Hello Blog

Although it appears as though Landon and I have disappeared, we are indeed still here. :) There has been absolutely nothing exciting or worthy of a post. We have pretty much just been working during the day and hanging out with my parents and Lucy at night. My parents did get a Wii, which is consuming lots of time and thought. I am obsessed with Wii Match...and I am so good at it too. I think I could play that one game for hours. Landon is obsessed with the Table Tennis/Ping Pong game. I told you we didn't have anything exciting going on...

New House

Yay! We finally bought a new house. It is located in Edmond, in the Deer Creek school system. We think the home will be a great place for us to live, and will be a great investment for the next 3-5 years. It is such a huge relief to be able to check "buy a house" off of our list.

More pictures to come once we actually move in sometime in May.

Moved

We have packed all our belongings in a POD, officially closed on our house in Midwest City (yippee), and moved in with my parents. Lucy has been very confused and anxious to say the least, but she is happy to be at my parents house, which she recognizes and loves. Landon and I are thrilled to be done with one part of the moving process. Pictures of the fun...

Our massive pile of boxes.

It was snowing and raining, so we built a tarp tunnel to move into the pod.

So tired, but so happy to have finally closed.

Little miss Lucy was EXHAUSTED.

We still have an offer in on the short sale house in Lone Oak, but we are also looking diligently at other houses. At this point, we have pretty much decided to buy a newer construction in Edmond (either Edmond or Deer Creek schools). We are in a good position because we can keep our offer in on the short sale, but also put offers in on other houses (long explanation of why we can do this). We are still looking at some foreclosed homes and homes that are in bankruptcy court, but soon we will probably begin looking at other homes. We'll keep you updated!

Tired

We are tired. Completely exhausted. But, we are so blessed. More updates later when we have the energy.

Update

Here is what our house looks like right now... piles and piles of boxes that go a mile high. :) I should probably take a picture to document our moving experience.

The POD arrives on Friday morning for the big move to begin. Unfortunately, a snow storm is also supposed to arrive on Friday. Yes, a snowstorm, and it is almost April. We have done really well with all of our packing though, and I don't think this part of the move is going to be stressful.

We still don't have much news on the house. All that we know is that we are still the highest and best bid. I wish Countrywide would hurry up! This is seriously torture and I'm getting really antsy. Landon is still his usual calm, patient, even-tempered self. Gosh, I am so grateful for him. Despite the torture, we still feel like we are waiting for a reason...so the wait continues for the time being. Hopefully we'll have a final answer soon!

March Madness

Oh March Madness! This is one of Landon's favorite times of the year. Lots and lots and lots of basketball. Jonathan and Landon will probably talk to each other 10 times a day for the next month...with all conversations revolving around basketball.

This year, my family will be competing against each other in a March Madness pool. The name of the pool is "The Golden Egg of Basketball," which is a spin-off of a long-standing family joke. Everyone in my extended family is participating, including my 5 year old cousin, who picked her teams based off of the names that made her giggle. Ha! There was a $5 buy-in, and people can fill out as many brackets as they want. I'm hoping for the grand prize! :)

No News

We are still waiting to hear whether our bid was accepted on the house in Edmond. It has been over a week!!! AHHH! We are ready to know the outcome, but we are also learning patience and know we have been brought to this place for a reason. Hoping and praying that we hear soon!!!