Goodbye prado!

Prado is now officially SOLD!  We got a fairly decent price for it -- not nearly what we paid, but it's ok enough that we can cut our losses and rebuild.  The best part about it is it's being purchased in CASH.  Thank goodness for Chinese investors!!! Since we are turning over the keys next week, we thought we'd have one final soiree at our first home.  Jay and Mao helped us put together a small gathering.  Since we never really got a chance to use the movie theater, we thought we'd have a movie night with movie-themed snacks.  Jay and Mao did an awesome job with the candy and food set up.  We had popcorn, bacon wrapped hot dogs, grilled veggies, corn and lots of movie candy!  Dennis, Dan and Harold also stopped by to hang out.  We ended up watching the movie 127 Hours ... let me just say it was uber INTENSE!!  We were all screaming in the theater during the parts where the main character has to do some pretty crazy things to survive.  You gotta love his will to live!!!  

It was a super fun night and we got very nostalgic ... we're going to definitely miss Prado.  It was our first place ... my first 8 months as a newlywed was spent there and Jay's first "bachelor pad" experience was there was well.  Although our investment didn't necessarily pan out, I know that God led us to buy that place.  It has provided a wonderful home for Michael and I and of course for Jay (I don't think he would have gotten together with Mao had he been living at home with mom!).  I know we'll bounce back from this set back and will be able to buy a better property later down the line.  It's definitely a big relief to not have to worry about paying the mortgage or property taxes =).  So thank you unit 419 for all the beautiful memories ... I hope your new owner takes good care of you!