Moving to Monmouth

Today we moved Zack and Andy to Monmouth right after Will finished his first day of classes at LCC. Yup, it was a big day around here!

I wasn’t sure we’d have room for everything but somehow we got it all to fit, even after we stopped at Mom & Dad’s to pick up more stuff for their new apartment!

Thankfully the rain let up for the unloading of the truck/trailer/car. Unfortunately, not everything made it through the rainy drive there without getting wet; namely Zack’s mattress. Just like a trooper, he’s going to sleep in a sleeping bag on the floor until it dries! We hope that it dries soon!

lots of unpacking yet to do!

Keegan stopped by to visit

Installing shelf paper in the kitchen

Andy’s room

Zack’s room

After everything was unloaded and most of the essentials located, we hit the credit union, Bi-Mart to get more stuff and then to a Mexican food restaurant for a nice family meal.

 thanks for taking our picture, Keegan!

I didn’t cry once! Pretty proud of myself! We’ll see how I do tomorrow??? ;o)

Historic Stella, WA

Today we went to Stella Historical Society’s Remnants of the Past. It was interesting to see all the old stuff but we mostly went to see the blacksmith, who just happens to be a kid in our youth group. Pretty cool, huh?

I loved all the old clothes!

I also loved the embroidery cards done by 4 and 6 year old sisters

  The blacksmith shop had some cool old stuff, too!

But the coolest thing was the forge! Johnny and his dad do great work and even let us help…

In the end, they made this really great hook that they gave us as a gift! Wow! I feel very blessed!

The next building was also full of old stuff. Surprising, huh? ;o)

Dishes from logging camps in the area…

An old cook stove…

Farming equipment…

  And a window from a crashed WWII B24 bomber!

I even got to bring a piece of old Stella home with me…