Past week

I have been holding off this post, because I wanted to add pictures. In fear of forgetting what we have done this past week, I decided to go ahead and blog.

Dave, his parents and my parents went to Washington D.C. for the Restoring Honor rally last weekend. They had a great time! Actually they said the rally was more spiritual than political.

While they were off in D.C., Reed was so nice to hang out with Lincoln and me. On Friday, we went to all of the consignment stores looking for furniture to fill our house. I didn't really care for the lime green dresser from 1970 or the pleather couch, so there were no purchases. Lincoln had a first on Saturday: we went hiking at South Mountain State park. I have a fantastic hiking backpack, so we made it all 2.7 miles up and around the water fall. I let Link out for the last mile, but he was such a slow-poke. He just enjoyed looking at acorns and picking up leaves. After a while, I broke out the peanut butter M&Ms and bribed him down the mountain. We had a fun dinner with the Edwards that night, and Sunday we were off to OUR house!

Mama Shinsel and Dave met us at the house, and the week of working, unpacking, sorting, hanging, and cleaning began! Dave had a great first week of work and has been impressed with the company. He has already been able to take over some of the work load in his team. While Dave was at work, Mama S and I worked like mad women to get the house set up. We got all the necessities put away, so we were able to go have some fun too.

We ventured to the park one morning. By 10am, the sun was getting too hot, even though it was only 46 degrees in La Grande. Mom and Reed came down one day to go to Old Salem with us. It is a small version of Williamsburg. It was just as cheap to get a family membership, so we will be able to come back with Dave. I know he will love the woodworking, gun making, and forging that they do there! We also took Lincoln to the children's museum, which was so rad. There was tons for him to do!

It was a sad Saturday morning when we had to take Mama S to the airport. We had been telling Link that she was going to get on a plane and go home. It really sunk in when we dropped her off and pulled away. He started crying and saying, "Jamma" (his word for Grandma). It just stinks that our parents like on opposite sides of the country!

We made up for Grandma leaving by meeting Mom, Reed and Reed's good friend Hawke at Emerald Point water park in Greensboro. Even though it was crowded, we had a good time.

Church was our next adventure. As soon as I walked in the chapel, I saw my old friend Lori, who worked with me out in Utah. She is living in Memphis and was just visiting an old roommate. I love it that the world is so small! Everybody was super nice, and I am looking forward to getting to know some of the ladies with other kiddos Lincoln's age.

We made it up to Hickory for some Labor Day fun later that day. Monday, Dave was able to work on some of his wood projects, and Lincoln and I went off with Dad and Reed. We ended up with the Edwards for lunch on Monday and headed home later that evening.

Wow, that was the longest journal type entry I have done. Will I really ever enjoy reading this later?