Vacation In Washington

Before we left, we found a lot of mold in our duplex, so while we were gone, our landlord installed fans in each bedroom and had some mold guys come over and inspect the problem. All in all, we pretty much found out it WILL come back, so we're moving on the 1st! AH! It seems too close, but we are going to have a garage sale this Saturday, and hopefully we'll be able to get rid of more stuff and make some money, if not, we'll at least get rid of a bunch of stuff we don't need. Not only is the place we're moving into newer (built in '03) but it's $100 cheaper than what we're currently paying! We've been really blessed, because it's also in the same ward we've been in, and we are FINALLY getting to really know people, and are loving the ward. Done with the update... here's what we did on our vacation!

Jon had an entire week he needed to take off for his vacation time or he would have lost it, so we headed over to Washington to visit family and friends. It was non-stop fun, but we slept really good! Jacob did a great job sleeping in the same room as us and in the travel crib, so it was so nice to be able to sleep in each day. We hung out with family and friends, at least someone different each day, stayed with David and Cindy in Tumwater and went to the zoo, and ate at Claim Jumpers for the first time (mmmmmmm) and for the first time this pregnancy had major swollen fingers and toes. The weather was even amazing! When we came back, the same day, we went bowling with Jon, Tracy, and Carter. And, for the record... this kid is OBSESSED with any type of ball. Bowling, basketball, baseball, golf ball, etc. He loved bowling so much, there wasn't one fit (until we left) and constant hoorays, clapping, and twirling (all from Jacob by the way).

On Saturday, Jon and I were finally able to go to the temple in Tri-Cities, where we were married over five and a half years ago! It was a beautiful day and it was so nice to be able to go with my sweetheart again. In Kalispell, we have to travel to Cardston (3 hours-and need a passport) or to Spokane (3 1/2 hours) to go to the nearest temple. It's harder when we don't have a babysitter for an entire day, but we're working on getting a group together to be able to share babysitting. Sunday, we went to our old ward, said hi and bye to a lot of our friends and headed back to Montana... to start packing and getting ready for the garage sale.

How old is this kid?! Yeah... he's not even two yet.
When we strolled over to the window, this orangutan (apparently, they all carry around their own blankets) came over and plopped down to stare at Jacob. It was so cute.