Clinton Graduated. We Moved.

Clinton Graduated!!!Wow. What an amazing feeling. Attending medical school graduation at the Milton S. Hershey School Founder's Hall. (not much leg room between benches future graduates...but very cool place). Clinton's parents and grandma and Alexis's parents celebrated the event. We are so proud of Clinton!

The next day (Monday) we headed on our way. This is our moving truck at Clinton's grandma's house right before the maxima was loaded on the trailer. A very long tow!

Carter was our great little traveler. He sat in his seat, watched movies, read books, slept, ate, and played games. We told him that on Friday we would be in Portland. Needless to say, at some point everyday he would ask, "Is it Friday yet?"

We stayed in hotels along the way. We woke up early every morning. Carter loved it because the hotels had pools. Every night he would go swimming with Dad and Grandpa.

Since Alexis had never driven across the country (and never plans to do it again) and she had never been to Nauvoo, we stopped for a quick sightseeing. We saw Carthage Jail, the Nauvoo Temple, and Historic Nauvoo. We experienced Nauvoo life with their historic village and watched a musical put on by the Senior Missionaries...hilarious!!!

By the time we made it to Portland, we were tired. We arrived Friday evening, unloaded the truck Saturday--where we met up with Anja...Opa brought her to Portland. Said goodbye to Clinton's parents (thanks for everything!) on Sunday. After church went to see Fischer (big thanks to Oma and Opa for watching Anja and Fischer)..stayed until late Monday afternoon. Spent Tuesday unpacking and Wednesday morning. Saw Oma and Opa again on Wednesday when they helped us pick up our new couch (we love it!) Bright and early Thursday left for Burley, Idaho (9 hours more of driving) where we spent a week relaxing, visiting with family and friends, and eating great food (thanks Lois for those 3 extra pounds...worth every bite!) A week later on Friday drove back to Portland. Cleaned house Saturday. Alexis and the kids traveled to Astoria on Sunday after church--hung with Oma and Opa. Went clam digging on Monday. The kids LOVED it! True Oregonians. Planned to leave Tuesday...but then our lovely van was hit on the drivers side. Poor parked van...crazy farm driver! :) Called Clinton...came to Astoria. Clinton was happy to clam dig on Wednesday. Had fun cleaning clams with Grandma Timmerman. She loves to be helpful. Visited with Oma and Opa one last time. Saw all the hard work on their house. Traveled back to Portland on Wednesday late afternoon. Have been here every since.
Tomorrow will mark our first full week in Portland since we moved out 1 month ago. We love it. We've met some wonderful people who have welcomed us to the area. Thank you to our new friends!
We miss our friends in Hershey. We think of you often and the kids talk of you often. And we miss our block parties. Those were a blast. We love you Hershey Friends!