West Texas Adventure

We decided to start off the new year with a trip to Fort Davis. Here are pictures from our adventure:



Fort Davis Lodging

Our cabin

Inside

View from cabin

Fort Davis State Park

Indian Lodge

Day Trip to Alpine

Elk?

Playing at the park

Fort Davis Historic Site

Marfa

Waiting to see the Marfa Mystery lights

We waited an hour after sunset to see the Marfa lights but didn't see anything. :(

We had a great time and plan to go back during the summer.

Christmas 2010

The boys had a good Christmas this year. With our apartment being so small Jeff was concerned as to how Santa was going to fit all the gifts under our little Christmas tree and also how he was going to fit down the small chimney. I told him that Santa always finds a way and he seemed to be happy with that explanation.

House update

After much searching we finally found a house we are interested in buying. We had given up on living out of town since all the houses were out of our price range and started focusing on houses in town. We eventually called a realtor and mentioned to them about wanting to live in a certain area out of town with acreage. That same day the price on a property in that area had just reduced by a significant amount! We scheduled an appointment to look at the property and a few days later made an offer; which was accepted by the seller. The closing date is set for early February. Our current lease for the apartment we live in expires in March. We plan to have Jeff finish out the school year at his current school so we will live in the apartment as long as possible to avoid as much driving back and forth as we can. It's a good 20+ miles one way from Jeff's current school to our new house. The property inspection has been completed and the seller agreed to do most of the repairs except for a few electrical issues, which I'm sure we will have repaired eventually. Next is the loan process; we were already pre-approved; and to get a quote from the insurance company. Hoping we won't have too many problems with the bank.