Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.We are now Washingtonians! Hard to believe for me seeing as my home is still so. far. away., but we are settling in. Most of our things are in storage thanks to the 24 ft truck that we rented to move. Here is a glimpse of how our move went:
While packing Ezra learned how to scoot across the width of the apartment. (GREAT). Things were thrown into boxes at the last minute to prepare for "loading the truck day." We decided to load the truck on Wednesday to make sure everything would fit. D had originally reserved a 20 ft truck with a trailer to tow one of our cars. Well, we pull up to pick the truck up and guess what. I laughed out loud. NO WAY would all of our things fit in this truck. Maybe half! So, we scramble. We begin calling around to all the Uhaul places in town and NO ONE has a 24 ft truck. The closet truck is at least 45 minutes away. Countdown to all of our friends coming over to load the truck, t-4 hours. Boxes left to pack before friends arrive = countless! After calling places for over an hour, we find a 24 footer in Odessa that could be ready for pick up by 2 pm. We have to settle for a diesel truck ($$$) and a trailer and thank God for our good fortune!
Maneuvering the truck into our parking lot took finesse and the slight collision with a tree trunk...oops.
We make it back home at 3:45 and begin hurling things in boxes. The kitchen goes unpacked. Our friends arrive and begin carrying our life in boxes out to the truck where Derek packs them in like Tetras pieces.
Two-and-a-half hours later, the truck is loaded down, so we have some time to show Dad around Midland. We visited the homestead of George W. Bush and took a drive through "Money Lane" where they grown million dollar mansions like we grow corn.
Thursday night we packed the kitchen and tried to get some sleep. Ezra wasn't into the sleep idea so he decided to learn how to sit up on his own and play while mommy and daddy slept. Friday morning arrives with bleary eyed parents. The last of our Midland lives is loaded into the truck with the help of our Langhoff family and we are off. Derek and Dad began the three day drive to Washington and I began the 3 minute drive to the Langhoffs with Ezra.
The guys spent the first night of their journey in Farmington, New Mexico, while I spent the day shopping with Nanny Nancy. (Who had it better?) The guys drove through Salt Lake City on day two to spend the night in Twin Falls, Idaho, while I enjoyed one last day in Midland. Sunday, Ezra and I flew our on our first plane trip together. E slept during take-off, played on the window for the flight and slept during landing on our first flight. We walked around the Vegas airport until E was sleepy. He then slept the ENTIRE flight to Seattle. After arriving Cam picked us up for some yummy Korean food before handing us over to Oma (Derek's mom) for a short drive to the Island. A few hours later, Derek and dad arrived in the truck.
...and so the adventure begins in our new season of life...
We unloaded the truck on Monday, went sight-seeing on Tuesday and Wednesday and are taking a day off to rest today. Tomorrow is Derek's big interview so we are praying that we have good news tomorrow afternoon.
I will try to update this more often beginning now!
