Lost Treasure Found

We moved into our new home nine and a half months ago. Since our move we have stored hundreds of boxes of stuff on the floor of our garage. There were boxes and boxes of office supplies, canning supplies, houseplant supplies, Christmas decorations, children's clothing, Legos, kitchen items, tools and hardware, electrical cords, decorative tins, baby gear, sports gear, water gear, camping gear, winter gear, old financial records, personal history records and lots of junk, too. The task of finding a place to store these items was so daunting that we did nothing with these boxes for months.

With winter approaching we needed to store them away or give them away or throw them away so that we could park cars in the garage. What a novel idea--a garage that houses cars. First we had a shed built and we moved lots of items into it--snow tires, lawn mowers, hoses, rakes, shovels, saws, coolers, a hammock, a bird bath, gardening supplies, camp chairs, the wet vac, sports gear, and our supply of propane.

We hauled (yet another!) load to the dump. We said good-bye to suitcases, a trunk (from my college days!), old electronics, junk lumber, batting scraps, and other smaller treasures. We tried to free cycle much of it first, but no one wanted it. Kara did free cycle four metal shelfing units, a trundle bed frame, six peacock feathers (cat toys!), a box of magazines, and a stroller. We hauled off lots of boxes to the thrift store, too.

During our long hours of sorting through boxes, we found a few lost treasures. As Kara noted in her last post, she found Viva's black boots. The best find, however, was the children's sunglasses collection. It's been MIA for nine months! They were very excited to get their hands on it. Jackson wore a pair of sunglasses to a friend's birthday party yesterday and Bentley wore a pair to sacrament meeting today.

Here's some shots I took of them trying on the sunglasses.









Mark was busy elsewhere, so I used the little camera which is not great, but it captured the moment.