Collapse in Oregon. . .

This evening we are resting. A week of travel=wow, I cannot believe we did this! We are super tired this evening, so once we got to our hotel, we decided to stay in. Tomorrow we will explore and see Portland, Oregon. We are hoping to go to the Japanese Gardens and Rose gardens as well as see downtown.

I am spending some time now putting our pictures online. . .let's just say I've probably taken 3000 or more, so it's getting a little crazy at this point. :) It's what I do!

Just enjoying some rest with the husband, about to get some sleep! So exciteD!

On the road. . .exhaustion + Penske = moving to Seattle!

My husband and I are on the way to our new home! Cannot believe that we are 3/4 of the way there! Currently, I am writing from our hostel in Salt Lake City. Today we drove in from Colorado Springs. It was a beautiful, twisty, crazy ride.

Thus far, we have seen Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and now Utah! Our final states: Idaho and Oregon.

We have stayed with friends along the way--loads of fun to see them! Now we are frolicking in Utah at a hostel with one of our bff's. She's here for summer camp. Tonight we walked around and saw all of the "Mormon sights" in UTah--the temples, the full tour of all the buildings. . .etc.

Tomorrow we will enjoy some other sites.

We will also head out toward Idaho for a bit. That way, we hopefully won't have to do a full trip from here to Oregon--it's a long way!

We will officially be moving into our new place on the 30th--what a blessing!

Exhausted. . .trying to soak it all in! :)

Change of address

So, I just officially changed our address on the USPS website. It's so handy being able to do that online . . .standing in line at the post office is definitely my idea of TORTURE. Not a good thing, I promise. It seems like the post office is always slammed with people whenever I go and have to stand in line. Thank heavens for the internet.

So a few more things have fallen into place for our trip. We have three sets of people to visit along the way; we are hoping to arrive there on the 20th so that the next day we can get up and start loading up the new apartment.

Can't wait to PI-VOT! Heehee.

If you're a FRIENDS fan, you understand the above quote. If not, I'm sorry.

We are sitting here at our friends' house so that we can use the internet to update things with the new address, get the new address to our friends, and take care of a few essential "chores" that have to be done.

We are about to go meet the cousins for lunch. . .then go visit a few friends before ending the evening cleaning ceiling fans and other random things at the house.

Tomorrow will be my last chance to bake in our current house. Then I'll be packing and cleaning all day while the husband is at work having a goodbye party with his favorite foods. :) People have been so wonderful to us lately!

Yesterday we helped our other friends load up their moving truck--they are currently on the road driving to Nashville. It made me even more excited for our move when I saw their packed out truck. We are so looking forward to literally "Trucking it" across the country. I'm sure I'll take a billion and one pictures. Too bad I already packed the hard drive. . .it's somewhere in our bazillion boxes. Love the alliteration.

I can't wait!

Newly Hitched

Well, our best friends are finally hitched! YEHAW~! We had a great time celebrating for several days with them, and now we are certainly exhausted.

We have some other best friends visiting, some on the way to visit, and plenty of things left to clean in the house. . .but most of that will have to wait practically until the day of the move! I refuse to vacuum fifty times. Our plan is to move from the back of the house to the front so that we can clean each room from the front to back. The floors will have to be cleaned before we leave. Everything else will be done this weekend! Thank goodness my husband is tall and can clean ceiling fans. ;)

We are super excited to set off on an adventure. . .three families/friends to visit on the way across the country. We have been advised to camp in Colorado. :) We will see what happens!@

Two Weeks Tomorrow

And the countdown continues. . .

2 weeks (from tomorrow) until we leave for Seattle!

Until the time comes, we will be here, spending time with friends, watching our best friends get married, and enjoying our last little bit of time here before we head out on our next adventure and chapter of life. It's been awhile since I figured out what chapter I was on. . .I guess I may have to revisit some more of my old posts to figure out where I am headed with my husband!

Currently, my husband and I are sitting with our soon to be hitched bff's using the wireless internet whilst watching a movie (on and off). The husband is taking one of the online courses required for his job out in Seattle. I had to take two myself and thus far I've only done one. Online classes you have to pass are kind of like a punishment. It takes me back to the days of grad school, I guess.

Our friends are discussing eateries that they'd like to partake of on their honeymoon. I'm just glad that they will be back to see us off. Otherwise, I'd be crying even worse on Saturday. The floodgates are going to open, I'm telling you.

Since I like lists, I am now going to make a list of the things that we are excited about once we get to Seattle. . .

1. Cultural diversity

2. Challenges

3. The opportunity to become much closer to my husband, as we will pretty much only know each other there for a bit. . .

4. Having fun visitors

5. New church

6. Gluten-free, healthy foods at Trader Joe's

7. Pike Place MArket . . .and it's produce. Can anyone say delish apples?

8. Fun stuff to do that is FREE

9. Parks and frolicking outside

10. Music possibilities

11. Making new friends and becoming snail mail pals with my current pals

12. Walking to work/the husband biking to work

13. Rain and fog and COOOOOOOOL weather

14. Pacific Ocean

15. Hills

16. Preschool

17. Thai & CHinese


In other news, one of my best friends from TAiwan is coming to visit us on July 13 and I am SOOOOOOOO excited to see her! What a great surprise!

God has blessed me so much . . .wonderful husband, wonderful adventures, wonderful friends to see us off, God's wonderful promises of more friends. . .I just love what God can do for His people.

How deep the Father's love for us. . . .how vast beyond all measure. . .!!

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Less than three weeks until the big move. . .

Our house is a disaster area, complete with a multitude of boxes. . .some ours, a few going to Goodwill, and some still not packed because let's face it--you have to wait until the last minute for some things.

That makes me crazy.

Today I'm off to get my hair trimmed and watch on of my bff's get her wedding 'do. Then home to meet up with another friend to plan for the Bachelorette fun that is to come tomorrow. This involves a spend the night party. :)

Fun times! We are winding down, spending time with people, and enjoying ourselves. . .except my boo still has to work. :( I miss him.

Soon we'll be trapped in a car together driving across the country. . .so I guess we will make up for it then! I just ordered a ginormous book of Madlibs--bound to keep us entertained for many hours!

I can't wait to see the USA!