Chez Wortham, 2011 season

Tonight we had our first dinner on the deck. We grilled asparagus, peppers, hot dogs, and steak. The night was beautiful and the bugs were scarce.

Unpacking

Well, today will be our first full week of living in the house. We arrived in the Springfield area on Saturday, April 24. From Saturday through Monday the Springfield area got nearly 12 inches of rain. After we dropped Jacob off at his school that Monday, we drove by the house. There was water pouring into the basement from a window, a crawlspace door, and several cracks. At that time the floor drain in the basement was still keeping up with it. Unfortunately, by that afternoon the sewers in our neighborhood could no longer handle the water. All over the city basements began to fill up and manhole covers started gushing water. If you want to watch our basement fill with water, you can click here. We have had a whole crew of plumbers and handy men through the house. We are now significantly more flood resistant.

Now we have the task of turning our house into a home. Right now it looks like the back stage of a life-sized Tetris game.

We've got the boys room looking pretty good. All of their books and most of their toys are still in boxes. We have enough of Kelly's office put together so that she can work. We have the kitchen passable and the basement is dry enough that we have the washer and dryer hooked up. Well, I need to get back to work.

Coming soon: The walk to Jacob's school.

Full car and many miles

We finished getting the house packed. Friday morning a very large truck pulled up in front of our old house and three fellows loaded all we own. We stayed at Grandma & Grandpa's last night. Today, with our car packed full, we've set out for our new house.

Farewell

We've packed boxes, loaded trucks, and cleaned an empty house. The boys have said goodbye to their school.

It is time now for our trek to the new house.

Moving

Welcome to the blog. For Jacob and Geoffrey's friends, I can safely assume that you got the cards that we sent. I wonder if you noticed that I (Jacob and Geoff's dad) accidentally printed the picture upside down?

As I mentioned in the card, we will be sad to leave all of our friends. We are, however, very excited about our next adventure. We will do our best to post pictures of things as we get settled in to our new city, home, and school. You can leave us a message by clicking on the word "Leave a Comment" below. We look forward to hearing from you.

House pics

As of Friday, April 15th we are home owners. We bought a lovely mid-20s bungalow just east of Missouri State University campus.