Dalynn's Baby Shower

We drove down to Portland this weekend for Dalynn's Baby Shower. Tessha (Will's sister) and I threw the shower for her. Luckily we still had 2 more weeks of our old apartment, so we brought sleeping bags and just crashed on the floor of our empty apartment. It was kind of weird being there without all of our furniture and decor.

After the shower, we (Will, me, Grace, Alisha, Sandy, and Tessha) decided to take off and head over to Seaside to have some fun. Obviously, we got a little goofy in the twirly cups.

On Sunday, Will and I enjoyed walking around the Portland Temple grounds and reminiscing of our wedding (that is where we were married).

Snoqualmie Falls

So being that we just moved to Seattle (even though I am from here), we have been trying to get out and about and find all the cool little spots.

Today we found Snoqualmie Falls and hiked down to the river. It was absolutely beautiful!

Move to Washington

As you know, for the past few months we have been living unemployed and living off of love. Literally. Well, and the magnificant savings that Will had in the bank before we got married.

But after months and months of job searching in the Portland area, Will actually found a job in Seattle.

So as of July, we packed up our belongings and made the trek up to the Bellevue area. It was quite the adventure that is for sure...

The little rental house we had lined up - which was PERFECT by the way (right by the beach, walking distance to shops and fun stuff) - was conveniently rented out to someone else by the time we showed up with our Uhaul. We stayed in Motel 6 for over a week while I scurried around trying to find an alternative place to live while Will started his new job. It was kind of stressful, we were sad that the dumb landlord of the rental house cheated us, and our fish died while being cooped up in the Uhaul for a week...but in the end we found a nice little condo in Bellevue for a good price. $795 per month. Which, for Portland, is expensive. (We were paying $500/month in Portland). But for Seattle, it is the cheapest we could find.

Welcome to Seattle!

4th of July

First of all,

We got to spend the weekend with Daniel and Dalynn up at my parents house on Camano Island. We went to Whidbey Island, and we also went kayaking on Camano. The weather was stupendous, and a good time was had by all.

White Water Kayaking

Well, Will could tell you more about this trip than me. I only know the basics:

Neither Nick or Will had prior experience in the art of white water kayaking.

Neither had very much practice before heading out.

Both obtained injuries.

Nuff said.