Good Bye Cordova

Well, I figured I'd better get a least one more update before the internet is turned off and we head off on our new adventures.  The Uhaul arrived Tuesday afternoon with my in-laws. Thankful they are able to come help us out.  The kiddos are still going to day care this week - we thought it would be best for them to have some sense of "normal" this week.   So, we've been busy during the day and then trying to keep the evening as "normal" as we can for the kids.

We've had AMAZING weather which is both a blessing and a curse.  A blessing because we can load things out onto the deck to see how to fit things in the truck.  A curse because we just want to go out the road and play in the sunshine.  We did take a break last week from packing and took the kids to probably their last outing to the park. 

We had a great time playing on all the fun jungle gyms.  I'm looking forward to seeing what community activities we'll have in our new place.   Speaking of new place- what a crazy week we had.  We have a purchase agreement for the sale of our house!  We are VERY EXCITED but also remaining cautious - it will feel official when we sign the papers at the end of August.  The new buyers are okay with the renters we have lined up for the house, and the renters knew upfront that if the house sold, they would have 2 months to move out.  I can't even express how much of a blessing this whole situation is.  Another blessing this past week - we thought we had the perfect rental place lined up.  When we received the lease - my gut sank and I was extremely uneasy and felt like something was up.  God is good and with Leif's support we followed the "gut instinct" and it turned out that the rental person was a scam artist.  We were literally at the bank trying to decide whether to send the deposit the person was requesting.  Whew... So then, we shifted gears to finding a new place to rent and another blessing was presented.  We found a place through the help of the potential new day care provider in Eagle River and the place is available for us to move in on the 19th.  This puts our timelines a little tight as we leave for Wisconsin on the 22nd - but none the less- so very thankful to find a rental that's affordable, has the space we need, garage, fence yard, allows pets and we can move in now before we go on our trip.

Whew... I tell ya - it's been a CRAZY week and a half.  In the words of Leinna, "Two more sleeps and we'll be on the big boat to Anchorage!" 

Not sure when my next opportunity will be to blog, so

Good bye for now!