We spent a lot of time with boxes this week - packing them, moving them and unloading them! We are happily settled into our apartment now and have handed over the keys to our old Parkside house. 

While we have been distracted by settling down into our new digs, the house has been progressing with some exciting changes. Our cabinets have begun to be installed. The kitchen is awesome and turning out just like we'd imagined. We are also excited by the installation of bathroom cabinetry,  
laying of hardwood flooring into the new rooms,  the hanging of doors and the pouring of our porch and storage foundations.

The foundation for our shed went in on Friday. They dug down into pretty old ground, there were bits of very old metal buried here and there (our neighbor said it was the site of an old woolen mill about 100 years ago).

It's moving week! No not into the new place, but our temporary apartment in Redmond. We'll be there until early September. Monday we make the first move out of our house into the apartment, taking just the minimum that we'll need for the summer. The apartment is pretty nice, 3 bedrooms, they have a pool and are close to the local movie-plex.

Move two is on Thursday and Friday,  the moving trucks come back to take everything else into storage.

On Independence Day we took the dog for his first 4k - "Four on the Forth" in Bellevue, later we went back to the house to watch the fireworks. The fireworks barge went right past our house.

Work is progressing at the house - lots of excavation outside and finishing of the drywall inside. We should get our kitchen cabinets soon!