"Bye Bye Malta"

Yes, you are supposed to sing the title in the Bye Bye Birdie tune  ....Replacing Birdie with Malta.  Yes I do that kind of thing quite often.

So to get back on topic. We are leaving good old Malta tomorrow morning. Am I sad? Yes. As I said, it is really starting to hit me.  Last night as I was going to bed I kept thinking how I won't see most of the people ever again. Yes the Malta people have a place in my heart, their incorrect grammar and all.

 I'm going to miss my class....I've gone to school all my life with most of them. I've had so many good memories with all of them and to think that I will have to go make new ones with new people just makes me sad.

 It is sad to think that today will be the last day I will ever really be living in Malta. Unless I marry someone and live on a farm in Malta, Idaho....but I wouldn't count on it.:)


I will miss being from Idaho..the potato state.  The state that no one ever really thinks about. ( ok probably same with Wyoming but you get the gist.)

I will never again be a Raft River Trojan....only in my heart.

I will miss going to church every Sunday and getting amazing lessons from my great leaders.  They are the best.

I won't ever be able to say I go to a Junior High that only has 1/2 of a hallway ever again.  Or a high school with just one hallway.

My graduating class won't have 25 students.

All the people I see frequently will not be with me in Wyoming.

I won't be able to have my dad as my teacher. I will be honest....it was kind of nice.:)


I won't be a close enough to walk to school.( well at least for this year.)


I will miss my home. Honestly that is one of the hardest things about leaving.  So many memories have been made in this house.  This is where my family has always been, where I come after school, where I sleep. It has been my abode to get away from everything and everyone, just with my family and I. To think that all of that will change soon is unimaginable. 

Mostly my it's my friends I will miss. These last few days I have realized how much I am going to miss my friends. I have never had the experience of moving so I don't even understand how hard it will be without them.  It has finally dawned on me that when I move I won't have that funny friend to always keep me company and make me laugh. Or that friend to share all my thoughts with.  All of that is going to change. Which is what I am most afraid for.  I don't know how quickly I will make friends but I hope I will be able to fill the gap and add more friends.

So basically this is my farewell to Malta. Thanks for being the place I could proudly call home.  Thanks for all the love, care, and compassion you have given me. For taking my family and I in. For giving us a perfect place to live.  Thanks for all the beautiful memories you have helped us gain.  For the friendships we have made. 

I love Malta very much and always will.  Malta will always be in my thoughts no matter where my life takes me.  I will never forget the experiences and memories I have made here.

I will never forget you Malta.

yes this is how Grandpa Gary packed the U-haul.  He packed stuff in there as tight as he could and until he could barely get out. Thanks to Grandpa everything fit.:)

Thanks Malta for the best 13 years ever.

See ya!