It is official-the house in Wenatchee is SOLD! It closed on Friday, only a day later than expected. The buyer was also doing this long distance and needed an extra day for the papers to get there. Our papers FINALLY cleared customs in LA after 4 days and made it to Wenatchee on Thursday, so it would have been delayed anyway since documents are needed the day BEFORE closing actually can take place. WHEW all around. It is bittersweet though. That house-we lived in it longer than any other since we moved out of our parents' homes to go to college! Annika learned to walk there, ate a lot of dirt in the backyard, Alex learned to ride her bike in the street out front, Ian was brought home there! Our neighbors were/are the absolute best ever-family in many ways for our little family who wasn't from the area. Guess if we really feel the draw, we can move back there in about 20 years when we (hopefully!!) can retire!
On a less melancholy note, do you know that lazying at the beach can be exhausting! We headed up to Bribie Island Saturday and just hung out for 6 hours or so. Very nice! It's about 40 minutes north of us off of the M1. We went to the beach on the far side of the island as they have a patrolled surf area and turned the kids loose in the sand and surf. Alex is really getting into body surfing and a short board will be in her future. Annika loves nothing more than clinging to Daddy's hand and jumping through the waves as they roll in, then get rolled into the sand when she is cold. Ian, now Ian is something else! His idea of beach heaven is to ROLL around in the sand, dig holes, and run around. Doesn't usually get into the water, but may get his feet wet on a brave day! Now me, with my sensitive skin, I stay under the umbrella as much as possible, supervise sunblock application and snack swindling, and laze the day away. I don't allow the Kindle on the beach due to high probability the sand will ruin it, so a paperback of some kind does get stuffed into the beach bags, but that does not mean it actually gets read! Shout out to Karri B as well-we use the Lands' End bags you got for us when Annika was born-they are amazing and still used, now more than ever. 1 for towels and swimming stuff, 1 for everything else you can imagine needs to go to the beach.
As for it being the best beach day ever, not so much. The wind was blowing hard enough to get sand drifted into everything! I'm still washing it out of my hair 2 days later! Cream sunblock also acts as sand glue as well-the spray on stuff is much better! But, the not so good day at the beach beats just about anything else we could think of at any rate! The wind kept blowing and just got better too. The deck furniture will need tied down for sure as the summer storms pick up, otherwise something will be coming through the sliding glass doors!
I figured out how to download pictures from the camera into a computer-without the transfer USB cord! Can't find that still, but remembered that Lyle's computer has a media drive! I never use the darn thing, neither does he, but we must have ordered it installed when we bought it for a reason, and this must be it! I'll put some pics up in a couple of days, and go back to add pics to some of the posts that are relevant.
The kids go back to school tomorrow as well! Hooray! Maybe sometime this week I can finally get a haircut!
On a less melancholy note, do you know that lazying at the beach can be exhausting! We headed up to Bribie Island Saturday and just hung out for 6 hours or so. Very nice! It's about 40 minutes north of us off of the M1. We went to the beach on the far side of the island as they have a patrolled surf area and turned the kids loose in the sand and surf. Alex is really getting into body surfing and a short board will be in her future. Annika loves nothing more than clinging to Daddy's hand and jumping through the waves as they roll in, then get rolled into the sand when she is cold. Ian, now Ian is something else! His idea of beach heaven is to ROLL around in the sand, dig holes, and run around. Doesn't usually get into the water, but may get his feet wet on a brave day! Now me, with my sensitive skin, I stay under the umbrella as much as possible, supervise sunblock application and snack swindling, and laze the day away. I don't allow the Kindle on the beach due to high probability the sand will ruin it, so a paperback of some kind does get stuffed into the beach bags, but that does not mean it actually gets read! Shout out to Karri B as well-we use the Lands' End bags you got for us when Annika was born-they are amazing and still used, now more than ever. 1 for towels and swimming stuff, 1 for everything else you can imagine needs to go to the beach.
As for it being the best beach day ever, not so much. The wind was blowing hard enough to get sand drifted into everything! I'm still washing it out of my hair 2 days later! Cream sunblock also acts as sand glue as well-the spray on stuff is much better! But, the not so good day at the beach beats just about anything else we could think of at any rate! The wind kept blowing and just got better too. The deck furniture will need tied down for sure as the summer storms pick up, otherwise something will be coming through the sliding glass doors!
I figured out how to download pictures from the camera into a computer-without the transfer USB cord! Can't find that still, but remembered that Lyle's computer has a media drive! I never use the darn thing, neither does he, but we must have ordered it installed when we bought it for a reason, and this must be it! I'll put some pics up in a couple of days, and go back to add pics to some of the posts that are relevant.
The kids go back to school tomorrow as well! Hooray! Maybe sometime this week I can finally get a haircut!
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