Our weekends have become more physically painful than the work week. It's true we are taking 5 days to get there, time that Meleah will be out of school and Harley off work but trying to find an ending point for several aspsects of our life here in Texas such as doctor visits, Meleah's school stuff, Trinity's entertainment and going through the items we could possibly live without has began to consume the work week for Carrie. We decided to take our 70 pound 9 year old Black Labrador named Ebony with us. We thought about perhaps rehoming her but after careful consideration, we rememebered that our family is the ONLY family she has ever known and at 9 years old a Lab is considered a Senior Citizen. Carrie plans to continue to walk and lose weight in Redmond and will need a walking partner. Of course nobody with any brains will come near her with Ebony in tow.
Carrie's mom, Janice and her 3 month old nephew Benjamin are both going to join in on the ride to Redmond!! So watch out Middle America for we will have a convoy consisting of 1 U-Haul and a White Honda Odyssey loaded down with 3 kids under the age of 6 and an often car sick Black Lab in the back.
Oh the fun that awaits!!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Cadence's Birthday Party
It's hard to believe two things in regards to Harley's baby sister, Sara. One that she is the wonderful mom of a beautiful two year old named Cadence and second that she is getting ready to make us an Aunt and Uncle once again. We are both very proud of the job that her and James have done in creating a wonderful and happy little family despite all the hard work of graduating college, getting married, buying a house, starting new jobs and having a baby within about a year's time a couple years ago. Honestly we were a bit concerned because that was a lot of big things in such a short period of time, but they did great in dealing with everything.
The undisturbed birthday cake:
The "Lady Like" way to sample icing: (professionally demonstrated by Cadence herself!)
We sure are going to miss seeing her as often as we do. She is such a beautiful little girl and we are sure she will make an awesome big sister!
The undisturbed birthday cake:
The "Lady Like" way to sample icing: (professionally demonstrated by Cadence herself!)
The "forget it, this cake is good response. Again demonstrated by the Birthday Girl!
We sure are going to miss seeing her as often as we do. She is such a beautiful little girl and we are sure she will make an awesome big sister!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Goodbyes are Never Easy
We continue to go through stuff to see what we could possibly live without. I found a wonderful couple to give Trintiy's baby clothes to that she has outgrown as we are out of the baby business. Meleah tells everyone (including strangers) that she is moving to Washington. I think she is excited about it and her only concerns are if the Tooth Fairy will know where to find her when her next tooth falls out. She hasn't thought about Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny yet! Oh to be 5 again.
Last weekend was awesome. All of Carrie's sisters and their kiddos got together at her Mom's place for Gabie's Birthday. It was the first time Gabie had been home from South Korea in almost a year and a half. With us moving to Washington we didn't know when the next opportunity would be to get pictures of all my mom's grandkids together would be. So we brought out the good camera that day!
Of course Meleah is the beauty on the bottom with her tongue sticking out! Gosh it's hard to get a good picture of that many people at one time is all I can say.
This coming weekend we will spend Saturday at Harley's sister's house celebrating her daughter's 2nd birthday. I know we are only moving 2,000 miles away but the goodbyes are starting to happen and are being a bit harder than what we expected. As they say life is never easy and Thank God for the internet as I couldn't imagine what it would be like back in the 1800's and before when someone would get married and leave never to be heard from again or rarily IF you are lucky.
Last weekend was awesome. All of Carrie's sisters and their kiddos got together at her Mom's place for Gabie's Birthday. It was the first time Gabie had been home from South Korea in almost a year and a half. With us moving to Washington we didn't know when the next opportunity would be to get pictures of all my mom's grandkids together would be. So we brought out the good camera that day!
Of course Meleah is the beauty on the bottom with her tongue sticking out! Gosh it's hard to get a good picture of that many people at one time is all I can say.
This coming weekend we will spend Saturday at Harley's sister's house celebrating her daughter's 2nd birthday. I know we are only moving 2,000 miles away but the goodbyes are starting to happen and are being a bit harder than what we expected. As they say life is never easy and Thank God for the internet as I couldn't imagine what it would be like back in the 1800's and before when someone would get married and leave never to be heard from again or rarily IF you are lucky.
Friday, September 24, 2010
The Big Move
I think the following map says it all. We have at least 5 nights of hotels planned. Even with my new van with a DVD player, and video games, it's not fair to make the girls spend a lot of time confined in their carseats for so many days in a row. Harley has been made sure that the hotels we use will have indoor pools.
We will officially travel through Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Oregon and Washington State! Harley and I have only visited 3 of those states so the rest are adventures to us as well as the children!!
Check out the map below and see for yourself the adventures that await. And be sure to back often to hear about our many adventures on the road with a freshly turned 6 year old and a 1 1/2 year old! I'm sure there will never be a boring minute. We will have our netbook, digital camera and wireless internet ready to post whatever weirdness we find almost instantly while on the road!!
Driving Distance: 2,139 Miles
Time: 4 days, 7 hours, 39 minutes
We will officially travel through Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Oregon and Washington State! Harley and I have only visited 3 of those states so the rest are adventures to us as well as the children!!
Check out the map below and see for yourself the adventures that await. And be sure to back often to hear about our many adventures on the road with a freshly turned 6 year old and a 1 1/2 year old! I'm sure there will never be a boring minute. We will have our netbook, digital camera and wireless internet ready to post whatever weirdness we find almost instantly while on the road!!
Time: 4 days, 7 hours, 39 minutes
The Adventure Begins!
Most of you already know that Harley has been given the move notice at work. Truth is he's been with the company for over 12 years and in order to continue to grow and have job security the move to the home office is necessary. We will be leaving behind a lot of great friends and family in Texas. We also have family in other Southern States but no real "Yankees" so to speak.
Harley and I went to Seattle in the summer of 2008 when I was pregnant with Trinity. We immediately fell in love with all the beauty Washington State has to offer. The girls will be in top notch schools and will have an education second to none. We've already rented a wonderful apartment in Redmond. While we will definately have to downsize it is exactly what we are in the need for after moving cross country. We are thankful that word came at the very beginning of the school year instead of toward the end of Kindergarten. Meleah is a very outgoing and loving little girl and it is doubtful she will have any problems locating friends. She is definately a leader not a follower.
During the move will be the very first time Meleah or Trinity has left the Great State of Texas except while in the uterus. Trinity was part of our the decision making process back then to fall in love with the area so to speak. Funny thing is whenever we go on vacations we are usually expecting a baby.lol.
Harley and I went to Seattle in the summer of 2008 when I was pregnant with Trinity. We immediately fell in love with all the beauty Washington State has to offer. The girls will be in top notch schools and will have an education second to none. We've already rented a wonderful apartment in Redmond. While we will definately have to downsize it is exactly what we are in the need for after moving cross country. We are thankful that word came at the very beginning of the school year instead of toward the end of Kindergarten. Meleah is a very outgoing and loving little girl and it is doubtful she will have any problems locating friends. She is definately a leader not a follower.
During the move will be the very first time Meleah or Trinity has left the Great State of Texas except while in the uterus. Trinity was part of our the decision making process back then to fall in love with the area so to speak. Funny thing is whenever we go on vacations we are usually expecting a baby.lol.
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