Monday, October 26, 2009

Moving to Seattle

I'm supposed to be in bed right now, but I've been taking a stroll down memory lane, reading through four years of blog posts and watching my family grow and change. It's been an incredible journey.

And, a new stage in our journey is about to begin. I'm writing this post from a hotel room in Seattle, where my company is transferring us. Carrie and I are excited to move back to the West but we are also going to miss all of our friends in Houston.

So many firsts happened for us in Houston. My first "real" job. The first time I met Carrie and found out what it was like to really be in love. The births of both our first little boy and our first little girl. Our first home and our first dog. Evacuating for our first hurricane and hunkering down for our second. We will always have some amazing memories of our time in Texas.

We look forward to making some great new memories in Seattle! We are both intimidated by everything we are trying to get done in the next month to get ready to move - it will be quite an adventure. We hope our friends will come and visit us when we get settled.

8 comments:

Amy North said...

wow, congrats on the move guys! I've always wanted to live in the Northwest, so maybe I'll live vicariously through you. :) Good luck with moving, and I hope Seattle is awesome. I can't wait to hear about it!

Heather said...

You're gonna love it! I'm so excited for you! I'm sure my mom will be happy to have you over for dinner or give you whatever help you need (she's in Sammammish now).

Love, Heather

Leslie said...

Yeah for moving back to Washington! Not that we make it back to Washington very often, but we go there a lot more often than we go to Texas, so maybe we will get to see you more often. I bet Grandma and Grandpa Couch are excited. Good luck with the move.

Kelli said...

So sad for us but great for the Seattle peep's. We're excited for you but you MUST not forget about us here in Tejas! Let me know if I can help with anything...

erita said...

excited to have you guys up in my neck of the woods!

Amy said...

Yeah! Congratulations! What a new adventure. I'm sure Jenny is sad but you'll be closer to family which will be nice. Good luck with all the moving! I don't envy that job.

Jenny said...

I'm so excited for you guys! I guess we'll start visiting Seattle more than Houston now - the visits might be a little farther apart though . . .but let me know when you need help creating another Jungle bathroom! You know I'm good for it!

Ice Pony Girl said...

You'll love WA! Lots of beagle lovers there!