The kids are excited… August 29, 2009

to start school and have a NEW school! Ashlyn has been the only one that talks about really missing her friends back in Arizona. But she has already made several friends here at our apartment and at Keli’s too.

Corbin will be starting 5th grade, Seth is starting 3rd and Ashlyn is in 1st. Sage gets to stay home one more year…she is not too thrilled about that! She wants to go to school too!

They will all be going to Dickinson Elementary. We went to a meet and greet this week and the kids were amazed at the size of the school! Franklin Elementary was a really small school! We walked past the library and Seth said “That is the biggest library I have ever seen!” LOL!

In Ashlyn’s class Chaz directed me to the volunteer table with sign up sheets and pointed out the “Photography” volunteer sheet. Well of course I will do that! lol…that’s the reason I always went to the kids activities anyway!

This is Ashlyn’s class…it was so nice to see classrooms with SPACE! And her class is small too, that is also a good thing!

Seth’s class already had an “assignment”…

They had a little scavenger hunt to do and they got to pick out their own desks!

Corbin is in a 5th/6th grade mixed class. I am not sure how that works and forgot to ask. He was very excited because one of his friends from our apartments is in his class! Corbin’s and Ashlyn’s classes are right next to each other…so Corbin gets the job of making sure she gets where she needs to be in the mornings!

So here we are… August 14, 2009

In Redmond, WA!! Over the last couple years I seriously thought this day would never come! But we made it! Well…almost.

We are still waiting on our moving truck. I was told the 3rd. Chaz was sure it wouldn’t be until the contract date of the 12th. So we wait…it didn’t come the 3rd…and nowhere in between then and the 12th. So Chaz is calling and probably driving the driver nuts to find out when we should expect them. Somewhere in that wait time they broke down in Vegas and were there over the weekend of the 8th and 9th. Chaz talked to the driver on the 12th and he said to expect them on the 13th around 10 AM but he would call at 8 AM to give us a time. So we get up and get the house ready for them to come. It’s almost 10 and no call. So Chaz called the driver to check what was going on.

Wednesday night the truck was traveling through Oregon and the driver suffered a massive heart attack and died at the wheel! His driving partner was asleep in the back and woke up to swerving and honking horns and found the driver slumped over the steering wheel! I can’t imagine how scary that must have been for the other man! They had been partnered for 20+ years…I’m sure it was like losing a brother…so the inconvenience of not having our stuff isn’t bad in comparison.

As my brother-in-law Aaron put it…”This is the kind of stuff your HEAR about, not actually EXPERIENCE yourself!” And I whole heartedly agree.

I have a lot more to blog about and pictures to share but that will have to wait til the moving truck comes…barring anymore problems that will be tomorrow.