Moving Day!

After much planning and work, Mary Anne and Barrie have re-located! Last weekend, they moved closer to the Best family by moving to Longview. They now live just a few minutes away from the Best Grandkids. Everyone is very happy to have them in town.

Here's a few pics of the new place:

Grandpa hard at work painting the master bedroom!

The new kitchen (with walk in pantry!)
(It's only messy because of the move....sorry Grandma!) :-)

Drew testing out the chairs in the newly painted family room!

More to come while they settle into the new house, but we're very excited to have them in Longview! Drew and Spencer are excited to learn the new card games that Grandma & Grandpa love to play. Tracy and Rich might even try to sneak away for a dinner alone while they're hanging at the new place.

From one to the next...

After the fun at the Husky/Cougar game, the crew headed to Safeco Field to watch what was a slow, painful end to a long, losing season by the Mariners. The highlight of the day was when Drew was pulled off the bench to replace Ichiro! As you'll see from the picture below, he robbed A-rod of a home run by catching a ball before it went over the wall!



Okay, not really. Pretty funny picture though, huh?! :)

Football! The High's & Low's

The Best household has always been a sport home! No surprise to anyone there. These days, it seems to be becoming more involved in football.

A few weeks ago, Rich, Spencer, Drew and Gumpy (Bob) headed up to Seattle for the Washington Huskies vs. BYU Cougars game.

Gumpy is a UW alumni, so over the years, he's gotten his grandson's pretty excited about the Huskies. Now Rich, on the other hand has definitely married and adapted well to the Husky family, but still has his BYU history, so the obvious dilemma in whom to cheer for.


So being the ever good son-in-law, he donned his UW coat and headed to the game with the boys. However, we was seen giving a few fist pumps when BYU did well during the game!


As you may know, the Cougars beat UW in a controversial finish by blocking an extra point to win by 1 point. While Rich came out a winner either way, the boys had a fantastic time at the game.

Our ever present observer in Drew learned much about football. The quote of the day came from Drew (as it usually does) when he asked Gumpy, "how come everybody keeps acting so happy", when UW made a first down.

Gumpy enjoyed teaching Drew about both football and the UW. He still can't figure out why the boys would rather play Nintendo than drive down Greek Row?!?!

And now the lows:

Spencer is on the injured reserve! He's loving the game of football and is doing a great job in his first season. Unfortunately, a nagging ankle injury has him watching from the sidelines. He's off until next week nursing the injury.