Down By The River

THAT is where we are going!! Well... maybe. It might be a lake.

When we are "lucky," anyway!

And, NO, most definitely NOT in a van.

In, a, uhmmm, well, something like THIS:

photos: Forest River, Inc.

(I will get nice big pics of our ACTUAL "new home" soon, but this is as good as it gets for now!!)

Yes, the "Treehouse" is hitting the road and we're taking our family to live a rambler's life.

(This is for a currently undetermined length of time... but, I promise - it will NOT be forever!)

We hope it will be a fun adventure for us... so, if we are in YOUR area, don't be surprised if we set up house nearby and ask ya to stop by for ANOTHER house warming party as our 'home' will be constantly changing!!!

Let the Excitement begin! Here is the floor plan of our new home sweet home on wheels!!

We take off soon and will be at our "first stop," after picking up and loading, (tentatively scheduled to be the Des Moines, Iowa area) the week of March 21st!This is a crazy time ... I will try to check in regularly as we settle into our new life. For sure, I will want to share all the fun and bumps we hit along the road!

Home -Sweet- Home

We have thoroughly enjoyed living in this beautiful home in southwest Oregon. We have loved springing off from this home base to explore many of the wonderful sights that Oregon (and other areas of the Pacific Northwest) has to offer. So, before it is all packed up and shipped off... here (for me to remember as my old lady brain will likely forget!) is a last look at the inside of my home!

Standing at the front door looking toward the back door:

Standing at the backdoor looking toward the front door:

Standing at the sliding glass door looking toward the Master Bedroom door:

Standing in the living room area looking at the kitchen:

Standing in the loft looking down on the kitchen:

Standing in the Master Bedroom looking back toward its entrance:

Standing at the top of the stairs looking toward the loft:

Standing in the loft looking out at the Mountain View:

Standing in the loft looking at the top of the stairs and down the hall toward the kids' rooms:

Goodbye, lovely home! You have been a MOST wonderful respite for our family...

The Ball is Rolling

I am running and racing about trying to not get bowled over by the racing ball of time, but... I think that we got knocked down! We have been trying to send a nasty upper-respiratory virus packing so that we can get our own selves packed up! We all sound a little stuffy, while I sound like a FROG! Pops should come home and kiss me back to princess status! OH, well... Bump is recovering from a double ear infection (again), Branch is not blowing her nose every 10 seconds any longer, Blossom is doing pretty great, and Bud is of hearty stock and only had a bit of the runny nose and cough. So, we are on the mend and Pops will be back this afternoon from a week-long round of work in Oklahoma and Kansas.

And, Pops needs to hurry home, as this "ball" that is rolling our way?? Yea, it hits the front door on Monday. Yes, this coming Monday - the 14th of March! We will open the door Monday morning to a crew of workers who will begin to pack all of our home goods to be moved! The moving company estimates that it will take one and a half days to pack and one and a half days to load the truck. So, that puts us out of our home and flying to the middle of the country next Friday... in just over a week! Would you please offer up a prayer that all of this goes smoothly and that the weather is beautiful and sunshiny, especially on "load" days (I say this as the rain starts to pour outside my window!)?!?

Now that the "when" is decided, more later on what, where and how!! Gotta go get breakfast together!!

Pop Bang Kapowee!

I am not certain if those "sound effects" are appropriate for the following pictures - for anyone who is in the know, anyway. What I do know for certain... Bud thinks that this gift from Christmas is SUPER COOL.

This was his first day giving it a try. He has had several more tries at it since then and I don't think that he shoots sitting in a chair anymore.

I appreciated him sitting in a chair for the picture... otherwise, I am not sure I could have gotten this down the barrel shot! Bud is getting far too big. He has grown so much taller this year and has grown past my shoulders and wears the same size shoes as I do. Yes, my "baby" wears a men's size 7 shoe. How do these things happen?

Growing to be a fine young man - even in the midst of all of our current craziness! (More on that soon!! I PROMISE! We are getting really close to REAL answers about the who, what, when, where, etc of this whole relocation process!!)