We found a house!

This past week we were able to find a house that we like and that is in our price range. So many people helped us out. I contacted the bishop of the ward we wanted to be in several weeks ago and he gave me lots of advise on the area and some good places to look for housing. We looked on craigslist.com and found a house we just loved. The bishop went and looked at the outside of the house and back yard and said it looked good to him. Then we applied for the house and were approved! However before we put money down we really wanted to be able to see it or have someone we knew walk through and take pictures and get a feel for the house and the landlord. Stan's friend Elana and her husband Jason were lifesavers!! They offered to meet with the landlord and take lots of pictures of the inside for us. We felt good about having them go look at it and would totally trust thier judgement. Well about 5 minutes after we got off the phone they call us back and offer us a free standby ticket to fly up there and see it ourselves. Jason works for the airlines. We were so grateful!!! Wednesday I hopped on a plane to Portland. Elana wasn't busy that day so she was my taxi. I had never met her before but we became fast friends. We looked at the house, took more pictures, took measurements of the house and even picked a bag of strawberries that grow in my new front yard!!!! It is so beautiful there!!! Our landlord Laina is so nice! I hurried back to the airport and was back home by 8pm. It was a long busy day but well worth it. We can't wait to move there. The weather was perfect, everything was green, and we have a house!! YEAH no more apartments!

Here are some pictures of our cute little house! Enjoy!

Front yard that is just infront of the door
Front yard. This is where all the strawberries are. YUM!!! And there are tons of flowers just starting to bloom
In front of the house

Back yard

Back yard

Back Yard