Finally some pictures of our rental by request. It is a great little house...little being the key word! It is definitely less space then our family of 6 is used too. But we do feel blessed to finally find a rental that was in the right school district, a 6 month lease and we have great neighbors! I have done very little decorating so it feels a little plain but before I know it we will be packing up to move into the new house and I want to have to unpack and pack the least amount possible. We also left our living room and dining room set in Lewiston to stage that house until it sells...which will hopefully be soon! I did not post any bedroom pictures primarily because they are really not exciting...2 kids in each room...very crammed. And our room is the dumping place for everything. So it hasn't been clean enough to take a picture yet. Maybe sometime this week. During our preview service we had 17 people in all stay with us which included the Ranstrom's in our camp trailer in front of our house. We love having guests but were relieved to have our house back after all of our guests left. This week we had overnight guests on Thursday and Friday evening and have Corey and Elizabeth coming tonight so they can look for a house here tomorrow. Our front door should be a "revolving" door! We love it really! So please consider this your invitation to come visit our cozy little home!

Thursday night at the park!

Moser kids sharing a gigantic snow cone!

JD, Maurin and the 2nd gigantic snow cone!

Dave and Leona and the 3rd gigantic snow cone!

Corey and Elizabeth

There are so many activities to do in Missoula it could literally keep you going every day and night. We had heard a lot about the Wednesday lunch and Thursday dinners at a local park. Basically June-August every Wednesday at lunch and every Thursday at dinner they have a big gathering in a park in downtown Missoula. They have live music, lots of food vendors and free kid's activities. We thougth we would try it out when the team was here to help with the service so we all ventured down there. It was a lot of fun...but a little chaotic with 4 kids in tow. We decided to make it a date night the next time we go. This park is also home to a "A Carousel for Missoula" which is a great carousel that we have yet to take the kids on. However, it is on our summer to-do list!

We have internet...update on the daily happenings of the Moser's

After 1 week, 2 days and several hours of living in Missoula...we finally have internet. I called to have it connected before we even moved thinking I was ahead of the game...but the earliest they could come was yesterday. I have never been so excited to see the cable guy! After an hour of checking he informed Brian and I that the neighbor had cut through the cable going into our house when he put his fence in...aaaaagggghhh! I almost had a meltdown. Before the tears started I realized I missed the first part of the conversation in which he told Brian we would still have service we would just have a new orange cable running across our backyard unitl they can come bury which may be a few weeks. Wew....that was a close one! I can't believe how much I depend on the internet for daily stuff as well as keeping in touch with people!
We have had a busy first week in Missoula! Here are some of the highlights:

• We took the kids to a "Sprayground" which is a playground with water features. They have 4 parks in Missoula with these and they are all free which is great when you only have an hour or two and you don't want to pay to go somewhere. The other nice thing is there is playground euipment as well so when they get bored of the water they can play on the toys and when they got to hot there they can run back to the water. They also have a great waterpark which only cost $2.75 for kids and $4.50 for adults, quite a contrast from the aquatic center in Clarkston.

Abby looking cute!

The boys and Ethan B.

• The kids went to VBS at a local church. It was very well done...however a little overwhelming. They had over 400 kids there! It gave the kids something to do but I am also looking forward to next week not having to drive somewhere every day! Driving here is a little different then Lewiston. There is an actual Rush Hour and it can take 30 minutes or more to get across town!
  
• We were invited to a play group at the neighbors. Abby and Brock joined me and the boys stayed with Brian. We had fun but it made me miss my Friday girls in Lewiston! I think they should all pack up some weekend and come see me!
• We went to the Farmer's market in downtown Missoula this morning! We were so amazed at the number of vendors and the number of people. We felt a little out of place....so much culture and diversity! We felt a little like were transported to Seattle except it wasn't raining...it was sunny and there wasn't a cloud in the sky! We finished off the morning with lunch at the Iron Horse...an amazing restaurant! We are enjoying trying out the new restaurants in Missoula!
• Brock is talking so much these days! I feel like to need to add that into the highlights. He is constantly amazing me with the things he says and he is not even 2 yet. Last night, we took him to a "date night" daycare at the gym where Jamie works so we could get away. When we picked him up I asked him to say thank you. Instead of just saying that, he said "Taint you for da toys and taint you for da pizza. Bye bye!" and he waved! What a brilliant little guy...I guess I am partial! He is going to be 2 next week...I can hardly believe it!

Brock in his favorite froggy towel!

• Not much unpacking has been done with all of the preparations for the first service next weekend. Hopefully once we get past that we will be able to get this house organized. Probably just in time to start packing it back up to move into the new house. Actually we haven't even broken ground yet so it will be 4-5 months before we move.
  
• We are excited for our friends to come this next week to help with the first service. Although we have met some great people here it will also be nice to see some familiar faces! We definitely miss all of our friends!

I should go for now and try to do a little unpacking while Brock is sleeping. I know my sister-in-law would be appalled at the number of boxes around my house :o) In my defense, I have been busy meeting all of my neighbors so I have someone to invite to our first service! Hope all is well with you! I should be updating more often now that we have internet!

Hello from Missoula!

Just a quick blog to say hi! We don't have internet yet but Brian's laptop picks up about 8 wireless signals from our neighbors. We have one room in the house put together...the living room. I come in here to take a deep breath and remind myself that someday the house will be put together. We have already met some great neighbors. 2 houses behind us...both stay-at-home moms...one with a 4 yr. old girl and a 7 yr. old boy and the other with 2 girls, 4 and 6 and a 5 month old boy needless to say Abby is having a great time. On Friday when they started playing with the neighbor kids it warmed my heart. They had all been so sad to leave their friends! The other family lives across the street from us and they have a 3 and 4 year old girl and a baby on the way. 2 families brought us cookies and brownies...how cute is that!! We just need to find some older boys for Riley to play with. The older boys spent this afternoon fishing with Brian so that was good for them to get out of the house. Next week they will be going to a VBS that one of the larger churches in town is putting on. I figured that would help them get some energy out. Unfortunately, I have been so busy unpacking I haven't made it to Target or Old Navy yet....can you believe it? I think both stores are only 3 minutes from our house. We did walk .5 mile last night to Coldstone to get ice cream with the Beeson's. Can't make that a habit!! But I guess if we have to go walking there makes it a little better, right? Our 1st preview service is 2 weeks from today so we are excited about that! Several people we have met have seemed very interested in the new church and said they have been looking for a church! We are excited for what God has called us to do here in this new town. We do however miss all of our Lewiston friends so much!! Looking forward to coming back to visit when our house their sells and closes! Until then, we'll keep in touch in Blogland!