good bye lovely attic:

in parting here are a few after pics of our strangely empty home… in memory of the times we have lived and loved in this little tree house...on top of a house.

our’s was the gable on the top. (the second floor bay on the left was our first apartment .)

my garden deck & hard knock eames chair we found in the living room when we moved in 2 years ago.

and where are you now? other than our pods which were uneventfully trucked away tuesday, we are blissfully a pair of transitory vagabonds …eagerly awaiting our next touch down…

attic chapter:

closed. …sigh. after 4 years we no longer call tree-lined, 17th avenue “home”. three saturdays ago our merciful friends sacrificed backs and quadriceps to move our heavy belongings down the three flights of rickety stairs to the three pods parked in the driveway. bundled up one by one our furniture marched down stairs to the tune of a series of grunts and strains. tragically, i was so wrapped up in “directing” the move that I neglected to get any great action moving pictures!! rats! all i have are a few mid packing photos here:

do other people manage to packup their house in a more graceful manor? i ask you: how?
i was, however, very prepared for the cubes! in planning for the main event i had high hopes that upon closing the doors they would somewhat closely resemble this:

a sketchup model consisting of properly dimensioned renderings of every piece of furniture we own!(note the rug!)

detail of box 2: kitchen island, l’s desk, night stand, billy bookcase….

alas became more of a general directive rather than an easy to follow step by step formula. i think this potential case of over-the-top ness was the direct result of some residual arch schooling angst.

also photo worthy, the parting of a few treasured, though dilapidated, architectural models…sigh… i think it was only healthy that they go.

at a ripe age of one:

here's a little back log smattering of cole’s first birthday party at the children’s museum. the year has come and gone so fast!

blowing out the candles (with a little help)

ruby toted little tristen up from sacrimento to join the party. grandma sarah was in heaven!

luigi, myself & jeremy

the little guy was all tuckered out by the end of the busy afternoon.

pink little bundle:

our dear friends brendan & jess have welcomed a precious little boy into the world. we were awed to gaze upon his little pink roundness and marvel at his perfect tiny hands and feet. God is good. all the time.

ezra, july 13, 2008

a busy three day weekend:

well, as to be expected, my hopes of getting a couple posts in a week have fallen by the wayside, but I have not given up! I was finally able to take pictures of the “after” state of our living room, to post the previous post, and now with my conscience cleared I can post this latest update on our july 4th weekend. it was a bit of a mixed bag, fun stuff, but a few stressful moments too! first the fun, chad’s band, van gross & the gypsies, had a thursday night gig at the mars bar. they did a great job & had a blast. :D it was so fun to watch chad be a “rock star.” ;) …yeah, i didn’t exactly know that about him when we married, and you might never guess! –but that’s just another reason why i love’im.

from left: seth. steve evan & chad rock the house at the mars bar

friday we enjoyed the day off & chad graciously took me to browse the outlet center. *grin* however i must say- man, it is soo hard to live in such a tiny place! on the way there chad repeated over & over that we would not be acquiring any more heavy pieces of furniture, “none, period.” (i think the rug was the last straw!...) i tried desperately to soften the “period” part of the declaration, but it doesn’t look good for me... (not that we have a whole lot of space to put anything in our jenga-tight little apartment!)

that night we met up at the boat on elliot bay marina with frank & sarah. we couldn’t have asked for better weather. :)

saturday morning came slow & easy. we had our token trip to hirokis & headed south to the office. there, i spent 6 stressful hours finishing my petition for a minor work promotion. in the end - it was 90 pages long! i felt like a stressed out, though satisfied, over-achiever. we shall see what ruling comes down from on high....

sunday was the perfect Sabbath, much fellowship, friends & rest, who could ask for more? for lunch we had hotdogs and long conversation with very dear friends and then continued the visiting in sammamish at the lloyd household.

jessica & i 1 week before the big arrival!

from the left: chad, david, luke & brendan at their new home for 3 in southlake union

our little nephew cole is getting soo big! here he is with his first ice cream cone. :)
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lastly, but by far leastly, my very dear cousin is engaged to be wed! after much anticipation- a hearty “here here!” to patrick & kim, what excitement lies ahead!