celebration

 We've been having quite the week.  G was set apart and started home MTC Sunday.  

Monday we drove home from Gtowne.  Tuesday Dad interviewed for 2 jobs.  Wednesday he was offered one of the jobs but it turned out the principal offered the same job to 2 people.  P has been handling it really well. 

We are about done buying all the clothes and things G needs for his mission.  I'm glad he is enjoying home MTC and following the rules and rigor of the program. 

M is in Utah and we miss her.  

The kids have gone to the Dr. and are registered for school.  lP, B and L live within a mile bike ride of their schools.  M will have seminary every day and can ride her bike home if that is how it rolls. 

I really like this town.  The fruit stands and thrift stores are very nice. 

waffle iron

 Moving to a new home we have been buying things make it comfortable.  Some of what we are buying is to replace things we didn't feel like were worth moving.  Our spending habits are so drastically changed that our credit card got locked because it looked like someone had stolen our identity with all this spending.  And the fresh fruit here is really amazing.

I was given a toast master belgian waffle maker by a friend who didn't want it.  I liked having two for cooking a lot of food fast.  Having left the less fast one behind, I contemplated what fancy waffle iron I would buy.  After way too much consideration I decided that I would like another toast master and planned to just look for it at a thrift store.  We didn't find it at the first thrift store we went to, of course.  But the second thrift store had one waffle iron, and it was a perfectly clean toast master belgian waffle iron.  It was so pristine I worried that it probably didn't work, but for <$10 we gave it a try.  It works great.
I feel blessed in my efforts to be thrifty.

Some of the items we have bought are way nice, like a wash sink with drain.  Some are replacements for broken down things, like the shoe shelf that is a bench!  P installed party lights on the back porch.  It looks even more magical with the foliage over the porch.  So beautiful.

lovely yard

 Our new home is great.  The yard has mature trees that provide very nice shady places.  There are 3 trees in the lower back yard that hold hammocks and ninja line.  The much anticipated tree by the back porch provides shade.  In the front yard we have a crepe myrtle that shades the drive way.  It is so great.  

We are surprisingly close to tons of shopping.  I was only barely aware of that in searching for a home so that is a very nice surprise.

We attend the new ward for the first time today.  I'm nervous and excited.  I know there will be awesome new friends.  But I have also learned so much about people and myself since the last move.  I feel more cautious of getting involved with people.  

I really like our new house and new town.  I am here with all my favorite people.  That's good.