WE ARE HERE!

We finally made it to Delaware. We are tired and grumpy and a little sick of each other, but....tomorrow we move into our rental house near the beach. Big exhale. I will try to download some pics.

Day 2

It rained all day as we drove yesterday. Texas is a BIG state. We finally made it to Shreveport at about 6 pm. We stayed in Monroe, Louisianna last night. Thant is MUN-roe, not mon-ROE. We learned that at the I HOP. It is beautiful this morning. Overcast, but warm. We passed through Fort Worth and wiped a tear and kept going. Only 19 hours to go. We will pass clear through Mississippi today. More tomorrow.

Odessa, TX

Sleeping in Odessa tonight. We experienced a few firsts today. First cross country pack up and move, first Texas Bar-b-que, first tornado warning, first U-haul driving, etc. I'm sure there will be more tomorrow.

Delaweanie

So does anyone know what we will be called when we move there? We have had some interesting guesses. This is my favorite. It is funny and also it rhymes with Jeanie. Jeanie, Jeanie, Delaweanie. HAHAHAHAHA Love ya Jeanie. How about this one. Dela-where? Heard that one a few times already. Delawicious. Delawart. Delawarn. Delawarish. Delawarian. Anyone, anyone???? Maybe we should have a contest and just make up our own.

Pictures!

My house is a swarm of activity. Boxes, triathlon stuff, gravel, dishes, everything is in upheaval. Our front yard looks fabulous. You should come and see if you can. Our interior....not so good. Triathlon in 4 days.

So far.....

We have listed our house with Myrna Curtis. We are asking $213,000. Anyone interested? Now we are frantically trying to get it ready to show. The landscaping out front is nearly done. We will be boxing most of everything and putting it in storage until we move. The house will sell better empty. Our agent in Delaware is supposed to be submitting an offer on a new house today as well. My head hurts. I think that may be a constant for a while. I called the YW president to see when girls camp is. We are no longer the head cooks and Sarah will miss camp here. I will be doing the triathlon still, it is next weekend. 1400 racers....and Boys Life magazine is coming to cover the event. Cool. Then....packing, packing, packing. We have reserved two 26 foot trucks with car dollies to try to move everything all at once. It is a 4 day drive and we don't want to do it twice. We are selling our white car before we go and buying grandpa's car. Our car is a 2001 Chevy Lumina with 84,000 miles for $2,500. Sorry for all the advertising, but we gotta do whatever we can to get everything done in three weeks. I will update again later. Dallin got tranferred to the office and has a new p-day. So email him on saturdays.

The News.

I know we have been super vague about our trip to Delaware, but we can now reveal that we are moving. Yep. Darrin was offered a job that we can't refuse. He will be the Assistant General Manager of the Lewes, DE Board of Public Works. He starts ASAP. We found a house that we are putting an offer on and are trying to be there in three weeks. What a year this has been. The community and the ward are sooooo friendly. They welcomed us site unseen. The Board begged Darrin to seriously consider the position. They need him and want him and esteem him. Take that City of Safford. :O Seriously, we have felt directed literally the entire way. We couldn't have even considered this move a year ago, heck even a month ago. It is a beautiful little town on the coast with farms dispersed through the county. Darrin's office is right in Lewes, but we will live about 15-20 minutes inland. This house is in an awesome area with a lake. It is 4 bedroom 2.5 bath, 3/4 basement (guesthouse) foreclosure that isn't on the market yet, but the realtor is going to try to get it under the table. We love it. The school says to go before school is out to give the kids a chance to meet some friends before summer, so.......here we go.

This is Darrin's office. It is brand new. No furniture yet.

Here we go again....

Darrin and I are taking a "business" trip this weekend. We are leaving right after Grandma's funeral. We are going to Lewes, Delaware. And, no, we are not paying for it. Great huh! It is a beautiful coastal village, pop. 3,800. Their claim to fame is that they are the 1st town in the 1st state. About as opposite of Arizona as you can get. We will be back late Tues. night. Here are some pics of the area.

Fishing Pier in Lewes

Kings Ice Cream Parlor Cape Henlopen Light House Lewes Jetty Beach The Pirate Brethren

LAST ONE FOR A LONG TIME!

Grandma Thelma Carpenter died this week after living 100+ years. Having 3 deaths in our family in 8 months is not something I would have ever chosen, but it has been ok. It takes a lot of effort to help someone leave this world. And then you get to plan the party. Putting together a funeral is a lot of work. I am exhausted. We joked with the mortuary about getting frequent flyer miles. No go. But they bend over backwards to get us anything we want. They are great. The funeral is friday morning at 10:00. Darrin and I are going on a "business" trip and fly out of Phoenix at 3:50 the same day. It will be frantic. It seems like that is how our life goes. Everything crams itself into the same week. After we get back, we have the Varsity Scout Triathlon. Darrin is the starting line chairman and I am the director. After that is Girls Camp. We are the head cooks. After that......I hope there is nothing. This is a picture of Grandma and my sisters at her 100th birthday party in December.

The chicken came first......

But now, we finally have the EGG. Just one and very little, but beatiful! I sound like a new mother. I guess I am sort of. We anticipate many more in the near future. YIPEE!