It has been a busy and exciting two months. At the end of January we decided we wanted to move to Washington. We wanted to move to a place we both love for our kids to grow up. Allen was stationed in WA when he was in the Navy 20+ years ago. He always wanted to come back. Allen went on a house hunting trip in January. We found out he was going to let go from Hess...we were not surprised it was a mass layoff and he had let them know he was open to a package. We put our house on the market and did not expect it to sell so fast. Once we were under contract Allen went back to Washington to find us a house. He looked at a ton of homes and found an amazing home. It is perfect for our family.
We were super busy packing, dealing with double inspections, having going away parties, celebrating Easter, birthdays, Mother's Day and all the fun details that go with moving. We packed ourselves and hired a moving company to pack the furniture and load boxes into the U-boxes (similar to Pods). We shipped our cars. We stayed in a hotel room in Texas for two nights and three days in Washington. We moved into the house and lived without our furniture for two weeks. The kids were great and enjoyed the adventure. Here are pictures over the last few months.
Playdate with our friend Asher and Carter. Alexis and Asher playing with slime
Cole is finally bigger than someone so he took all of Carter's toys
Alexis and Cole reading in Cole's crib
Love this one of Cole. You can see what he will look like when he is grown
Cole running around
Alexis wearing a "Happy" shirt but she is not very happy. Being 3 is hard:)
Alexis taking off Cole's diaper so they can take a shower. Total blackmail picture
Kids working out after my workout
The Easter Egg hunt at church had a fire engine. The kids loved it
Cole enjoying the fire engine
Easter Egg hunt
Alexis and Gracie ready to go
Cole just wanted to eat the candy
And she is off
Cole's first time in a bounce house. He loved it
Having fun after lunch. Wash clothes on our head
Easter egg hunt after workout. Having fun with Jasmine
Picking up cereal from the floor
Trevor and Cole on Easter
Checking out our baskets from the Easter Bunny
Happy Easter
So this was fun to clean up:)
Easter weekend
Our friends had a going away party for us on our last day of workout. Kids having fun.
Best friends
Getting ready for our move. Taking all the baby proofing off the kitchen drawers
Going away BBQ with some friends. Alexis, Cole and Jasmine eating dinner
Having fun on the playset
The kids wanted to do the "Elmo Slide"
Best friends
They all wanted to put their legs up...kids
Donuts before church
Day one of moving...playing on our mattress on the floor
Last day of school for Alexis. We will miss Little Lambs
Last day in Texas. Playing at our favorite park
Brushing our hair after a shower in the hotel room. Last night in Texas
After a long morning of traveling and issues at the airport (they had to swab our luggage for explosives--it was a bag of goldfish.) we made it on the plane. We traveled on Friday, April 13th...if it could go wrong it did:(
Traveling
Our hotel in Washington. Kids playing with the hotel phone
Waiting for the ferry..long day of traveling to the new house.
Having fun in the hotel room
Nap time
Alexis and Daddy playing games
Fun at Chuck E Cheese. Sort of think this is cheating
Dancing
Moving into our new house!
Having fun playing on our beach
Improvising...we didn't have any furniture when we moved into the house
Playing in the backyard
We slept on borrowed air mattresses. It was cold at night and we didn't have any window coverings in our room. So we were up early. Snuggling in bed
View from our back deck. You can see Mount Rainier
Our first walk
We only had one stroller and the kids didn't get the concept of going for a walk
Thankfully a friend let us borrow some chairs and a table
Enjoying low tide at our beach. The kids love collecting rocks
Fun with the vacuum
The swings at this park were right in front of a lake. So beautiful
Costco...eating samples
Another great park...right on the ocean
Trying out a Mexican restaurant near us
And of course we had to check out the margaritas
Allen and Alexis in the backyard
Cole relaxing and eating lunch
Our first meal outside
Going for a walk at a park
Barbie houses...a friend gave two houses to us that their girls didn't want. So nice
Our furniture is here!!
Fixing the toilet with Daddy
Another park
Alexis got this birthday outfit from our friends Michelle and Dan for her 1st birthday...she still likes to wear it
See the deer on the bottom of the picture. We see them on our property a lot
Happy Birthday Allen! Enjoying lunch and margaritas
Mount Rainier
Jessica's birthday...enjoying the afternoon on the deck
New chairs
The kids play room...took a picture to document it was clean once:)
Cooking
Making baby feel better
Cleaning rocks...of course
Birthday dinner for Allen and Jessica. We wanted to have fresh crab but it is not the season.
Mother's Day
Watching tv and having a snack before bed time. They take a shower almost every night
Diane and Rich were able to visit on their way to Alaska. So much fun seeing them.
Our first fire in our fire pit. Great job Allen and Rich keeping the fire going
Cuddling with Daddy in the morning.
It was stressful moving with two kids but they did amazing. We are so incredibly blessed and love our new home. We look forward to hosting visitors.
