 1 Not sure I am up to captioning all these pictures...makes my head spin. This is the second shipment. We had four shipments total. Household goods arrived in two separate shipments on the same day. We were unloading for 12 hours. No kidding. |
 2 Ben helped check off box numbers. "Helped" is a loose term. |
 3 The only damage was to the laminate on Sam's bed from taping right to it. These are docs for the claim, should we file. |
 4 This is another strange family tradition dating back 10 years. Mom has a mask that looks JUST like her, just the psycho version of her. She breaks it out at a random point in a move-in/move-out to just freak us out! She got me even though Ben had warned me that "Gramma has something ON!" |
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 6 On our way out to see if anyone else notices. |
 7 Whoa!!! |
 8 Finding my winter clothes just in time! Feels like winter at 67 degrees. |
 9 Dave still working, checking stuff off. |
 10 The madness begins. Where to stow things. |
 11 Working furiously to keep up with the unpacking. Must stow...must stow! We used to do this every 18 months for a while. But that was before kids. |
 12 Mom cleans everything for us! Much of it has been in boxes for five years. |
 13 Nice to see this liquor cabinet find a home. It is a cool tropical one. Will remind us of Hawaii. |
 14 The guest room/office taking shape. |
 15 The boys' room was finished before they went to bed. What a good mommy. ;) |
 16 The next morning. "I'm in a DEEP forest hole!" |
 17 Meeting our neighbors. Think this one is friendly? We have tentatively identified it as a female trapdoor spider. |
 18 And I found a garter snake! Long one! Almost stepped right on it. Felt it brush my heel! Whew! I shrieked pretty good! |
 19 This man, Mike, packed us out five years ago! He remembered us! |
 20 Dave found something to wear, too! A coon skin hat. We saw our first raccoon the night before, too - he was out on the deck eating chocolate sprinkles that came with an ice cream maker we hadn't quite stowed yet! He made a big racket. He was probably 30 lbs? |
 21 The boys really liked it. |
 22 Ah. The last van to arrive. They're getting shorter. |
 23 Ben requested cinnamon milk at The Treehouse Cafe. We are taking a much-needed break from moving in and eating breakfast/lunch/dinner all at once at about 2:30. I almost took the server's hand off trying to get at my food. So hungry! |
 24 Ben and Sam enjoying some ice cream sundae! |
 25 "I"m a walrus!" I don't know where he gets this stuff! |
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 27 On a hike just blocks from our house - walking distance from our house, actually. The Ted Olson Preserve. |
 28 Finding berries and identifying the edible ones. Ben says this is his stop sign. |
 29 Another burned tree from a century-old forest fire. This area was logged in the 1890s. |
 30 Gramma says if you ask the tree it will tell you what happened. |
 31 Such a great trail! |
 32 Thimbleberry. Edible. Good source of Vit C. I think. I ate it. |
 33 Some group shots... |
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 36 A good place to sleep. Ben says he's a raccoon. |
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 38 Talking something over. About being a huge giant. Like Goliath. |
 39 This is how you grow into a giant. |
 40 Coming after Gramma now! |
 41 Lots and lots of noise! |
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 43 Sun peeking out again. |
 44 Sun on my little angels' heads. |
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 47 This is huckleberry. Again, I think. Just learning. Very sour. Good source of Vit C. |
 48 Dome-shaped webs. Must look them up to see if they are indicative of any particular spider. |
 49 This guy Rick was in the parking lot when we got back. I asked him if he could help identify an animal based on the scat we'd poked through earlier. You can imagine the excitement when we found out he's a wildlife rescuer and works at a large preserve nearby as well as at the Seattle Aquarium! Wow! He was so much fun and so helpful. A great hike!!! Now back to unpacking :) |
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 71 Isn't there a remarkable similarity between Ben and his banana slug, Foster? |
 72 Some placemat math while waiting for dinner. Sam nailed the 84/4 before Dad was even done writing the equation! |
 73 Dinner time after a long day doing moving in stuff! |
 74 Dave on leave :) |
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 77 Richard went around the house documenting the progress so far. |
 78 This is the office/guest room. Pretty big! The bed is out in this shot! |
 79 Boy bath. |
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 82 Dave playing uke after dinner. The dog house is set up for the boys to play in. Past the big sliding doors is the deck, and then further out would be the driveway entrance. |
 83 Our bedroom taking shape very slowly. |
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 85 Lots of skylights. We can see stars from our kitchen skylights at night! |
 86 The deck has been the only completely livable space for weeks! |
 87 Living room sliding doors to left. |
 88 Pie time! |
 89 Eyeing the next slice already! |
 90 Kitchen to living room on right. |
