We almost have a house now...

Last week we almost signed up for renting a house but found another house in the last second. A house that we could not take a look at until today, so we did. We have said yes to the house we saw today but, wow, is it a hard decision!!! The houses are very different and here are the benefits... (for those of you who are not interested in our house search just skip this and go to the pictures below! :-)

House 1:
- Very nice owners
- Very nice house
- Nicer neighborhood
- Bigger house
- Easier (although more expensive) to make it into our home

House 2:
- Little cheaper
- Funished and has everything (bed linnens, kitchen stuff etc) = saves us money and time
- Very close to the beach
- Walking distance to a very nice park and playground

It is the second house that it seems like we are going to rent right now. However it is a littler "too furnished" for my taste, which means that it is too much furniture and too much "stuff", plus it does not have a king size bed which makes it hard for us to have the children in our bed, where they always seem to end up during the night... I want to make the house "our house" so that I will not feel like we live in someone else's home, which means that some of that furniture has to go (to the garage) and all that "stuff" will be sent to boxes! It is a very cute house and about four or five houses from the beach. It is also very nicely decorated even if it is little too much of it... Enough about the houses!

A few days ago I went to one of the parks close to here and we had a very good time. We saw a big turtle in the forest and we had a good walk. Marlee had his scooter, which he used even in the forest. Worked, kind of! :-)

Bicentennial Park

Like father like son... Alex and Noah

Two days ago we went to visit Aunt Jackie and Uncle Doug. We had a good time, as always with them! Unfortunately, we did not take any picture while being there but I did take a picture of one of the nice bridges on the way there... Must remember to take pictures next time!!!

The Batman bridge by Jacksonville

Marlee taking pictures with my phone in the car...

Today Marlee went to the pre-school this morning and after dinner we all went to the beach for a little while. It was great! Big waves, which makes me a little nervous with the current and all, but it was a lot of fun!

Walking down to the beach

Zoomed in in case you did not notice Marlee's outfit (goggles)

Past this "little" guy on the way

And met this dude on the beach

Alex and Marlee in the water

Noah waited on the shore

Just wanted to dip the toes!