we found a place to live!

Here it is! We have a place to live! After my long, long day of digital apartment hunting, we ended up with one of the places we looked at when we were down in Vancouver. But when we went there they didn't have any 3 bedrooms available, and they don't keep a waiting list. But while I was looking at apartments online the other day I thought I might as well email them and find out if they had had anything open up. I'm positive that was inspiration, because they did! She emailed me at 5:37, but I didn't see it until after they closed (at 6). So Dan got permission to go to work late, and was there at 9:00 the next morning when they opened! And we got it! Apparently they never have 3 bedrooms available for longer than like a day and a half. And there were other people in the complex that wanted it, but they don't allow people to do that unless there is more than one open. So we are so very lucky and blessed to get it!

One of the most awesome things about this complex is the elementary school. It is aparently the only apartment complex that attends Fishers Landing elementary, which is ranked 21 out of 1058 elementary schools in the state of Washington! The average WASL (a standardized test taken in 4th grade) score is 180.4 out of 200, 89.17/100 in math, 91.3/100 in reading. GreatSchools.net gives it a 10/10. It is a seriously great school! We're signing an 11 month lease, so David will finish up kindergarten then start first grade, and Ryan will start kindergarten there!

Oh, and really, really close by (kitty-corner across the street from the complex) is a transit center, where Dan can walk, and take one bus all the way to work. He's been taking the bus while living in Portland, but he either has to drive to a transit center or walk a ways to a stop. So this is perfect!

Since one of the main purposes of our renting an apartment is to try and get to know the area we want to buy in, this is definitely a great place to live. I would definitely like to stay in that area! At least, I think so, from what I know about it. I guess if it doesn't end up as wonderful as it sounds, better to know that now before we buy!

Now we just have to figure out all the many details about getting all our stuff from Utah to Vancouver...