Thank you Washington

Thanks to the relocation company, I don't have to pack a lot of boxes. It's a blessing to be sure, but it's really hard to remember you're moving when everything is the same - your house, school schedules, piano, playtimes, cubs, church, and birthday parties. I tried to find something that would bring closure to our time in Washington.

Then, I remembered how hard it was to look at pictures from Idaho when we moved here. Lest that happen again, I decided to make a slideshow of our family's time here. (I have some time on my hands in the evenings after the kids go to bed nowadays).

So, I give you this little slideshow - 

it's not in order or all-inclusive, but it captures some of our fondest memories:

The foggy weather

Seattle Space Needle

Sailing the Puget Sound

The Tulip Festival

The Museum of Glass

Edmonds

Moving In

First Day of School

Annual Fire Station Open House

Neighborhood Pumpkin Carvings

Seattle Underground Tour

The Gum Wall

Halloween Costumes

Trip to Victoria, BC

Ward Campout at Casade Park

Hot Air Balloon Adventure

Hanging out at Home

Birthdays

Our garden

Washington Wildlife

Wallace Falls

Smith Tower

Fair Days Parade

Halloween 5k Fun Run

Pumpkin Patch and Corn Silo

Fourth of July Demolition Derby

Deception Falls

Seattle Zoo

Flowing Lake

Christmastime

The Hot Tub

Tacoma Museum of Glass

Playing in the front yard

Pike's Market

Pacific Science Center's Butterfly Room

North Bend Train Ride

Katie catching her first frog

The Fort

Deception Pass

Bellingham, WA

Corn Maze

Snoqualmie Falls

Seattle Ride the Ducks

Camping inside

Mowing the lawn

Big Four Ice Caves

Trip to Vancouver, BC

Cruising Lake Washington

First Day of Preschool

"Our" cat, Oreo

Seattle Aquarium

Evergreen State Fair and the Crazy Chicken

Science Fairs

Cushion Forts

Playing computer

Playing piano

Seattle Temple

The Cemetery by our House

The Cemetery Tree

First Day of Kindergarten

International Fountain

The sunsets

The second song captures some of our friends. It made me realize that I do NOT take enough pictures of MY friends - so I focused on the kids' friends. It's not all-inclusive either and I realized that I need to take MORE pictures of my kids and their friends. I only had one picture of a couple of my kids' really good friends. So, if I'm snapping away before we go - now you know why!

The second song has some other great memories for us: Ethan's baptism, the Funny Farm, playdates, parties, preschool,  pinewood derbies, baseball, the Children's Museum, Pioneer Day, Jetty Island, spirit week, school concerts, legos, and of course, the neighborhood's annual "end of year" soaker bash!

Thank you everyone for making the last three years such an awesome adventure.

Here is a larger version on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80vQ01gcZM8