Another Treasure

A while back I wrote that one of my favorite parts of moving is sorting through things and getting to take a trip down memory lane. When Jordan was here a few weeks ago we took another trip.

When we originally packed up in Laredo for our move out here to Arizona, we packed everything the kids left at home. Our storage room was crammed with childhood toys, books ranging from cloth baby books to novels in hardback with a few text books thrown in, school and band awards, memory items - you get the picture. A couple of years ago we started taking bins to Amanda since she and Josh had their own home. I tried to downsize it before taking it to her, but I really wanted her to decide what to toss and what to keep.

Jordan's treasures have just been stuck in storage, until his recent visit. We had the idea of letting him go through everything with the hopes he would get rid of the things he had no interest in keeping (and that passed Mom's memory gauge). Jordan went through all his bins - things ended up in the trash, others back into bins (to stay with us), some treasures went with him and he passed a few things down to Casen. We accomplished what we had hoped for including a fun trip down Memory Lane. It was so good to play "Remember when . . ." and "Look at this . . ." with Jordan. We laughed and talked, it was good.

Simple chore turned into Treasure - Good Times with Jordan.

Oh and Amanda, we've got a few things for you . . .