Update on Our Life

After the 3 houses that we were interested in all got offers put on them, we have decided to put off buying a house and instead, rent for 6 months and start the search again. With the waiting of buying a house came the opportunity to buy a second car. We have been "car shopping" since February. :) I would say that we were over prepared for this purchase. We had looked into every smallish SUV and mini van that is out there and narrowed down our list. We weren't having much luck finding anything in Hermiston and were ready to set up a trip to Portland determined to come back with something. I decided to go through every car lot in Hermiston and make sure we weren't missing anything. I came across a Mazda CX 9. It crossed off most everything on our list and we knew we could get a good deal on it! So, we went and test drove it. It was a little dirty and had a weird smell, so we left feeling a bit put out. We decided that if it was cleaned up we would be pretty interested in it. So, we went back the next day and drove it again. We were able to take it on a longer test drive with just us and talked about it while driving. I told Tyler "Let's just do it!" I was tired of looking and just wanted a new car. We weren't like super in love with it, but decided that if we could stay at a certain price we would do it. To our surprise it didn't take much negotiating and before we knew it we were signing the papers! We had bought a car! Yeah! After we bought it, I was more excited about it! Now, I love it! Part of our negotiation was to get 2 new keys with it and a roof rack put on. So, we're still waiting on those, but I love it!

2010 Mazda CX 9 with 50,000 miles on it. 

We found an apartment complex here that will do a 6 month lease and should be moving in next Friday!  We have enjoyed being at Tyler's parents house, but it will be nice to have our own space again.  I know Addy will miss the huge yard, and so will I.  But, hopefully in the not too distant future we will have a yard of our own!