It's my birthday and I'll cry if I want to...

The last couple weeks have just flown by. We've been so busy packing and preparing for our move half way across the county, and we've been trying to soak up as much time with our friends and family here in Virginia Beach as much as possible. I'm not going to lie...this move is definitely going to be the hardest one we've done. We've moved six times since we've been married, and I don't remember any of them being as hard as this one, but we definitely know the Lord has amazing things in store for us in this new phase in our lives.

I'll admit that the past couple weeks I've done A LOT of crying. I'm even getting teary eyed just thinking about it. Aaron and I did not expect that almost 4 years ago when we followed the Lord's calling to Virginia Beach, that it would be one of the best experiences of our lives. We've learned so much during this time, and we've made friends that I will now call family. I wish we could just pack each and every one of our friends from Virginia Beach in a box and take them all with us.

We're going to miss so many things....

 The beach and the weather are definitely going to be missed. Aaron had a terribly time trying to pull me away from it on Sunday when I said my goodbyes to the ocean. (sigh)

We'll both miss Regent University so much. It became such a huge part of our lives, but I'll definitely miss my coworkers. Each one of them became dear friends. 

Aaron's coworkers were a little more "rowdy", but they'll still be missed. Love you all!

I'm going to miss my "5:15" friends. They will always hold a special place in my heart. 

And Lis holds a special place in my heart as well.

 Of course, all of our friends will be dearly missed....

expecially our Goddaughter and my best friend Joanne....

 and the rest of the Whitfield family will be dearly missed as well. We consider ourselves a part of the Whitfield family, and they will always be a part of the Kaney family. 

It stinks that all these goodbyes are happening on my birthday, but praise the Lord for Skype. I know we'll be in touch with each and every one of our friends here, and we're looking forward to what the Lord has in store for us in Illinois.