What We've Been Up To

As you might imagine, our life is still in disarray: plenty of boxes still needing to be unpacked, nothing hung on the walls yet, stuff that's been unpacked but not put away. . . and then there are the incidental matters of starting a new pastoral position, meeting a bunch of new people, and caring for two special babies!

But never fear! We've still managed to snap a bunch of pictures with our cell phones. We thought we'd post some here to show you what we've been up to.

We'll start with what we're leaving behind.

Goodbye, SoCal. *tear* (If this picture is not iconic of life in LA, I don't know what is.)

We had Hazel in our car most of the way, so here are three photos of her in her car seat on the drive up to Washington. (We strapped the other car seat into a rental minivan, which Heidi's parents drove. That way, each baby could have someone with him/her in the back seat.)

Zonked.

Both Hazel and Jude did much better than we expected, sleeping decently well in their car seats and very well in hotels! They also were able to eat some bottles while we were on the road, so we made great time.

Our fourth or fifth day in Oak Harbor, we managed to get out and take a walk out on the waterfront. We live about a third of a mile away or something. (You're never too far from the water when you live on an island!)

Our seventh day here, we made it down to Coupeville, a nice little town about 10 miles south of Oak Harbor. We got some soup and sandwiches out at the end of the pier.

Hazel loved sitting in the high chair and playing with a soup spoon!

(Jude was sleeping on my chest at the time.)

Yum yum!

And here are the kiddos playing on their play mat this afternoon. We finally have enough room to put all the tiles out! Both Hazel and Jude are "crawling" now (more like slithering like snakes). Hazel's crawl is a bit more coordinated, so she's really getting around now.

The kids seem to really like their new house, and the return of some regularity. And of course we all love having our own space! The welcome committee did a beautiful job getting the house all ready for us and stocking the cupboards with goodies. We'll post pictures of the house as soon as we have a few more things in order.

So there's a bit of what we've been up to. Stay tuned--there's more to come!