We Bought a House and Got a Kitten!

August 2015

We bought our first home!

It's about 2200 sq. ft. It has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. 

It's on about a half of acre of land. There is a giant unattached garage and 2 sheds. 

And it is just plain cute! We really really like it!!!

Our home is up on a hill on the edge the town. There are only 4 homes up here and one is a summer home and one is a rental. So it's us and one other family (for the most part) and they are great neighbors to have (Matt's Principal and his Family). 

Here are some views form our deck. We can see the Lake and the Town! 

The lake view is somewhat obstructed by another house and a tree, but we can still see it!

I can even see it through my living room windows!

We constantly find deer in our yard, which I quite like. 

That might change if we do a garden, but it's cool to see wild life in your own backyard. 

This is the view from the trail right above our house. 

We just walk up a little ways and you get the view of the whole lake. 

I love my Kitchen!

I really like the island and the super nice granite top!

I love the stripes on the walls and the the fun magnet/chalk board that was left up. 

Living Room with an awesome Pellet Stove. 

We also got a kitten this month and named him Gandalf! 

Our neighbors cat had just had kitten's and we couldn't resist getting one.

 They were all so cute, but we ended up choosing this little guy. He has been a very good kitty! He is quite a bit bigger than this now. He is a very patient cat and is so good with Autumn. 

She will tackle him and put him in choke holds and he doesn't seem to mind (most of the time). 

Autumn turned 11 Months old! 

She is still a crawling machine! She will pull herself up and likes to walk with help. She loves her new kitty and is getting used to her new room and home. 

Oregon Coast with the Wahlquist Family

Matt and I decided that we would drive through the night so that Autumn would be asleep for most of the 12 or so hour drive. She did great! She woke up once sometime in the middle of the night, but went back to sleep until we were just a hour or two away. I on the other hand had a hard time with the whole driving through the night. Matt took the first shift form about 8 or 9 until almost 2 am. When it was my turn I hadn't slept much so I barely made it more than an hour or so. We took a little nap, but eventually powered through. Well Matt did at least. Although we were quite tired, it was amazing that we could be at the Ocean just from one day to the next.  

What a Happy Girl! I think she knew that we were about to get out of the car. 

I love her smile with the lopsided top teeth(9-10 Months old they started popping through).

We made it and she loved it!

 Autumn really enjoyed playing on the sandy beaches and crawling all around way way fast. 

She also really liked walking to the waters edge while holding our hands. 

She wasn't scared to walk in it either.

 (She had just started walking with help right around this time)

We spent a few hours waiting at this beach for the rest of the family to join us. We didn't mind the wait one bit. It was such a a great day to be at the beach. It was quite warm for Oregon. 

We stayed in a really nice place that was just right across the street from the beach. We spent a few days just playing right around there and then went out a few days to some other great

 beaches to find  tide pools and waterfalls.

This little crab reminded me that we got to eat fresh crab right from the 

Ocean one evening for our dinner. 

It was so delicious!

We had such a wonderful time in Oregon with the whole family. It was so fun to have Cameron back from his mission. I am so grateful to have married into such a fun loving family. 

All the brothers built this awesome sand castle and were waiting

 for the tide to come in to wash it away...

We had fun jumping around to get some cool photos as the sun was going down. 

This one is of Matt, Cameron, and Kyle. 

Matt and Cameron. 

The water finally came!

What a fun trip we had. I love the Oregon Coast so much and the beach and ocean in general! I could go every year, well really everyday if I could.
I suppose I got a Lake and beach right out my front door, which is pretty awesome actually.
I hope we can make it back to the beach soon.

Autumn sure loved it and we sure loved it too! 

July

Autumn is 10 Months old. I can't believe how fast she grows and learns. It's crazy and it kind of makes me sad, but it's also so fun to see her become who she is. 

We went to a Pinegar Reunion the beginning of July. I guess I didn't take any pictures. The theme was Gumption! Autumn is wearing her Gumption shirt here. We talked about having Gumption in living the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We also had dinner at a park, swam at the scera pool, and had breakfast the following day up the canyon. 

Watching humming birds again. 

We went up to Tony's Grove and started hiking Mt. Naomi. We didn't get way far, but it was still a beautiful hike and we were grateful for our baby backpack to take Autumn along. 

I don't have any photos from the 4th or 24th of July, but we had our friends up for the 4th (Bairds). We went to the beach, at yummy food, and playing with fireworks!

For the 24th in Laketown they have a big breakfast in the morning and then a little while later they have a little parade right in town. They throw out a ton of candy and there are a lot of animals in it. It's pretty Awesome!

We then went to Oregon with Matt's family. That will be the next post. Oh and Cameron came home the end of June! It's nice to have him back. And it was fun to have everyone together for our trip to Oregon.