Moving in to Our Own House

Yay! We were house hunting for about two weeks (we can't live with the Benders forever). We looked at numerous places in Baker City, North Powder, Haines, Imbler, Cove, Union and Elgin. We only looked at one house in La Grande (we really didn't want to live in La Grande). We were looking for a place in the country with outside space for the kids to run and play. We also wanted at least a three bedroom with a big enough living room and kitchen to move around in. It seemed like every house was either huge with no outside place to play, or tiny and in the country with fields and forests all around. Finally we found a house in Union that we really liked. A good size living room and kitchen, a huge laundry room (with washer and dryer, so we don't have to buy our own appliances) and three medium size bedrooms with two bathrooms. It has a great big back yard with a garden and it is the last house on a dead end street with a big field next to us and a view of the golf course on the hill and a giant barn behind us. At the same time, it is only four blocks from the post office, six blocks from the grocery store and seven blocks from the library and park.

Anyway, we are mostly moved in. We found enough furniture to make it livable (we could still use a couch).

I (Jesse) found a job at the Mt. Emily Safe Center facilitating a Boys Council meeting for middle school boys. It is only part-time and I am looking for more work.