Beneath the Wraps

                  We had been told by our friend (the one who lives in McMinnville) that we would have two months to reside before changing over to Oregon plates and driving.   We’ve been here for almost two months now.          We somehow believed that we would have to take the tests in the big city of Roseburg, but someone had suggested that we go to Canyonville.   I hadn’t thought of a DMV even existing in Canyonville.   What an awesome thought.          Roland happened to be off work for pioneer day as he is still on Utah clock.   The South Umpqua ward tries to do something for the days of ’47 to honor the pioneers who traveled across the plains.   I’m told that the pioneer celebration always takes place a week earlier than it does in Utah as Myrtle Creek has its own ...

       Today we decided to take a ride up to Eugene and look around.   Roland checked the net before we left so that we would have a specific destination.   came out extremely small because it was taken with my cell phone        The historical landmark sits upon a hill.   Many stairs lead to the house.   It reminded Jenna and I of a veggie tale's Sock Drawer in which one feature is a reinactment of the three stooges moving a piano The initial look on their faces as they look up to see all those stairs   I couldn't find a picture that showed ALL the many stairs watching larry do all of the work        The history of the house and owners was interesting.   I took a lot of pictures - though the majority of artifacts were actually just condusive to the time period and not the house itself.   It was still very quite interesting.  ...

Jenna does NOT deal with change well.   She is horrible at it.   Horrible.   I don’t even remember what it was she was complaining about last night.   I told her that whatever we do, wherever we live, no matter what, there are going to be some things that we like about our current situation and some things that we don’t.   I told her to write a list of pros and cons with living in West Valley and with living in Myrtle Creek.   I didn’t suggest for her to include Kearns – after all she was only five when we had moved. There was probably more drama about that move than there was with this last one. After reviewing her lists, I decided to make some lists of my own.   Thus for this post, I have decided to share each list that was created (or started at least) Jenna’s pro list for living in West Valley 1)            school friends 2)     ...