New House!

Wow, I can't believe I am already announcing the fact that we bought another house--so soon after we sold the one in Wamego! However, since our lease was going to be up at the end of July, we thought it would be good to get in a house rather than re-sign a lease. It is a 3-bed, 2.5 bath mid-century ranch home in NW Emporia. It is not too far from our rental house actually. We close June 30, which will be quickly approaching after we return from Greece! Our new address will be:

1330 Garfield

Emporia, KS 66801

It has been a whirlwind, but I am SO excited to have a place to call "home" and somewhere for us to stay put for the next few years at least. No more moving once a year! My favorite part about the house is the 3-season porch off the back and the huge yard--these things are essential for a certain Great Dane of ours. Well, essential for my sanity at least! We will finally have somewhere to welcome guests, and all of you will be welcome to come check it out and visit us in Emporia! A couple of pictures below...

Happenings

We closed on the house last Friday--such a blessing! In case you had never seen it, I posted a picture below. We sure enjoyed the serenity of the house and learned a lot from the experience, but are glad to be moving on. We took a trailer full of shop things out to David's parents' house in Cimarron last weekend after we closed, and David's mom made me a delicious angel food cake with fruit and whipped cream for my birthday. We also jogged over to Greensburg on Saturday night to see George Jones in concert. This weekend we were able to stay home for the first weekend in what feels like forever!

We have a couple of busy weeks coming up--well, at least I do. One day of class and 3 finals to get through this week and I am officially done with school for the semester. We will be back in Lindsborg next weekend for Cari Jean's high school graduation, then we will have a week to prepare for our 9-day honeymoon in GREECE!! I can't believe it is right around the corner.

Our travel plans:
We will head up to KC Friday evening (5-21) and stay the night, since our flight leaves early Saturday morning. The flight overseas is around 9 hours in duration, but we gain 8 hours during the trip as well. So, our time, we will arrive in Athens Sunday around 1 am, but it will be 9 am Athens time, so we will need to be ready for our day! We catch an early afternoon flight from Athens to the island of Santorini, and arrive there around 4 pm. We will spend 5 nights on the island, specifically in the village of Oia (pronounced ee-ya), at the Esperas resort.
http://www.esperas.com/
Friday afternoon we will catch a ferry back to the mainland (port of Pireus near Athens), which will take 7 hours. We will then crash for the night in our hotel room at the Athenian Callirhoe hotel, which is conveniently located very near the Acropolis and the Plaka district.
http://www.tac.gr/
We will have all day Saturday to go exploring in Athens, and will catch our flight home on Sunday morning (5-30). Because we will lose 8 hours, we will arrive home Sunday (late) as well, exhausted but rested all at the same time! I will be sure to provide you with plenty of pictures!

Love to all and Happy Mother's Day!