Sunday

We are horrible, after everything the Lord has done for us we didn't even make it sacrament on Sunday! We are such brats. Our sunday clothing was all packed away and er never got to it in time, plus we looked like crap but we will be going next week and can't wait. We spent the day getting organized and keeping AJ out of trouble, which is harder than you'd think in a house full of boxes. At 5:00 we went over to the Gough's (g-o-ff) house for dinner. We were so ready for a deacent mean and Alysha's taco soup did not disapoint. The have the cutes little girl named Branna, she and AJ played so well together, They have very similar tempraments so they get along great, no fighting or puching...so far anyays! Ken is entering his 10th quarter which means they still have a yea left here, and he was able to give some of his study books to Poy. You spend most of your time with your own quarter so they might not see much of eacother but I think me and Alysha will get hang out quite a bit! Anyways we mae a lot of progress in the house and got to know some really great people, I know we didn't get to church which is super important, but we had a pretty good day. Oh yeah and here are a few shots of the soggy welcome Portland gave us, way to live up to your reputation!

Thank-you, Thank-you, Thank-you!

So this post in a great big THANK-YOU to our families for everything they have done for us with and in preparation for this move. Thanks to my parents for letting us invade their home for more than 7 weeks. I know it's not easy to go from just the two of you at home to having us running around messing the place us but they did it and we are so grateful. We loved getting to spend all that time with you and I know that AJ will miss seeing you guys (and the puppies!) everyday!
Thanks to Aaron's parents for taking us down to Portland on two different occasions. It was so much fun to spend time together exploring Portland and finding us a place to live. We never could have done it without you guys and there is no one we would have rather done it with! We will miss you so much.
Thanks for all your help getting packed up, cleaning, moving our stuff to Fort Mac, watching AJ, Scanning pictures, Putting on BBQ' so we could say our good-bye's, for all the good advice, blessings, and above all else the love and concern you all have for us! We are so Grateful for you all and count you as one of our greatest blessing.

So I have one last thanks to give and it's BIG one. This is for Grandpa Chuck, Al, and Jared. We want to let you guys know how much your helping us move meant to us. Not only did the Voluntarily drive some 28 hours in just 3 days but they also loaded and unload the trailer, picked up furniture, assembled furniture, and I swear that Jared must have thought I brought him as a babysitter! Every time I needed a break or had something I had to get done with out AJ, I would take him right to Jared, lol. I have never see those to hang out together before but AJ LOVES Jared, he was looking for him every time we stoped for gas or food, and it was really nice to know that Jared would take care of him. We never heard anyone complain or mention how long the drive was, they never made it seem like a chore. Even thought some may think we have it way to good for being students (he he) I know that they are genuinely exited for us and this new phase we are starting, so Thanks again Everyone we love you!

Saterday - Moving in

It was another 7 hours in the car today what with all the stops for gas and food. We got up at 5:40 and were on the interstate by 6:00. AJ said his good mornings to everyone and promptly fell back asleep the minute the car started, he has been such a good traveller. 7:30 was breakfast and it was so delicious I think that I will always stop at the little pancake house in ritzville when we make this journey. We drove along the beautiful Colombia and hit a few patches of rain but by the time we hit Portland it was all clear. Even though AJ did great in the car I have never been so exited to get out of the vehicle in my whole life! We all needed to stretch out legs and I was anxious to see our new place and start getting everything moved in.
After a few wrong turns we found the apartments only to see that we had missed the apartment managers by 5 minutes. They were gone for lunch until three and we were stuck waiting in the parking lot. ho hum. Since we had time we unhitched the trailer and sent Grandpa and Aaron to pick up the couches.
During our wait we meet Ken Gough, he is a WSCC student with 1 year of study left. He and his wife, Alysia live in the complex with their 18 month old daughter Breanna. They are such a nice couple and Ken stuck around to help us move everything in. It took a while but we got it all done, hurray we live in Oregon!
Aaron and Jarrad ran the U-Haul back while Grandpa Chuck, Al, AJ, and I went to get a few grocery's to tied us over till Mondays big shop. We have a great Safeway about 4 blocks away, which I am so exited about, since I have been stressing about it. (which I know is ridiculous!)
We ate Chinease food and then Al and Jarad came back to help set up the beds and stuff before saying good-be and heading to the hotel. It was such a long day but also very exiting, it may be messy but we finally have our own place again!!!
Pictures to come - I have to get them for Al's Camera

Getting There

After our morning at the hospital it was time to get a move on. As always saying Good-bye to our family was not easy, we are going to miss them all so much but we KNOW THEY WILL COME VISIT US LOTS and that really helps. AJ slept for two and a half hours which is great for a car nap, he had his snack and read some books, I honestly couldn't believe how good he was. Te border was a breeze, our I-20's took about a half hour to process and the just took a quick glance in the trailers before sending us on our way. All that careful box labeling and they didn't even ask to see my master list of what we were bringing down. After all the work I put into it, I finally just gave it to him and said, "here's a list of what were are bringing" He glanced it over and said it was fine, I think he thought I was an idiot but I would have been livid if we left the boarder and no one had even seen it! We made our way down to Cour De'Laine, ha ha ha is that even close to how you spell it, where we went for a swim and then tucked in. When we are at hotels Age always sleeps in the bathroom, most are big enough to fit the playpen in and he sleeps so much better when he is in his own room. Plus the bathrooms are really dark so he sleeps longer. Don't knock it till ya try it! More later. love.

Charcoal Anyone?

Friday morning came faster than I wanted it to, I was up way to late and then way to early with antisipation. Everything was going according to plan Al & Lorraine were at work for the morning, we had pancakes, the suitcase was being organized, I thought, "good today is going to go smoothly!" It was abou that time AJ ame walking over to me coking on a mouth full of something and carrying and open Ibpropine bottle. Oh my gosh!!! I went into pankinc mode. I emptied his mouth as best I could, scooped him up, told Aaron to grab the diaper bag and ran for the truck. Of coarse the truck was alreafy hooked up to the U-Haul so we had to move the carseat to the van and head straight for emergancey. I am not sure that I have ever been that scared in my whole life, Aaron kept it together and got us to the hospital where they checked AJ over. He seemed fine but we had t feed him 45mls of Charcole and stay for 2 hours for observation. It broke my heart to see him drinking that charcoal but I feel so blessed that he was okay and that by noon we were back at the Poytress's house getting ready to leave for Portland!

Pack it up

Thursday was such a busy day, I guess that was kind f the theme this weekend! We got up early and got everything left at my parents packed into our Blazer, did a quick cleanup of the house, and went into Lethbridge to pick up the U-Haul. Of course when we got there we had some electrical difficulties and ended up over at "Poor Boy's" auto shop for about an hour while they sorted it out, but we figured if that's our only major delay, no big deal!

That evening we packed the Trailers and got everything ready so that we could leave as soon as Al was done work on Friday at 1:00. It took some planning but we were able to squish everything in, Yippee! Then we ordered Chinese food and hung out with the family one last time before leaving. Aaron's Mom was such a big help with my picture scanning, we got everything done that I needed to and a lots more. We finally called it a night at 1:30 and boy was I tired!

Hero's

Growing up everybody has their Hero's. As you pass through the stages of life some Hero's are added to your list while other seem to fade away. I have had many Hero's in my life but I can never be sure who was my very first, this will not be a problem for AJ. Age has found a very special someone who he really looks up to, it has become very apparent over the past few days that there is no one else he would rather be like than...ZOE! I swear I can't stop this kid from following her around, every minute he is not out on the deck with her, he is watching her play out the window. As you all saw from yesterdays post he had started to mimic her drinking habits and today he took it one step further. As Aaron and I made trips from the house to the trailer with our last remaining thing AJ & Zoe played in the yard. Well Zoe went in to her kennel to get her ball, which AJ saw and just couldn't help but try out....HE LOVE IT! It was so funny to see him in there with the door closed. I pulled him out (screaming and crying) and as soon as I let him go he was right back in there! Lol, what a little nut he is! My video is not working so I will have to try it tomorrow but here are some pictures.GET IN
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