adventures... and now we are in Utah

We have been busy... wandering like gyspies.
We left Chicago on a lovely Sunday afternoon, after church where we said too many goodbyes to so many wonderful friends.
We had spent the day packing and moving the last of our stuff into storage.
The ride out of town was bittersweet. We were excited to see our new house and my family, yet so sad to leave our friends and the place we have called home for five years.
We stopped by our house Monday morning. The workers were sanding the sub-floors in preparation for the carpet and hardwood to be installed. The drywall was in. Windows too. We met our next-door neighbors. Alli saw the bus go by.
We spent a few days with my parents. We hiked in the woods and browsed the local antique mall.
And then we flew to Seattle to visit Andy's aunts and grandma. We took a duck tour of Seattle, we had lunch at Pike Place Market, we visited our friends, we walked along Alki beach collecting pebbles and treasures... the best part (of course) was playing with Anne and Barb and their pig Olivia.
Olivia is a toy pig... but Ruby had breakfast with her and dressed her up.
Great-grandma Janet enjoyed snuggling with June.
And then we flew to Utah. Alli and Ruby have been busy with cousins, toys, and grandparents. Andy has started a project in the woodshop.
We are looking forward to our house being done in a few weeks... but we are having fun in this transition. Life is good.

The picture uploader function of Blogger isn't cooperating, but there are picture of our adventures... hopefully coming soon.