Ohio is still awesome.

I wanted to wait until everything looked good-to-go before I introduced you to what we picked:

(more pictures later)
Athens, Ohio will be our home sometime in July. The town of Athens is so NOT Pocatello. Well, Ohio itself is so green and gorgeous I thought I was going to visit Anne Shirley. I saw one Amish woman at the airport (I didn't know they could fly!).

Back to Athens... let me just say: cobblestone brick streets, old red-brick buildings with clock towers, enormous trees, flowering fruit trees, red cardinals and blue jays, front porches, green lawns, and kind neighbors.

The OU campus is so cool... I couldn't believe students were walking around looking completely oblivious of the beauty around them. Spencer was welcomed by excited faculty who invited him to help with their upcoming research. We were pleased to find that the college and the community are very accepting of the family life-style.

The neighborhood we chose was ideal because it is next to the bike path entrance so Spence can bike 2.5 miles to school along the scenic river and I have easy access to the community center, park, pool, and grocery stores.

Our cute little cottage-style house will be 4 bed, 3 bath with a big back yard. I lie in bed at night thinking about where we should put furniture, what color to paint the basement, and where Grant's time-out spot will be (a very important decision).

If only Mary Poppins would come in and pack all of our belongings and tell me what I don't need to take. I DO wish we could take our families. Grant will miss them too... last night at 3am I was up changing his stinky diaper and he was requesting Grandma. I was too.