MPLS Update

Whirlwind. That would summarize the past two weeks.

House put on the market. Check. House hunting trip to MPLS. Check. House cleaned for walk-thrus with two kiddos while Mike is out of town for work. Check. Made offer on house in MPLS. Check. Offer turned into a bidding war with another buyer, so we dropped out. Check. Made offer on another house in MPLS (lucky for us, it was just down the street). Check. Offer accepted. Check. House in Utah received an offer and is now under contract. Check.

Whew. I think that sums it up. Our address here will be valid through the end of June, and then our new residence will be in the land up North sometime in July (with a couple weeks of being homeless in the middle). That was fast.

While Mike and I were in MPLS, we stopped in the cute town of Stillwater. Almost bought a house in this town, but ended up about 10 minutes away. We will definitely be making visits to the local ice cream shops and fun main street. Mike is looking forward to intervals on this bute of a hill. This hill is actually part of the Nature Valley Classic criterium - said to be the toughest crit in North America.
I love that Mike chose to pack his warm down coat on this trip we took in May. I think it was to make it look so much colder in these photos than it really was. Come January, he'll probably need to layer two of these or something, but for May, I think he had a few laughs from the locals.

And the kids have been troopers through the chaos. Miss Alexis has mastered walking all over the place and it's stinkin cute. She's popped out with loads of dancing moves, new growls, has a huge love for throwing balls, has picked up all kinds of new words, and loves to be put in dresses.
New teeth seem to be breaking through pretty regularly now, and she will find any chance she can to keep them clean.
Maxman just finished up his last tball game of the season, and was a hoot for Mike and I in his preschool program. We feel like we can't write down his funny comments fast enough.