Trying to saty cool here in Nebraska requires the kids to get dirty. In Oregon there was just clay, here it's real dirt, needless to say the kids rather enjoy it.
Thhe trampoline and recently new pool helps keep the kids from complaining too much about the heat. This rental house didn't do very well with keeping the cool AC within the house, so we were either outside getting wet and dirty, or downstairs in the smelly-but cool basement. This rental house also had lots of bushes and big trees meaning that throughout the day we were being eaten alive by bugs: horse flies... and others. After living in that rental home for a month and a half, we moved again.
Our new rental house was built in Jan 2007. It has that new house smell, and it's so new that the Owner has yet to seed the yard for grass to grow. The back yard is 3x's the size of our Oregon home. The kids call this the Frog home, because there is a small pond (that is drying up everyday) which is home to lots of frogs and toads. They love to go back there and catch as many as they can. We are really happy here, and it's just so nice to be able to call a new place home again. However we really miss our Oregon home, and friends and family there, but we will be back in 33months. Nebraska is a nice change, but it will never be home like our great NW!! The people are rather friendly here; I was going for a walk one day to find my husband and children at the park and 3 people stopped me to talk to me. Two were just saying Hello and telling me about the beautiful day, and Another asked if I was looking for something, and wanted to help. It was a rather different experience than compared to Oregon, I remember going for walks passing by homes and if there were people outside they would just glare as I walked past there property. People wise, we like Nebraska- Weather and landscape wise, we love the NW. Other than that we are well, and glad to be done moving about until 33months from now. Assuming we can get our Oregon House sold. Trying to pay two house payments can be a little tight, but that's part of life to test our faith I suppose.
Oh these firefly pictures aren't the best, I will try to get a better one sometime to post. But In case you haven't seen one before like myself until now, this is for you. =)
1 comment:
Oh my goodness! What an adorable post!! I love all of the pictures!!! However, my absolute favorite is the one of the girls in their plaid skirts and muddy feet! That needs to be on the cover of a magazine!! So fun!
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