Housewarming Poll

As we get ready to move we wanted to get your opinion on what day would work best for you to come to our Housewarming Gathering. It will be in the evening and include a Potluck Dinner and some great fellowship time. You may mark all days that work best for you on the poll. Let us know so we can pick the date that works for the most people. Feel free to tell others about it. We look forward to seeing you.

Our New Home

We're coming up on our 3 year aniversery (August 7th), and we have always lived in an apartment. Now that we're moving to Gresham we decided it was time to rent a house instead. We're both done with school, both working, and now we can afford to not live in an apartment. On July 14th, we put a deposit on a really nice house in Gresham, and we're excited about it! It is only 3 years old and has three bedrooms, 2 baths, garage, large living room, patio, and in a nice neighborhood. We move in August 4th and we will have a house warming gathering sometime soon after that. If you are available to help us move either on the McMinnville or Gresham side of things please let us know. Many hands make light work!

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Fun Times: The Fourth and Sandy Mountain Festival

For the Fourth of July we decided not to go to the big McMinnville Fourth of July Celebration at Patton Middle School. Instead, we went to McMenamin's Hotel Oregon and enjoy a nice dinner on the rooftop! It's a really neat experience, they have a bunch of tables set up on the roof and you can see all of McMinnville. We went at 7:45, had a late lunch, watched the sunset, and enjoyed the fireworks going off all around McMinnville. At 9:45 we were also able to enjoy the Patton Middle School Fireworks as well. It was fun to just relax and enjoy a long drawn out dinner. This last weekend we were able to enjoy the Sandy Mountain Festival. We watched the parade with Megan Schiffner (Knoll), Cinda, and MaryJane. It is always interesting for Heather to go to the Sandy Mountain Festival because she is constantly seeing old friends. At the festival we were able to enjoy some of the good food, and shows. We saw Tater A. Peal, a clown who use to perform with Barnum and Bailey Circus and who is a good friend of the Tilgners. Cinda was also performing at the Festival, although she was listed as Troubador Cinda and performed as Nana Banana. She is indeed a lady of different personalities!

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Gresham Here We Come

We posted earlier that Scott had a job offer that would bring us back to Gresham if he passed his Advance Math Test. Well, we are now proud to announce that Scott passed the test!!! That means next year Scott will be teaching math at Sam Barlow High School. It has always been Scott's dream to come back to his Alma Mater, and God has definitely taken us on some interesting routes to get there. We have already started our search for a place to live, and we are looking at renting a house. We are not quite at the point where we're ready to buy. Hopefully in a year or so we will be. If you know of any place to rent in Gresham that is in a safe neighborhood, and under $1000 a month please let us know. Also, we'll be moving August 4th, and would gladly welcome any willing and able bodies who would like to help us move. In other news, Heather is 2 days away from being done with her internship! We are excited about her finally being a professional Music Therapist, although she has always been a top notch MT. Thank you for those who have been praying for us. We've really appreciated the support. Enjoy your summer, and we'd love to hear from you.