Bye-Bye Sooke

After a whirlwind month, we have now left Sooke. It breaks down like this:
Dec. 23 - Dean gets offered the job in Yorkton
Dec. 26 - put house up for sale
Jan. 16 - get on offer on our house. Accepted!
Jan. 26 - Dean leaves for Saskatchewan
Feb. 3 - Movers take our stuff away
Feb. 4 - Katie, Jacob and I head to Abbotsford to stay with mom and dad.
Feb. 6 - Dean puts an offer on a house outside Yorkton

Many thanks to Mandi and Rick for helping out and for putting me and kids up while the movers had our stuff. At least Katie and Marley got some good playtime in before we left. It's hard for them to understand the whole 'moving to another province' thing. They keep thinking they can just phone each other up and have a play. Kind of sad. Just becoming friends (starting to get that concept) and then being apart. At least we know we will see them again!

It was great to have a break by staying with mom and dad for several days. Katie and Grandma have such a great bond and Grandpa is quite taken with Jacob. Jacob, missing his daddy, was substituting any male he could and would bestow the most amazing smiles on them. Lucky guys! When we were at Rick and Mandi's, Mandi and I were chatting with Jacob and he was looking quite serious. Rick walked by and Jacob followed him with the biggest grin he could bust out. Too cute!

On Feb. 10, the kids and I flew to Saskatoon to stay with Carol and Lil while waiting for our house to be ready. Jacob did great and Katie reminded the other passengers why no one likes to be on a plane with young kids. Oh well! Because we all missed Dean, and I was anxious to see 'our' house, Dean came to pick us up from Carol and Lil's house that same day and we drove down to Yorkton. A bit of a challenge having the four of us living in a hotel room but worth it to be together for a bit. We will head back to Saskatoon after a week.


Got to see the house. Can't wait to tell more about it, but won't jinx anything by doing it before the conditions are removed. Does that leave you hanging?