Moving to Portland

We have been transferred to Portland and will be moving in November 2010. Dad has lived in the Topeka/Kansas City area all of his life and Mom has been here for most of her adult life. We are sad at the thought of leaving you 5 children and 8 grandchildren behind. Since Caleb and Camber deserted us and moved to Rochester, NY five years ago and Rachel and Dean recently defected to Oklahoma, it is only Gabe, Becky and Nellie holding down the Kansas /Missouri fort.

We plan to come back every year for the 4th of July, Halloween and New Years Eve. You als)l will need to come and see us on Thanksgiving and Christmas! We will miss all of you but we need to keep in touch with photos and stories (blogs). Once we find a home, you are all welcome and we want to see you.

We are in Altus, Oklahoma this weekend visiting Rachel and Dean. It is over 100 degrees and their air conditioner is going out. Good thing we are going home tomorrow to our A/C. Hopefully they can get it fixed tomorrow. We went swimming yesterday at a local lake and then to eat at Applebees for dinner. Rachel and I grilled chicken for dinner tonight and mom made cookies. Dean basically did nothing but eat. Actually, he put the rolls out last night to raise. Mom also cleaned up the mess and Jag cleaned the floor.

We played Settlers (board game) tonight and Dean cheated and won the game. We refuse to play with him again until we know how to cheat better than him.

The drive down was longer than anticipated since it rained in northern Oklahoma. We stopped in Edmonds and spent the night. We were going to haul our couch and loveseat down and mom headed out with them in the truck to pick me up at the airport. Unfortunately it rained and hailed before she got out of Kearney city limits so she went back home and came to get me in the car. We went back home and unloaded everything and hope it will all be dry when we get back.

This Tuesday the inspectors come to the house and the realtors come on Wednesday and Thursday. The process will then be underway. The basement is nearly finished now, basically just carpet to put in and a little bit of ceiling.

Mom has applied for a job with Blount (my employer) Portland and was interviewed on Saturday while we were driving down. If she gets it, she may need to move sooner than I do.

Thats all for now.