It's a Jungle out there

The condo we live in backs up to a hill and the stairs to get to the front door wind around the back of the building.  The other day we were walking up the stairs and zane said, "I want to go for a walk in the jungle!"  I asked what jungle and he responded, "the one right there!"  Oh...my kid has never seen woods....he thinks its a jungle.  Funny, but sad.  So I told him that it wasn't a jungle that it's woods.  The next day we were driving somewhere and zane excitedly said, "I want to go on a walk through that jungle and find all the monkeys."  Kendall and I laughed and told him there weren't any monkeys in Portland to which zane asked what kind of animals lived in there.  I told him probably some bears and maybe some wolves.  The disappointment was evident, "why do only scary animals live in  there mama?"  Seriously, what do you say to that?  The quick and easy answer, "that's where Jesus wanted them to live", which is always followed by the infamous why?, or the long drawn out explanation of the climate and why certain animals live in certain places, which is again, always followed by why?  

I'll post some pics soon.  I need to take some first, I'm not really sure where the camera is, although I do know it needs batteries.  I'll try to get more on top of things.

The Land of Wonderfulness

We moved to Portland this weekend, and yes, I call it the land of wonderfulness. It's so nice! The weather is awesome, it's so cool! I want to find a park to take zane to tomorrow. It's that wonderful you can wear a jacket if you want, but you don't have to weather (non-existant in AZ). We were driving around today (I was totally lost thanks to bad iphone directions) but it was gorgeous and ever neiborhood I drove through I just kept thinking, "I definitely want to live in this neighborhood." Then I drive a little more and think the same thing.

I found a house for us to rent back in Litchfield for when the Portland rotation is over. I've been trying to get that squared away today so we can move straight in when we get back. Hopefully we'll get it. If not, I guess we're going to have to rent a house based on pictures off the internet, yuck!

By the way...

We moved again... a week and a half ago. We're in Tucson now for another two weeks and then we're off to Portland woohoo!!! I have a bunch of pics to update, but I haven't uploaded them yet. A little anticipation never hurt anyone... :)