As many of you know we have been looking at the possibility of moving for months now. We had the opportunity to expand our business by buying a failing Papa John's market in the Spokane, WA area. Let me just tell you, the last couple months have felt like a roller coaster, the deal has been uncertain, to certain, to having fallen through, then back on and when it was finally 100% for sure we had 2 days to finish packing and get on the road!
Well we have been here for a couple weeks now and are finally feeling settled in. We ended up moving to Richland, WA which is in the tri-cities (about 2 hours SW of Spokane). We have already got one of the stores back up and running (they all closed during the buying process) and the 2nd one in tri-cities will be open this week. From there we will begin re-opening 3 stores in the Spokane area which will be managed by one of our former managers from Boise.
The first week we were here we were able to stay with Kent and Ann (my mom's uncle and aunt) while we looked for a home. We found a really nice condo right off the river to rent and really like the area, we were blessed to find a family to rent our home in Boise to last minute; they came and looked at it the day we were moving! We had previously found renters, but had told them nevermind when we thought the deal was off, so we were really excited to be able to get it figured out still before we left and we like these renters better anyway :)
All in all we are happy to be here and look forward to what lies ahead, Preston has been nonstop working to get the stores re-opened since the day we got here and the girls have transitioned really well. Thanks so much to my dad who came and helped us load up the truck and drive here, unload into a storage unit, load back up and unload into our new home, then unpack. We couldn't have done it without him and we loved having him here for over a week! The girls became especially attached and we were sad to see him go, but appreciate all he did, thanks Dad!
Chilling inside the fort
Best Friends!
The one downside to the day was that I woke up to find that neither our oven or stove was working. That made it hard to make the stuffed cinnamon crescent rolls I had planned for breakfast as well as the big Easter dinner I planned. Oh well, we just saved it all for the next Sunday! It was still yummy a week later! Hope you all had a Happy Easter too! 
I took Lorelai on the carousel in the park; it was built in 1909 and the tiger she rode is the only one on an active carousel in the world. 
Reagan was all smiles all day as usual!
Also in the park is the world's larger radio flyer wagon, you can climb up into it 
We also saw the waterfalls, but didn't get a good picture.
The final product! It has been growing so quickly since then and Lorelai loves checking on it and making sure it has enough water, we can't wait until we start seeing some strawberries!
What do you think?
So fun!
Here they are all cozy in their cocoons and transported into their new home!
3 out of the 4 turned into butterflies and silly me I forgot to take a picture! We kept them for a few days then set them free, I was worried Lorelai wouldn't want to let them go, but she actually loved watching them fly away! It was really fun to watch them and Lorelai got really into the whole process!
