How time flies. Well, the Ashland house sold and we were able to secure a new loan, so we started looking at houses right away. After months and months of discussions about pros and cons, Mike and I decided that for us, for our family, and what made the most sense is that we stay in Keizer. So, me being the anxious person I am - I got Mike to agree that we could start looking for houses in the 1 neighbourhood we both agreed on (commute times, walkability, and most importantly schools). There were not many houses and we knew what we wanted after the Ashland house. We spent a few weekends looking at houses and finally agreed on one that had been on the market for awhile, but had a ton of benefits, room to grow, etc - just a horrible paint job inside (think dark brown, terracotta, yellow/green - Go Ducks, and lavender). We made an offer and it was accepted. So the wait and the paper work was on.
Molly got pretty hurt on a walk we were doing and ended up having to have knee replacement surgery (it is actually common - who knew?)
We went to Eureka for Thanksgiving, it had been months since we last went down. It was pretty great, the kids were great in the car, which is such a plus when you are driving 7 hours. We made a trip to the zoo while we were there, the otters were really active, which was pretty amazing to watch. This little costal town has such a great zoo, it's always a fun pit stop. Oh, and they have a petting zoo, which allows Mike to get his goat fix.
Here are some photos if you are interested.
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| Hike at Forest Park in Portland |
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| The river otters were really playful |
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| Eureka Zoo and the goats. |
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| Ella's first hair cut, by herself |
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| Christmas card out takes |
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