Cleveland!

Well, we made it!  We're officially Cleveland residents.  Moving and the bar exam pretty much sum up the events of the last few weeks and explain the lack of blog posts.  Both are now behind us and we're happy to finally be here in Ohio! 

The bar exam was from July 27-29 and involved much fun (not really).  I took Luke up to his Grammy and Pappy in Pennsylvania the Sunday before and then took off for Columbus, OH the next day.  The exam itself was 2 1/2 days long (1 1/2 days of essays and a day of multiple choice).  It was difficult, particularly the multiple choice, but I'm optimistic that I passed.  I certainly never want to do that again!  I'll find out at the end of October. 

After picking up Luke and heading back down to C'ville, it was time to get ready for the move.  Courtney had stayed behind and fortunately was able to take care of a lot of our preparations while I was off having "fun."  We had professional movers, so that also cut down a whole lot on what we had to do.  They even packed everything up for us.  The movers came on Aug. 2, and stayed 11 hours to pack and load all of our stuff.  The next day, we headed up to PA.  I stayed long enough to drop off Courtney and the boys and then headed to our house in Cleveland to clean the carpets and get things ready for the movers to deliver our stuff the next day.  Then, on Thursday, I headed back to PA to attend Courtney's grandmother's memorial service.  She passed away two weeks ago.  It wasn't unexpected, though, as she had been struggling for quite some time.  It was a nice opportunity to celebrate her life and spend time with family from out west that we don't get to see as often. 

Finally, we made it back here to Cleveland for good yesterday.  It's so nice to be in an actual house with a yard!  We're loving it so far. 

Oh, and Leo says hi: