wow

So what a busy couple of months we have had around here. Sean's dad was in town for 2 weeks, we enjoyed spending alot of time with his family. The girls had their Super big Pirate bash which went off very well, even the rain held out until the party was over. Denali has started school and LOVES it and though the other 2 girls are sad and miss her when she is gone I think it is good for all of them. We are supposed to close the deal on the house by the end of this week which is almost overwhelmingly exciting. We should have about alittle over a month to make the changes that we want, ie: wood flooring and carpeting and painting. This of course is where I get really excited. Anyone who knows me knows that this is right up my alley, Sean's main job is to raine me in alittle right. After we get all moved in Sean will be going to NM on the 2cd of Nov until the 8th, he'll be back for a week and then I'll take off for my best girls birthday in Seattle on the 20th of nov and come back the 23rd. All of this and possible a dodge caravan to boot. Its crazy and fun as usual. We are seeing how all the hard work and saving is really coming through for us now and it feels good. More later but there is just a quick update for everyone. I love you guys and will hopefully talk with all of you soon. Hey and what about this Palin stuff huh? Pretty hilarious.

finally back on track

The HOUSE!!!!!! Ugghhh! The source of so much stress! We are finally back on track to buy it. We did some fancy foot work with our financing and were able to jump over those petty little gliches that were plaguing us before. The new close date is on or before sept 29. Out side of that we have been busy planning for the girls birthday party...Argggghhh! They can't stop talking about it. I have everything lined up except for the food and the clean house, hah! Luckily Sean is off from wed on so we should be able to get everything done. It appears as though we will have a pretty full house so keep your fingers crossed that it doesn't rain! Denali starts school on the 2cd of September which of course is another non stop topic of conversation around here. This week Sean will take her shopping for her first school backpack. I hope everyone is doing fantastic and love you all!

Holy Buckets we' re buying a house!!!

Alright I just got the call today, our offer has been accepted and we can proceed with all the inspections and what have you. I am to be honest terrified at the prospect of buying a house again but this one would be completely worth it. A good neighborhood for the girls with public schools we would actually send them to. A huge yard and room to expand when and if we want. I know things could still go arye from here but I am so excited I could spit! We have come along way from the days of renting our 1bedroom place on E 11th ave, our bright blue crack house in mountain View to the possiblity of buying another house in Turnigain. They may not have seemed it but they were all steps in the right direction because without the money from selling the crack house we wouldn't be able to have enough down payment for this one. I am (and have been since we first looked at it) picking out paints as we speak. No paint from the dump this time.....yes I am excited. Though maybe a few paints from the dump if they have the right colors.....heck I'm still thrifty. As you can probably tell my head is all a mess and if you could hear me my speech would be slurred, so I am going to exit this post before I have a chance to read it and delete the whole thing.
Ciao~ Sarah

camping and painting

This weekend we went to Seward again. We camped out at Forest Acres which is alot more woodsie than the bay area. There had been black bears spotted in the campsite and rumors of a brown running around. Personally I started praying that nothing would happen. I am terrified of bears and babies mixing company. A few yrs back I used to run into bears quite often, so much so that a few people thought I was charmed( yeah right). Anyways after having kids your whole perspective on camping and risk in gerneral changes dramatically. So, I prayed. The campground had a play area where the girls met tons of other kids. The site right next to us was full of a family of 7. Wow was I ever impressed. This mama had her shitake down. There were a pair of 3yr olds in the bunch for the girls to run around with. Along with a seven yr old boy who I credit with Denali's new interest in toy guns and saying Bang bang I shot you. Yay, not thrilled about that influence at all. I know Sean's a gun fanatic and all but not in front of the girls. All in all we had a great time and only suffered a few scrapes and bruises. Denali ran straight into a tree face first. How does this happen, split second and well....it just does. We left by 11 am on Sunday morning and headed into Hope, we are hoping to go camping there in the next few weeks with some other families and friends which will be fun. By the time we reached home in the hood we were all ready for some rest and real food. On Tuesday I gathered up the girls for some outdoor painting during probably the sunniest day we've had yet. Hopefully my slide show will work out for this post. We are still waiting on the house deal. We keep hearing that chances are we are going to be able to get it because we are the first offer in that has all the qualifications for buying the home. Again its a holding pattern game, we just keep flying around in circles and waiting. Til then we are just going day by day. The girls are particularly excited today because they get to go play with there cousin Sara. Hope all is well! Big Love from Sean and the Whalenettes!