Jeremy and Brian picked up 2 trucks in Spokane. Our neighbor (and new tenant) Barry came over to help out as well. They started packing up the trucks at 10 am. All was finished around 5:30.
Sofie came over to keep an eye on Elizabeth so I could spend all my time cleaning. Elizabeth was very confused.
Nathan was SUCH a huge helper. That little boy spent all day carrying things out to the truck. He didn't sit down once. He worked and worked. He said he was "Doing his best to help."
Brian drove the smaller truck. Jeremy and Nathan drove the huge truck. Nathan loved being "King of the Road." They didn't get to our new house in Pasco until 8:30 pm and then had to unload everything into our garage. (The previous tenants weren't moving out until the next day). Since we have too much stuff, we also needed a storage unit. So after unpacking the big truck at the house, they headed over to unpack the little truck at the storage unit. BUT, the gates were locked at 9. SO, Jeremy and Nathan had to drive the truck up to Royal (pulling our pickup truck on the back). The next morning, the boys headed down to unload the little U-Haul. Elizabeth and I stayed in Royal. This was July 3rd.
July 4th we could actually unpack the new new house. Jeremy and I headed down to Pasco to spend the day unpacking. Mom and Laura watched the kids in Royal and brought them down in the late afternoon. By that point, Jeremy and I had most of the important and big stuff set up and unloaded.
Jeremy and Nathan headed over to Dust Devil Stadium to watch the fireworks that night! Nathan loved it of course. I was able to see most of the show out the window. Hopefully next year Elizabeth won't be scared anymore.
We had 2 moving casualties. We lost a box of plates. So we now have no plates. Where could it be? Also, our computer broke in the move. That is much worse than losing some plates. So our second day in Pasco, we had to buy a new computer. Not happy about that! However, I now have my first laptop. It took forever and a lot of confusion to get our phone and internet set up, but all is well now.
Jeremy started work on Monday. So far, so good! The kids and I went and visited him on his first day of work and got a tour of the police station.
So far, the kids and I have visited 2 libraries and 3 parks. Nathan had a great time at the Kennewick splash pad this morning. We've made a few new friends too and already have playdates set up!
I'm trying to find Nathan a preschool for next year. It's shocking how many are full! I'm looking for something that's a couple of days a week for just a couple of hours. I guess those fill up fast.
We really like our new house. We got lucky finding such a nice house to rent. It's a tad too small (hence the storage unit) but other than that is wonderful. I love one story houses! They bought a brand new nice fridge for us with a water/ice machine which the kids are having fun with (and I spend all day mopping the floor...). We have lots of fruit trees outside and we have raspberries too! As of right now, there is a play structure with swings and a slide. We know the old tenants are going to come take it eventually but the kids are having fun for now. A downside is the yard is really small compared to our acre that we were used to. Nathan can't run around as much I guess there's not much we can do about that! Hopefully when we buy a house we can find something with a bigger yard.
Brian giving packing directions to Jeremy and Barry.
Nathan posing in front of the truck. He loved to run up and down the ramp and around in that big truck!
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