Richardson Report

It is finally official.  And we can tell people.  And it's happening soon. In two short weeks Josh will be starting in Grants Pass, Oregon, and a week later the rest of us will join him.  In the meantime I pack and pack and clean and sort and dump and pack and clean some more.  It's coming along but I'm so afraid that I'll end up with too much to do at the end.  I get sort of panicky about that.  But I've got a good packing schedule and gave myself some leeway (I think - still don't have exact dates from the movers). We are going to buy a house.  First we're going to rent it for 9 months so that we can get some pay stubs from our new location to prove that Josh really does do something productive when he leaves the house each day.    I'm both excited and scared about this house.  It's beautiful and pretty close to a dream house for me.  But it also feels like such a big responsibility.  Taking care of it.  Furnishing i...

July started with the three littlest girls and I going on a trip while the big kids and Josh went to Scout and Girls Camp.  We had such a great trip!  I was getting over a terrible cold that had me sick for over three weeks.  Recuperating in warm sun at mom and dad's house was a great way to recover. Following Heather's lead, we stopped at the Mystery Trees just south of Crescent City.  Can you believe in that in all our travels up and down that hwy I can't think of a time we've stopped?  Maybe once.  Crazy!  It was fun.  We didn't do the gondola ride - I'm hoping to do that this fall though. The girls were royally spoiled by Grandma, who stocked up in preparation for their visit with dollar store goodies to keep them busy. Swimming outside is always a treat.  My girls loved the days of playing in the pool and having cousins there made it double the fun! I think one of my favorite things was going to...