Fun times with Grandma and Grandpa

Our kids at first kept saying they wanted to go home. But home soon became Grandma and Grandpa's house. What helped persuade them was the various activities that Grandma had the kids do. Most of which had to deal with sugar, chocolate, or bribery.

First a painting lesson. Grandma bought Lilly nail polish and Lilly was easily persuaded to make her look beautiful. She will let anyone know who lends a listening ear that she is beautiful and that, "I love me!"






Taden felt quite left out but he knew that nail polish was for girls but he made the exception that "pink is pretty but blue is for boys."





Next Grandma incentivised bath time and bought a pool. Here are a few examples.









One of the niceties of living in paradise is that you live close to beaches. And another nice thing about paradise is that those beaches aren't full of tourists. Here is a video and some pictures of our grand experience complete with some views of paradise.

A 51.5 hour move

In preparation for moving to paradise we had to condense to a 6 x 12 Uhaul. This meant much use of Matt Scott's dumpster at Big O Tires and thrift store runs. My dad bought a flatbed 4 x 8 trailor around the same time that worked perfectly to haul our stuff away We had a tornado hit our town the night before we moved. A couple blocks from our house was hit as demonstrated below. Our house, our trees, and our 6 x 12 Uhaul all remained in place. A sign that it was okay to move I believe.









It turned out to be the longest road trip I have ever taken. Our kids behaved very well. It turned out to take around 51.5 hours driving. My dad helped get us to Utah and then Maranda drove most of the way to Washington.

This is what our Uhaul looked like when we unpacked it. We were greeted by stuffed animals.