Thursday, June 26, 2008

Gabel Vacation

This past weekend we took a vacation to the Wallowa Mountains with Matt's family. It was relaxing and beautiful and we had a great visit with everyone.

We went hiking and get this...I took a nap everyday! I wonder how many more months it will be until I get another nap.


Here are some photos...



A walk by the lake


Views of the mountain.


Matt and Alan - trying to be cool, I guess =)




Alan and Angela




Playing in the pool



View of the mountains from Joseph

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

We're Buying a House!

Okay, I'll try not to make this long, but God is so good! We found a house over a month ago and thought it was perfect. We put in an offer, they countered. We put in another one, and they countered. With that offer, we walked away. Three weeks later they call us up and say they'll take our last offer. Right before we make the offer, the call up and say, "Never mind, increase it $1,500 and we've got a deal". We were shocked at the bait and switch. We did not raise our offer and lost the house.

As you can imagine, we were upset to say the least. For the last month, we've been frustrated and discouraged since we haven't seen anything close to the other house.

On Sunday I noticed a house that looked to good to be ture, so we were able to see it on Monday and put an offer on it that day. As of today, Tuesday, the seller accepted our offer!!!

Here are some photos of our new home. All are invited to an open house party - give us a while to settle in of course.

Living room/kitchen entrance
Wood burning fireplace in living room


Double sink in bathroom
Hallway to the bedrooms

Shed in the backyard