The Move

Well, we are going back a ways and we wanted to give you some insight into our move from McMinnville to Portland. On the McMinnville side of the move we were blessed to have Tim Suddeth, Eric and Melanie Lindquist, and Jeremy and Claudette Stevenson. With all of us the work to load the truck only took 3 hours. The most stressful part of it was wondering if we would have enough room in the van. Fortunately, with Tim's packing knowledge, and Scott's puzzle skills we were able to fill the van to the very brim, and were able to fit the remaining items in our car, Jeremy and Claudette's car, and our arm chair in the passenger seat of the van with Scott. Wow!

Our old home in boxes.

Fortunately it didn't rain so we were able to stack everything outside of the van.

Will it all fit?

Yep, it fits!!!

On the Gresham side of the move we had Gene Tilgner, Steve, Sue and Seth Overby, and Dave McCarthy. Jeremy and Claudette deserve a special thanks for helping on the Gresham side as well as the McMinnville side. With the help, we had the entire van unpacked in 30 minutes. It was incredible! We had a few bonked heads as the van was really close the the garage door, and we had several people comment how incredibly well the van was packed. Thanks Tim and everyone who helped!

Crazy August

Wow, August is almost gone and September is almost here. This month has just flown by! Scott is busy with new teacher stuff at Barlow, and Heather is trying to get a few more music therapy jobs. Things have been crazy. We're adjusting to our new home and trying to find our new home routines, like taking out the garbage, keeping clutter down, watering the lawn, etc. Scott's freshman start school next week Tuesday and the rest of his students start Wednesday. He still has a lot of things to finish before then, and is working hard at them. We're sorry that we haven't posted any pictures recently. We just downloaded a bunch off of our camera, but haven't gotten them into Picasa yet. We promise to have them up soon. For those of you who missed our housewarming, it was a lot of fun! We had 25 people show up, and ended up having a neat "Jam Session" at the end of the night. It was amazing how many musically talented friends we have. Those without musical gifts like Scott were able to enjoy the music and help pass out instruments. Come to think of it, Scott was the only non-musical person there! Wow. Anyways, have a wonderful week and blessed Labor Day Weekend! We're thinking of having a "tourist in your own town" day this weekend...

Loving our New Home

Sorry it has been so long since our last update. One of the problems with moving into a new home is changing your address a million and two times. Also with that is getting Internet up and running which we have not been able to do yet (Comcast couldn't come until the 23rd). Therefore, we are at Scott's parents and updating our blog on their computer. That means no pictures for you today. But we will say that things are going really well for us, and we are absolutely loving our new house. As for the housewarming gathering, the date for that will be (drum roll please....) Saturday August 25th. We know that wasn't one of the original dates, but with the lack of votes on our poll, and wanting to give people time to put it on their calendars, that is the chosen date. So tell your friends, spread the word, and give us a call or email for directions or if you have any questions. That's all for now, have a wonderful day and hopefully we'll be posting again soon.

Moving Day Fast Approaching

We are only 2 days away from our move from McMinnville to Gresham. We went camping for the first part of the week with our friends Matt and Holly Smucker. They have been in Taiwan for the last year, and we had this camping trip planned months before we knew when we were going to move. We went to Camp Sherman, which is about 10 miles west of Sisters. It was a great time to get away and just relax. Now, however, we are scrambling to finish up packing, changing addresses, and preparing for the move. We pick up the keys to our new place today (Thursday) and we move this Saturday. If anyone out there is available to help us moving we would love the help. We start packing the truck in McMinnville at 9am, and we plan to be in Gresham by 2pm. If you are interested you can call us or just show up! Enjoy the sun, and we'd love to hear from you.