Stinky

This morning Linden was going around her room smelling the floor. 

Her verdict? It stinks.

Why was she doing this? Because our whole house stinks. Like a medley of mold, carpet cleaner, dog pee, body odor, and many other unrecognizable smells that we really don’t want to know the source of. She was telling me that her carpet doesn’t actually smell so bad, but then she changed her mind.

We are expecting this to be a very short term situation, and I will post more about that soon. But for now we are living in the stink, not loving it, but making the best of it. But also trying not to be home much 🤣

Yesterday we went to the Celtic festival that was happening here, and we didn’t take many pictures but we got this one:

Today we went for a little boardwalk hike through a wetland in town:

 Summer is summer and it’s fun even when part of it stinks. 

Action-packed

 Things have been extraordinarily busy. We had to move out of our rental because our lease ended and they gave us notice to leave, so we had to move into another rental. We moved in the middle of a heat wave and it was kind of intense. We have not quite settled in, partly because there are some serious problems with the house including a major mold issue, and we are hoping that we won’t be here long. We have really not had good luck with rentals.

In the meantime, lots of other stuff has happened: Canada Day, Fourth of July, kids going to daycamp, and this weekend we had a trip to the coast where we met up with two of our good friends from grad school and their families. Fun was had by all!

Hot summer days

 The kids have been out of school for almost 2 weeks now for summer break. So far there has been hiking, soccer camp, donuts, playing in the fountain, checking out the elementary school garden, and lots more. 

 

And there is so much yet to come for summer!

Happy Father’s Day

 Hiking, presents, and chocolate cheesecake: who could ask for anything more?

We love you Jeff! Happy Father’s Day!

Boardwalk

 Today Maren had a Girl Scout event at a wildlife center (learning about local wildlife and visiting with injured birds), and Jeff, Linden, and I went for a little walk. One very nice thing about Corvallis is that there are several boardwalk trails, and I can very easily navigate them on my trike. It was a lovely day to be outside!