{We survived}

I know family and friends are wondering how we fared on the trip across the country. I have to say that we actually managed quite well. My kids are troopers and were so good on the trip. I don't have one picture from the trip though. I was too busy driving and when I wasn't driving I was relaxing in the hotel pool or sleeping. We made the 2800+ mile trip in 7 days. We went through 10 different states, ran from several storms and made a "few" potty stops. Overall it was uneventful, thankfully and we are glad to be here in Maryland all safe and sound. We had to camp out in our new home once we got to Maryland for a few days waiting for our household goods to arrive. Once they did we were crazy busy unpacking everything. We were missing two boxes that got mistakenly put into the shipment ahead of ours. We are still waiting for those to arrive. Other than that our home is somewhat put together. We are also awaiting some new couches (yeah after 12 years we are finally upgrading beyond hand me downs) and we have to put pictures up on the wall but at least things are somewhat workable around here.

The kids are getting used to the heat and humidity. On the second day here Meysa had a revelation about the sun and clouds. She stated that even when the sun goes behind the clouds it is still warm!! Yeah not so much in Western Washington and it is a new thing for her to experience. The humidity hasn't been too bad but it is something we are all adjusting to. We love having a backyard that is bigger than a postage stamp and to celebrate that fact we have a trampoline on order from Sears. The kids can't wait.

Ryan officially started Fellowship on Tuesday, although he has been busy for the last week or so getting oriented around the hospital and figuring out what he is suppose to be doing!! He says he is going to like it and we are already enjoying the better hours he has to work!! So far everything is going well and we are happy to be here!!