We Made The Move!!!

Well, we finally made the move. My brother, Keith, came up Friday and helped us pack the truck. Actually - when he took me to the rental place we discovered that my license had expired and I had to go renew it to get the truck. things were getting off to a slow start!! When we finally got to the house around 1 o'clock we found Amy at home with Camden who had a 104 degree temperature. Now things were starting to look gloomy.
Keith helped us load all the big stuff we could on the truck that afternoon. Camden tried to help the best he could but from the picture below, you can see how tiring moving is when you're sick.
We got all the big stuff loaded that afternoon with Keith and then Amy, Cam and I camped out on the last mattress in our house that night for our official last night in Utah together!!!

It took Amy and I the entire next day to get all the rest of the little stuff packed and loaded while Camden slept off his fever most of the day - poor guy slept almost all day!

We finally had everything we could fit (literally squeezed in every nook and cranny of truck and both cars) loaded by around 6 in the evening Saturday and were on the road after saying goodbyes by around 7. Check out Cam crammed into the back of Amy's car with his "Reading Bear" (where we read books every night)
By Saturday night Camden was doing much better and his fever was gone. We maid it to Twin Falls, ID that night. The next morning we fueled up and hit the road early to make it to Hood river that night.

We got to Hood River about 5 pm on Sunday. Amy's parents came down to help us unload. Her dad was a real workhorse and flexed the biceps a few time to get the truck unloaded. We probably got about 2/3 of it unloaded into the house that night. As it was getting late, I convinced Amy to take Cam to her parents and let me stay to set up our bedrooms and put some things together. That night I was able to get ours and Cam's bedrooms put together and at least make the place somewhat livable.

We are renting a small cottage that is right downtown - walk to shops/bars - for 6 months while we wait on our home in UT to sell. It is much smaller than our other house, so we still have at least another truckload in UT that we will need to move when it sells.

Here are a couple shots of our temporary home and of the great views it has:



Camden has been quick to make it feel like home. There is a children's park at the end of our street that we take his bike to almost every day: