Nuestra Casa :D


We found our house!! The picture is a link to all the info on it (you can change the language to English at the top of the page I think). We met with our landlord today and he's a really great guy and speaks English pretty well. Between his English and my Spanish we're a perfectly bilingual human ;) I took a few pics with the nice camera, but don't know yet about uploading. The house has a big yard and a pool. It has 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, a 2 car garage, and tons of flowers and fruit trees to make everything smell wonderful :) They're remodeling the kitchen, master bathroom, and the garage right now so we can't actually move in until mid-July. Since none of us wanted to live in a hotel for another month we've moved into an "aparthotel". For less than our hotel costs we're renting a furnished 2 bedroom apartment with a kitchenette, cable, and a living room. Unfortunately the internet is not free so don't expect to hear much from us for the next month or so. I'm not too keen on paying over $100 a week for internet :O I will be back soon and when I am I'll have plenty of pictures and stories to share about this exciting transition.
ALSO Brennan is smiling a lot now and sleeping at least 7 hours at night. I will try to get a smiling pic and upload it ASAP as well. Tristan and Noah are fine as always and enjoying staying up a lot later here :)
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