Some background for "non-Hustads/O'Donnells."

I thought it might make sense as a first post to give a little background to the broader audience who may be visiting this blog site. We (Jim, Lisa, Aaron, Daniel, and "Brother Andrew") are moving to a town of between 8,000 to 10,000 people (roughly) in the cold Northwestern corner of Minnesota by the name of Thief River Falls or "Thief River" to the locals. It lies about 40 miles due East of Grand Forks, North Dakota for you geography buffs, so it sits pretty close to the border of Minnesota and North Dakota and about 130 miles below Canada. Why are we moving there?? Because I grew up as a boy on a small wheat farm outside of town there, having moved from there to Seattle back in 1982. As they say, you can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy... Our goal in moving there is to provide the kind of slower paced life I enjoyed as a child to our boys, Aaron and Daniel (8 and almost 6). It is the kind of community where most people know someone who knows you, so in a nutshell, it's a place to call "home," not just where you happen to live. We have purchased a turn of the century home in town there in what looks to be a quiet residential neighborhood. It's a four bedroom/two bath home. Many of you have already seen the pictures. If you haven't, let me know and I'll send you a couple. My intention is to post at least every other day as we make our journey to Minnesota beginning in just over a week, wireless connections permitting in the hotels. Feel free to come back from time to time and see what's new, adding whatever comments you would like as well. We appreciate your interest in our adventure!