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! 

Swimming Lessons

Where to start!?  Ha!  Day 1 of swimming lessons was great!  She got right into the pool, had a blast, loved it... until she was asked to blow bubbles in the water.  No way!  Day 2 she cried and refused to get into the pool.  I did a lot of chasing her down, bad day!  Day 3 she got a little braver and would go in a little bit to get a toy and then run back out.  I feel like swimming lessons has made her go backwards instead of forwards in her swimming abilities.  Lame!  Not what I was hoping for.  The 3rd day one of the manager ladies at the pool came out to talk to me about what they could do for Addelyn, she said that Addy seems terrified of the water.  I explained to her that Addy absolutely LOVES the water and she did not have a very good first day with her teacher.  The manager lady decided to try to help Addy get in the water, so she picked her up and Addy started kicking and screaming.  She finally set her down in the water, and Addy ran right back out to me.  After a few minutes Addy got back in the pool and proceeded to ignore everything she was being told by the teachers that were trying to work with her.  They brought Addy over to me and said she couldn't be in the pool if she wasn't going to listen and stay by the class.  Understandable.  She then proceeded to tell me that she is the most stubborn little girl she has seen, as if I didn't already know! ha 
So, we are on our second session of swim lessons, and haven't improved much.  It takes her about 10-15 minutes to warm up and get in the water, which leaves 10-15 minutes of constructive time with her teacher, which she chooses to listen to what she wants.  Such a stinker! 

 Day 1!  Doing so well!

 Day 1.. on the wall because she would not listen to her teacher...

Day 2.. not good!

Day 3... getting her feet wet!

Now... notice there are no other kids by her because she is not by her class. :)

Tyler had a patient that works at the pool come in the other day and she said she had heard of his daughter!  So, apparently she is the talk of the pool!  Oh man! 
Hopefully next year will be better!  At least they have given us something to do!

Hermiston Life

Hermiston has been great so far! We have enjoyed having sun every day! I cannot believe the difference that it makes. I really did not enjoy the cloudy day, after cloudy day when it was supposed to be summer. We have had lots of fun with Cousin Emery, lots of bike rides and playing outside, lots of time with Nana and Papa, and lots of lightening watching.

Watching Aunt Tess' softball game.

Swimming with Emery and Ty.

Sprinklers!

Cousin Em, is too little for the sprinklers, so she just watched Addy.

We took Addy to see her first movie, Brave.  She enjoyed it, but most of all enjoyed the popcorn! :)

Done many puzzles!

Watching lightening with Dad.

Date with mom getting some fro yo. Yum!

Just enjoying being outside.

More storms and a rainbow!!

Happy Day for the Bendixsen Family

Tyler got his dental license today! I am super excited and Tyler is super nervous! This came way sooner than expected, and we are so grateful. Tyler will be able to start work on Tuesday, the 17th, way earlier than planned! We celebrated by going and getting free slurpys from 7-11 because of the date!  I am so, so proud of this man and his accomplishments! 

Fourth of July

We had a fun day! It was sunny and warm! We went to the Hermiston Butte and did some activities, including eating shaved ice, had a BBQ, roasted marshmallows, and watched fireworks.

Addy and I painted our fingersnails so we would be festive!

Addy in her patriotic outfit!

We also took time to go visit Grandma and Grandpa B.  This is the best picture I got of Addy with her Great Grandpa Bendixsen.

All ready for the fireworks!

Moving Day

We got back from Utah late Wednesday night. Thursday and Friday we spent all day packing, and Saturday morning we were up and ready to move! The truck loading went smoother than we anticipated! We had to park our moving truck at the gas station across the street because our driveway is insanely steep and the parking lot is super small so the truck would have gotten stuck one way or another! We had a pickup and the Tahoe. They would fill them up, drive them across the street, and unload and do it all over again! Luckily, we had so much help! It went faster than anticipated and everything fit! Luckily we had the Tahoe for our more fragile stuff that we didn't want to get damaged. We cleaned up and handed over our keys. We then drove the 3 hours to Hermiston, pulled up to our storage unit and unloaded all our belongings.

Our last meal in our apartment, Panda Express. 

Last night in our apartment. 

Right before we left... so empty!

All packed in and ready to go!

Our huge truck!

As small as it was, our apartment suited us well for the last 2 years of dental school.  It was hard to leave.  I still don't think it has fully sunk in that we officially live in Hermiston.  Since we are living with Tyler's parents it just kind of feels like we are on an extended vacation. 

A Little Time in Utah

We spent a few days in Utah after our Florida trip. It was good to see my family. We went up to the canyon and had a picnic on one of the days. A lot of wildfires were going on at the time. It's so sad, but it made for some very pretty sky.

 

Florida Day 8

Our final day! We had to be checked out of the house by 11 and our flights didn't leave until 5:30. So, we got all our luggage loaded into the Traverse. Imagine 7 mid-size suitcases, 7+ carry-ons, and 7 adults in a midsize SUV. There was luggage EVERYWHERE! I wish I would have gotten a picture of it. After getting checked out we headed over to the Fun Spot. It's basically like a perma-carnival. They had go carts (with 3 levels!), a mini roller coaster, bumper cars, tilt-a-whirl, and lots more!

This was one of the rides.  It swings you back and forth and you end up so the rod is parallel to the ground!  My seat harness wasn't tight enough, so I felt like I was slipping out... I hated it! haha

After the Fun Spot we headed to Olive Garden for some lunch and then to the airport.  We headed to Utah to see my family for a few days and see our Addy girl!  We were fortunate enough to have my mom, dad, sisters, and brothers take care of Addy for us.  She did not ask about us once, but instead asked about her friend, Alexa. :)  She had a blast and talks about them constantly!

What a great trip!  We had such a great time!  Thank you Mom and Dad B for taking us on such a fun trip!  Thanks to Tyler for working so hard in dental school and earning such an awesome trip!  Thanks to Uncle Curt for hooking us up so we could do so many fun things in a week!

Florida Day 7

I was super excited for this day! We went to Busch Gardens! This is where my family went many times growing up when we went to Florida.
We got to pet some kangaroos, ride some awesome rides, see some shows... all before it started pouring and they closed the rides!  There was tons of lightening and thunder and sheets and sheets of rain!

We had to take shelter on the way out.  When the rain let up some we made a run for the car!  We were soaked!  On the way home stopped and picked up some pizzas for dinner.  After dinner we just hung out and relaxed a bit.