Out West...

Not so impressive that the last 18 months of my life has come down to just two blog entries huh? I think I need to make an un-new year's resolution to do better than that......however in my defense (which I'll admit probably isn't that airtight) I'll give you a run down of my life since January and maybe I won't be that bad after all.....
So we had decided not to sell our house after all, but to live happily in Georgia for the rest of our lives, because, well, we just LOVE Georgia and we have the most AMAZING friends there (you know who you are!) and the kids were happily in school and doing well, our ward was absolutely FABULOUS and well, we were content, very content......but you know when you get too comfortable and things are a little too easy that someone tends to have other plans....
So first of all we get a knock on the door....this is AFTER we have taken the house off the market....and a gentleman makes an offer on our house.....we actually said no as we weren't wanting to move anymore......but a number of weeks later, one of Andrew's favorite clients offered him a full time position out in Arizona - and well it was a great opportunity - so we called up the said gentleman and asked if he was still interested - and lo and behold he was (funny how that works!) so we flew out to AZ for a day, picked out a house and by March 17th we had sold our house in GA, bought a house in AZ and were flying west with the family.....

So kinda crazy few months, going through the mortgage process (which is a nightmare when you're self employed), selling by owner (which is a little more work) and buying a house long distance (try answering questions for mortgage/insurance about a house you have been in for maybe an hour!), not to mention packing up, shipping cars, travelling, unpacking, enrolling kids in new schools, figuring out new IEP's, finding out one of your kids needs glasses, finding new doctors/dentists...not to mention just finding your way to the grocery store:)

We also had my youngest sister Amy and her gorgeous boy Darius come and stay for a month, still more unpacking, Andrew had to wind up his business and start his new job (which he did last week), one of Andrew's buddy's came out and helped us put in a new tile backsplash in the kitchen, Amelia just about learned how to swim (she is still determined to keep her face OUT of the water!), we visited Sedona, the Grand Canyon and Coronado Beach, Daniel went away to Scout camp (and a few other overnight camps in between).....about a zillion family birthdays (ok not quite a zillion but let's just say April is a BUSY month in both sides of the family), had ward conference, stake conference and general conference within 4 weeks of each other, went to a new temple open house and dedication, met some new friends and neighbors (who are also pretty awesome!) and one of my favorite nephews got married in Australia.....and I still feel like I am forgetting a few things:)