Getting There

So we're still not in our house. Shocker, I know. We did "move" back to Anchorage, at least. Wasilla was over an hour commute each way, the house was gross, and I needed to be in town to start babysitting. Thankfully, Kenny works in the oil and gas industry so he has a lot of buddies at work that work on the slope. That means they're gone 2 or 3 weeks at a time. Brian was kind enough to let us come and stay at his furnished rental here in town. It has been a huge blessing, but really I'm just still frustrated that we haven't been able to close. We are being repeatedly let down with every day and week something else getting delayed and pushed back. But at least we haven't been in a hotel room, so it could always be worse. So last weekend we were busy moving what little stuff we have down here, and cleaning up the other house really well. Hopefully Louden will feel like he got a good deal by having us stay there for how much cleaner his house his now! :)

We were able to get a nice family to rent out the other side of our duplex at the first of the month. Cross your fingers we've actually closed by then!! Haha. But I'm glad to have one less stress off our minds and get that out of the way. AND on Thursday Kenny and a few buddies moved half of our stuff out of one storage unit and into the garage of our new house. They did at least let us sign something to hold stuff in the garage, so that saves us from paying another month on the storage unit. We got a deal for $30 for the first month, and we only used it for one month so that's nice.

I was able to start babysitting (finally) this week. It's a little 9 1/2 month old girl, Anja. She's such a cutie, and the kids really like her. The funniest was when Madison called her "lasagna". It's more tricky having an extra baby around, but not too bad.

We've been trying to get outside and enjoy the fall weather before it turns quickly to winter. The snow moves farther down the mountains all the time and I know it's only a matter of days (or weeks). On Friday Kenny had the day off and went fishing for the last time this season. He went with Tim, Mike, and Feliciano. They went down the Kenai river in a boat and fished for silver salmon and rainbow trout. They caught both, but you can't keep trout so he brought home the two silvers he caught. It was a beautiful day and he had a fun time, I'm glad he got to go.

Last week was our first Sunday in our new ward and I just know we're going to love it! Kelsey went to nursery last week which was absolutely heavenly! I haven't NOT had a kid with me during church for a long time so it was really nice to sit through all of both classes and listen. I'm glad she has Madison in there with her to help her adjust.