Front steps

This was Dwayne and the kids sitting on our front steps after we got home from church on Sunday. It was another beautiful day, spent with my beautiful family.

Pool party

Josiah was playing in his little pool in our backyard today and one of our neighbors from 2 doors down came to play. His name is Caden, he is just a few months older than Josiah, and he loves to stop by. They had so much fun playing! It was nice because it was the first time I saw Josiah really relaxed and enjoying himself with a new friend here in Chilliwack.

A moving story...

We summarized our crazy move story for some friends, and we thought it was the best thing to put on our blog so everyone could read the story. We had quite the adventure getting from Selkirk to Chilliwack! It's too long a story to type out in full. Here's the gist of it... Moving company e-mailed a few days before our expected pick up in Selkirk and said they would be later than expected...then a couple of days later they said later still...then they said delivery in Chilliwack would be August 10th-15th instead of 1st-5th...we booked a u-haul...church family stepped up wonderfully and helped us load...children threw tantrums on Saturday morning as we were trying to leave and load up/clean up...check engine light came on in Virden Manitoba...kept driving...called u-haul from Regina on Saturday night when we arrived there and they told us to keep driving if the truck seemed fine or wait until mechanic could check it out on Monday...truck seemed fine so Dwayne left for Calgary on Sunday morning...truck trouble in Swift Current- drove fine on the highway, but stalled every time he stopped and always idled funny...barely made it to Calgary...called u-haul again...they checked it out Monday morning and said they would look for the parts they needed so Dwayne and his dad killed a day in Calgary in malls and at my mom's house...(repair folks said they were surprised the truck even made it out of Winnipeg let alone to Calgary...should have started on fire, they said...praise God for his protection)...u-haul called on Monday afternoon and said the parts would be 2 days so we should try to find another truck...managed to find a truck by 6pm on Monday evening...had to unload and reload u-hauls (mom M, Larry, Dwayne, dad H, uncle Wade, my friend Charla and her dad, sister, and 2 cousins did all the work...thank God for friends and family)...Dad H and Dwayne left Calgary Tuesday morning (Aug 1) and arrived in Chilliwack by 3pm...Jen, Josiah and Abby had a great 2 hour flight from Regina to Vancouver and met them in Chilliwack with Mom H by 4pm after Josiah had napped at nana and papa's...ahhh, we were finally here! Rob, Ryan, Brian, Curtis, (friends) Cheryl, and Zach (sister and brother-in-law) helped us unload and we ate pizza...tired but all in one piece.

It's been chaotic to try and unpack our place with 2 little kids, but slowly and surely we're getting there. Our house and neighborhood are wonderful. We'll write again another day with some pictures of us in our new location!