HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Happy 32nd anniversary to the new grandparents ;)
...and many more.

videos: old and new apartments, fireworks,

Video clip from 4th of July (up in Michigan, Carrie's mom's side)
Video clip of what our old apt. looks like, after we moved.
Video clip of our new place at Hugh Poland Hall..

(LEFT) Me and Corrie during our move from Bates.. (after Carrie complained that there are no pics of me)

(RIGHT) This was her first real 'outfit' (courtesy of Steve and Betsy), a Hawaiin summer thing that she wore on Sunday up in Michiana.

we moved to Poland

Yes, we moved. Not to Poland the nation, but to Hugh-Poland Hall... where I'll have 2 girls at home and 300+ girls upstairs! :) It's been a crrrazy weekend, but it's all over here at the new pad. Most of it's still in boxes, but we have rooms all set up - just need to unpack and put away. We also have to go back to Bates and clean that apt...

The move was without incident - except for losing our cat. :( He ran off with his tail beneath his legs when we propped the door and started moving. We found him hours later; he was in the crawlspace of the residence hall next door!

I still don't know the phone number yet - and when we try to call off-campus, it goes to the long-distance dial tone (??)... but I'll find it and post it soon.
Stay tuned for a before/after comparison of the old/new apartments, via video.

Corrie made it to church today - first time here in BG. She made it through the whole service and back home before needing food or clean clothes!

I start work again tomorrow; a few weeks of training and preparation before the students get back.

Corrie in the car

These shots were taken during one of our many stops in the road trip. (The rest will be uploaded to Istock - in the "Powell family" lightbox ---> link's over there in the sidebar).

MOVING DAY

It looks like we'll be able to move this weekend!

If anyone can help us move this Saturday, we'll be trying to get our LARGE things moved between 10am and 3pm. We'll have a moving truck (unless they're all taken for this weekend), so we just need a few sets of muscles to help with the piano, bed, chest, bookcase, entertainment center, washer/dryer.

If you can stop by anytime between 10a and 3p, please do :) We'll have a sandwich lunch break in there-- and the World Cup is at 3 or 4p, so we should be fine. I hope we can get it all this weekend!
I'll post our new ph.# later...

Cora meets the original Cora..and hilarity ensues.

Here's the link if you can't watch it here

Corrie's look outside

Carrie held her close to the glass door today.. I cropped some of the space and resized it. You can keep tabs on extra (non-Istock) galleries at brianpowell.shutterfly.com You can see a new link to it on the sidebar -->

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