After our Thailand trip, we had eight short weeks before we wanted to put our house on the market. July and August were full of getting rid of almost all of our belongings, sprucing up our home to get it ready to sell, packing, trying to see friends as much as possible, and doing everything else that has to happen when you are planning on uprooting your family from a place you've called home for seven years.
We did manage to do some fun things though. Here is a quick peek at what we were up to...
July
We love going to Mercer Slough for blueberry picking. We went at a great time this year, and we picked about 6 lbs of fruit in less than an hour!
We played tourist at the Space Needle for Phil's birthday with his parents.
The month ended with our church's Kids Summer Adventure. The boys attended a lot of different summer church programs, but this was the only one that I volunteered in. The theme was Jungle Safari, and I got to host the Costa Rica room and talk about how our church is partnering with Roblealto in the slums of Los Guido. We had a blast!
August
August was our last BIG push to leave. We had another one of these....
But we also tried to make time for fun stuff like going to watch the Super-moon rise up over Lake Washington.
We also got to celebrate Z's birthday.
We went to Great Wolf Lodge with my parents to celebrate. The boys had so much fun!
The last week of August was definitely the hardest. This was the week we had to say good-bye to all the precious people that are in our lives. We miss you all so much!
Finally, it was time to cram all of our belongings into our Honda Civic and Toyota Matrix and drive the 2 1/2 days down to California. It's amazing that it all fit!
One more step completed as we get ready to move to Thailand!
We did manage to do some fun things though. Here is a quick peek at what we were up to...
July
We love going to Mercer Slough for blueberry picking. We went at a great time this year, and we picked about 6 lbs of fruit in less than an hour!
We played tourist at the Space Needle for Phil's birthday with his parents.
The month ended with our church's Kids Summer Adventure. The boys attended a lot of different summer church programs, but this was the only one that I volunteered in. The theme was Jungle Safari, and I got to host the Costa Rica room and talk about how our church is partnering with Roblealto in the slums of Los Guido. We had a blast!
August
August was our last BIG push to leave. We had another one of these....
But we also tried to make time for fun stuff like going to watch the Super-moon rise up over Lake Washington.
We also got to celebrate Z's birthday.
We went to Great Wolf Lodge with my parents to celebrate. The boys had so much fun!
The last week of August was definitely the hardest. This was the week we had to say good-bye to all the precious people that are in our lives. We miss you all so much!
Finally, it was time to cram all of our belongings into our Honda Civic and Toyota Matrix and drive the 2 1/2 days down to California. It's amazing that it all fit!
One more step completed as we get ready to move to Thailand!
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