Planning, Planning, more planning....

This last week comes in two parts.

New Furniture
Last weekend, after much searching we bought two new pieces of furniture - a corner bookcase and a file cabinet. We had been searching for these two items for quite some time as they will make the condo feel more like a home and also give even more storage. The only final piece we need to purchase is an extra closet - apparently we have a lot of stuff. Hopefully we can buy that this week and build and fill it on the week of the 14th and be moved in!!

Leah's Parents Visiting (and Elana!!)
This Thursday Matthew took a half day off work and Leah took a full day off. At 11 am we picked up her parents at the airport, rented a car and drove to Klamath Falls, OR for a July 4th vacation. Klamath Falls used to have waterfalls, however land was moved a while back and now there are no falls. It is about 5 hours away from Portland and we did the trip in a Chevy Impala - Matthew, Elana and Leah sat in the back seat.

This was Matthew's first Independence Day as an American Citzen. On the 4th we drove into California to visit the Lava Bed National Park. Great way to spend the 4th - at a national park. The lava tubes were amazing inside and a little scary as you go deeper. When we got back we listened to 1776 soundtrack and watched the different fireworks shows on TV!

We spent all Saturday enjoying the resort's facilities, exercise room, swimming pool, ping pong and volleyball. There is much more to come and we will have downloaded all the pictures by next week. Hopefully there will be some good ones to post.

During the vacation, on our drives and over some meals we have been able to get started on some wedding planning. There has been a lot of it but overall very productive. Leah's family will be here for the rest of the week. We, well Leah, is hoping to get a lot worked out before the end of August, before school starts-we will see how that goes.

Happy Independence Day!

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