Moving to Washington

Wow! My apologies for my delay in posting. We have been busy settling in to our new place. Not to mention I spent a week in Indiana. I'm getting ahead of myself though; let me start with our journey to our new home.

We started our journey at midnight on Friday, February 18th. It took us all day to get out of Texas (about 800 miles), but at least the drive was easy if not exhausting!

On Saturday, we drove about 900 miles including through a dust storm in New Mexico and Arizona. The funny part was that in Phoenix, which only gets rain about 3 times a year, it was raining when we drove through. We also got to see Drew's cousin Becky at Starbuck's in L.A. on Saturday. Our scariest adventure for Saturday was just north of L.A. in the Los Angeles National Forest, where it only snows about once a year. We just happened to be driving through that one time a year of snow at night and in a mountainous area that we were unfamiliar with. 

Just east of L.A. (Palm Springs) wind farms.

Sunday was another easy drive of about 800 miles through beautiful northern California and Oregon.

Northern California

Beautiful Oregon

Monday, we finally reached our first destination in our new home state! Here we met up with Wendy and Rachel who flew in to help us move! We decided to visit Forks, Washington along the coast. Which just like the books (Twilight) state, there isn't much there! However, we found a decent hotel that was inexspensive and took the dogs. We also were able to visit the Washington coast which was, as expected, FREEZING!

Washington coast, LaPush Beach

On Thursday, February 24th, we drove from the coast to Bellevue where we stayed our last night before moving into our apartment in Issaquah! However the day we drove, a snow storm happened to be passing through the area as well. The whole way around the Olypmic Penninsula was snow covered.

I will hopefully be able to post more pictures soon along with an update on how we are settling in and how the adoption is going. Please be praying for our adoption and the Lord's leading. Ethiopian adoptions are on the rocks right now and things may be changing as to where we adopt from due to these issues. Please pray for the Lord's guidance for us and for the country of Ethiopia.

Below is a preview picture of close to where we live!

Snoqualmie Falls (about 15 minutes from home!)