Moving: where can I find boxes?

That's really all I wanted to ask. We're trying to find boxes to start packing stuff up, but I have NO idea where to look. I've never really had to move before.

So, friends:

WHERE CAN I FIND BOXES?
grocery stores?
dumpster diving?

Where have you had success finding boxes with your moves?
I really don't want to buy new boxes... they're expensive. So free would be nice.




And you have no idea how unbelievably true this will be in our case.

Dear mom and Pretty In Pink

I finally made my carseat cover. Huzzah. Sorry, the pics are lame, but you get the point, right? So as I was making this cover I thought, "Oh man, I probably can't take MY sewing machine to Seattle..." And as I said that my mom's voice popped into my head saying, "MY sewing machine." That's right. It's my mom's. So mom, thank you for letting me use your machine these last several years. :) I've made some awesome projects because you let me take your machine. And thank you for the millions of other things you've let me borrow that somehow have taken permanency in our house. Seriously, thank you.



I'm not going to lie, I picked this pattern partially with Maryn's voice in my head. Big floral stuff. However, I do realize that Maryn would probably NEVER pick this pattern. I tried. I still think it's kind of cute.



So this is our birdhouse project! On the same day I picked up my fabric for the cover I found this wood birdhouse for $1. So I picked up some pink and yellow paint for like $1 to go with it and we had a project! Abbs loved it. And not surprisingly, there is hardly any yellow on this birdhouse. Almost all pink. It has a cute heart cut-out on the front. I should have taken that view.... darn it.


This is Abby after she got out of the tub. She managed to get paint in her hair, and Abby doesn't like anything on her (wonder where she got that?) so we had to take a bath. But check out that hair! Sarah, the first thing I thought of was Duckie---and funny enough she's in an ducky towel. So everyone, compare. Duckie is a hilarious character in the movie, Pretty in Pink. Yes, he's a boy. And check out his hair. I mean, really? It's awesome!

And that wraps up our wonderful post. P.S. We changed our dates with Microsoft to May 24 - August 13. That way Jesse actually makes it back for class and we can possibly get here for Abby's birthday. But we told her we're moving to a new house next month and she's acting relatively excited. She keeps asking when we're moving to the new house with whales, seals, and dolphins. Ah, a girl after my own heart. Gotta love her.

Sleepless in Seattle

To be honest, I don't even really like this movie. But it's one of the first things I thought of when I sat down to write this post.

So what's it really about? Most of you already know, but oh well.

JESSE GOT AN INTERNSHIP WITH MICROSOFT GAMES IN SEATTLE!

Okay, so it's really Redmond, but that's like saying "Bountiful" when really all they want to hear is "Salt Lake."



Huzzah, huzzah! He starts June 14th so we'll head out there like a week before. They even have completely furnished, corporate housing we get to stay in. Yes, we still pay a ridiculous rent, but hey, it's going to be nice. He's going to be working with a team of interns to create a playable video game for the XBox. I've always told Jesse my childhood dream was to live on the Puget Sound. Can you believe it's actually going to happen? I may not be the marine biologist I thought I'd be, but I still get to live there for a few weeks.

Bliss. Absolute bliss.

Oh, the whale picture? It's a whale from the J Pod--a residential group of whales in the Puget Sound. Nothing makes me happier than those whales. Well, and my family. But SO the whales. What can top God's amazing creations?? I can't wait to see them again!