let it fall

CHELSEA: Jake is writing a blog at the same time as me. He just asked me how to spell "wonder". He might be writing the same thing as me...so you may be getting the same stories told from two different points of view. How mainstream alternative cinema of us!

We are at the Quality Inn again, but this time much farther north. We saw it off the freeway and said, why not? Last night was great. The shampoo is amazing. I have never smelled a small like this shampoo. We had a nice breakfast, and if the past is any measure of the future, then it stands to reason that this Quality Inn will be just as nice. We stopped by Niagara Falls today, and it was quite amazing. We drove across a few pretty wild bridges, and I think that we were technically in Canada at some points. We had a great time and it was so beautiful! And the walking around felt really good after a long day in the car.
Our drive continues tomorrow, and hopefully we will arrive at our final destination (which we hope will be agreeable) without incident. The drive tomorrow is a little longer than we had thought, but tomorrow is the last of it. Then we will finally be in Vermont! It will be great to be able to say, "We live in Vermont" instead of "We're moving to Vermont".

So, world, I hope you are ready for us...because here we come.

If all of Harry Belafonte's music sounds the same, why cant I stop listening?

Dateline: Batavia, New York

JAKE- So the wife and I have arrived at a point where we are very close to the destination. And thank goodness for that by the way because gas prices and hotel bills are getting higher the more easterly we go. Six hours to go and i just cant wait. oh hey with all this all excitement i almost forgot that we saw niagara falls today. Its a mighty wonder, as in, i wonder why i am standing here looking at this water. seriously, it was cool to see i suppose, i just want the driving to be over. My bottom can no longer take the abuse of sitting and driving; i guess i dont have enough cushin' on my tushin' or something. i am shoving pillows under my rump as i drive but i need more support! im fine. on a lighter note, may i say that traveling with my wife is really fun overall. what a wife! am i right!?

Quality Inn is not an oxymoron

JAKE- So here we are day one, well night one actually. I can hear a train whistle out of our hotel room, lets hope thats not a recurring theme throughout the night. Anyway, we have traveled a great distance and the wife of my bosom seems to be doing pretty well. Oh sure it was a cryfest last night and this morning, but what do you expect? She is a sweet, sensitive wife. I wish there was something i could do to make her feel better, but leaving her family is a personal mountain she has to climb, i can merely be a sort of sherpa to her, figuratively speaking of course. We drove farther or further than we planned to today, ending just outside of toledo ohio. There was some bickering in the care, sure, but for the most part it was pretty fun laughing and singing with the music; Chelsea was doing most of the singing. i did the majority of the driving considering that at my last two jobs i was basically a professional driver guy and it can be pretty much second nature for me. Chelsea cant drive for too long before she goes completely insane, but she toughed it out. our funds are depleting rapidly and its only day one, may the miracles of financial sustainability continue for us.

we are a happy family!

We are moving in a matter of days. Our whole life has become boxes. Where can we get boxes? Who will give us boxes? I wonder if they have boxes? What should we put in this box? This move is a little different because it is so temporary. We basically have two moves in one. Everything for Vermont has to fit in my little car, but we only have two weeks to get from Vermont to Arizona, and we have to stop in Minnesota to pick up all of our other stuff that my parents have been kind enough to begrudgingly let us store.

Jake is in extreme packing mode. After a 29 hour car trip home from Utah last Sunday, I came home to find nearly everything packed. I couldn't even get to my side of the bed because giant wardrobe boxes were everywhere. I guess it is better to be prepared than hurry at the last minute...but seriously.


We had a lovely time with Aysia this past weekend. I had recently gone through my cedar chest and found an old tea set I had painted many years ago, and had set it in the garage sale pile. However, when Aysia saw it she immediately fell in love with it and, needless to say, we all played "tea" for a majority of the weekend.
She is getting so grown up (and sassy) we can't believe it. Since we are moving away, we have been taking a lot of pictures with her.




Here are some of my favorites:

We like to frequent the park.