Beautiful Country

Nate loves taking pictures of scenery, so I thought I'd include them.  The first ones are of Seattle, and the last ones are from the trip with his dad from Seattle to our new home.

Home Sweet Home

HOME SWEET HOME

Was thrilled to see the truck arrive with all of our earthly possessions jam packed in!  

Super thankful for the moms and Gretch.  My mom drove down to the new house with me and we spent two and a half long days unpacking like crazy.  Thank goodness of strong men that work for Two Men and a Truck!  We got the entire house set up.  The kids rooms were ready, the toys were out, the kitchen was perfect.  Even the garage and storage rooms were organized.  We were crazy but it was super nice when we got here.  The ONLY things we didn't unpack were decorations.

Sharon and Gretchen kept the kids in Iowa, and did an amazing job with them.  I didn't worry for a second and I don't think the kids even realized I was gone.

Possessions had settled with the cross country trip!  A crazy mess to untangle!

Iowa Summer Visit

 We began our Iowa trip at Grandpa Bill and Grandma Sharon's farm.  A LOT of outdoor fun was had by all.  We were thrilled with the heat since Seattle had been more chilly.  We are thankful for air conditioning!

The frogs being held hostage on the kick board floating in the pool

Grace and Evelyn's frogs.  They were so proud.    Until mom left the bucket in the sun too long!  

Fun with cousins.  The girls found a new tougher side wrestling with the boys!

Lightning bugs!

Snapping Beans - Helping Grandma Sharon!!

Girl self portraits!

Carpet picnic....awaiting Grandma Sharon's malts, perhaps!

Grandma Julie came to visit the farm and had a blast harvesting!

Grace missing her friend Claire....hugging her Cheetah that reminds her of her Seattle friend

Sleeping Beauties....now at Grandma Julie and Grandpa Chip's house.

Not a very good sleeping beauty....waking mommy too early, but look at the smile!

National River Museum with Grandpa Chip

River Museum with Grandma Julie

Trip to the ER - Grace was bitten by a cat

Being that cat bites have a 90% chance of getting infected we took a quick trip to the ER and Grace got on some antibiotics.  Everything turned out just fine, just a little traumatic for Grace.

Waiting in the ER

         

Will in the garden

End of our Seattle Adventure

Right before we left Seattle, our great friends, The Sullivan's, had a birthday party.  Elliot was turning 7 and Max was turing 5.  The party had an Australian Adventure theme.  Grace was in her element with all of the animals and reptiles.  Clara loved them too.  Evelyn and I were so-so on it.  I hated the snake. EEEEEEK!!!  Also, are photos of our last night sleepover.  Jake and MacKenzie took wonderful care of us on our final night as Seattleites.  The kids also put together a farewell show for us.  

Grace, Elliot, Evelyn, Max, Clara, Julian and Will.  Adorable!