McHop Adventures: Where've We Been?

Mostly on I-5! In fact, you can call us the Car-Dash-ians! Arlington to Olympia or Olympia to Arlington or Arlington to Northshore...you get the idea. Lots of miles, to say the least.

Biggest little news in our family was the addition of grandson #3, Pearson Bruce Maguire! He was born in Jolly Old England on September 4th! Rah-ther exciting, to say the least. We are going to meet him in a few days! The little scamp is already 3 months old and has iChatted with us several times...along with his two big bros, McColley and Brady. They are taking advantage of their time in England and creating lots of fun memories.

Pearson Bruce Maguire = Newborn

McColley = 5

Brady = Nearly 3

Three Brothers

Once my new job started, we started moving to Olympia in stages. Luckily, the empty townhouse pictured on my last blog was available. It is now happily full of McHop furniture. (Thank you, John and Diane!) We were able to host Thanksgiving for 13 people in the new place! It was a very nice celebration.

The morning view from the townhouse can be spectacular!

I have been working at my new job since August 3rd. It started with a 3-day Special Education Conference in Tacoma with my new boss. Learning curve = steep! Moving into my new office took some time and a bit of rearranging. It's a nice space. It is great to be part of this Special Service team. My sign was subsequently upgraded, but the paper version amused me for several weeks.

Warren worked as a substitute assistant principal in another district and has just completed his job. Now he and I will live in the same place. Although it was an interesting experiment to live between two places, it isn't our cup of tea.

In October, we met friends for a weekend in Walla Walla. Such a nice time was had by all! Lots of good food and fun.