 foot U-Haul truck 1600 miles and did a great job. Each vehicle had an animal. Joe had Joey’s cat in the front of his truck, Dawn had her dog in the front of her truck and Amy had her dog in the front of the car with her. We spent the night in Amarillo and Flagstaff before arriving at Pops and Mare’s house on Wednesday night. Boy what a drive that was. For anyone driving, books on CD were the way to go. Kept me awake and interested the entire drive.
We spent a week at Pops and Mare’s house and got to see the Cooper Clan while we were there. A few days after getting there, we lost a dog. Dawn’s dog Scrappy went missing on a Tuesday night. No idea what happened to him but he is sure missed. Dawn keeps up with all the web sites and lists. She is sure he is around some where.
We moved into Matt and Kristen’s old house on Singing Wood. Thanks to them for all they did to make the house so nice. We moved in on a Thursday and by the next Saturday we were headed to San Diego to take Amy off to college. She is attending Point Loma Nazarene University . She really has it rough as her dorm room only has a view of the ocean to look at each day. She is really loving school and doing well in all her classes. She made the Cheer Squad and is making a lot of new friends. What a time. She has only been home 2 weekends so far but we are hoping she will see us a little more. I am sure that she is enjoying being away. She is currently recovering from Mono (no not from kissing we have been assured) so she enjoys coming home to sleep.
Joey hurt his shoulder lifting weights in Arkansas for football and was diagnosed incorrectly by 2 surgeons. After being in California for a week it was determined that he needed surgery. He had that surgery on his shoulder on September 3rd and spent the next 4 weeks with his arm in a sling. He was finally been cleared to start physical therapy last week. So Dawn will add another stop to the list on the drive home with Joey. Joey is really enjoying school and making lots of new friends. Grades are coming along good despite the fact that he was out for a week from surgery. He had a choir concert a week ago and did a great job. Glad some of the Solari musical talent got to him.
Dawn’s parents had moved to Arkansas about 8 years ago and just sold their house to move back to California . They are in the process of buying a house and settling in so that all the family will now be in Southern California . Holidays will be interesting again, but we will have to get back on the rotation schedule again and start some new traditions.
Dawn has been busy getting the house unpacked and livable. She makes two trips a day to Joey’s school and has been taking him to all his doctor’s appointments. Between Real Estate Consulting and getting my real estate license, getting licensed for Insurance and marketing Cost Segregation, I have been really busy. We are hoping the Lord will open the door and allow us to make things work out according to his will.
We hope you are all doing well and look forward to hearing more about the reunion.
Love Joey, Amy, Dawn and Joe
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