Welcome HOME!

You have no idea how excited we are to have our own little place!

This was a crazy winter for snow. There were 10-15 foot pile of snow from the snow plows all over the place. Most parking lots were limited to 1/2 of their capacity because of the enormous piles of snow. I know you Utahans are thinking, yea big deal, like I was until I saw it. I am really glad we missed it!

We stayed in the hotel four days and unloaded our trailer a week ago. It was a DISASTER! Somehow the divider, that held our stuff in, shifted in transit. When the trailer was delivered, they had propped crates and supports to hold the precarious pile. We were waiting for the whole pile to dump when we moved the supports, but because there was so much pressure, we couldn't budge the barrier. Matt climbed over and handed me stuff until we could release the supports. Not nearly as much fun as it sounds.

Unpacking the trailer was like a giant JENGA game. For the first few hours we feared for our lives each time we moved a box. Memories! I can't tell you how happy we were to be done unpacking that monster. You wouldn't believe this, but only 2 things were broken! Thank heavens!

We LOVE our neighborhood!!! I can't begin to say how much we love our school. My kids have come home happy all 7 days of it! Everyone has been so kind and welcoming.

I found our church about 20 minutes away. It looks like a great ward, people from all over the world. We met a darling family that invited us over for dinner. I have decided that she will be my new BFF :). It turns out there are 3 Mormon families in our town. That is very different from Utah! My kids are the only Mormons in the whole school.

I love that I can go anywhere in the world and find my church, it is the exact same set up, just different people. Three families brought us dinner this week. It is awesome having an instant support group.

Coop wants to go see Matt at work everyday. I can't blame him, it is pretty dang fun!

I love having my stuff again! Now I just need to get it all unpacked and organized. We left most of our furniture in Indiana and are starting over. Matt and I slept on the floor for the first few days. I am so excited to have a new bed! We went to Ikea twice this week, both times with not enough time, big mistake. We will be driving down again soon I am sure. It is funny to drive from the top of CT to the bottom in about an hour.

We have loved everything about this place and our new adventure except for one small thing. It really is small, and it might not be just one thing....

Our house that we are renting is pretty old. All of them are! I asked our landlord if they had ever had seen mice. She assured me that she hadn't. The day after I cleaned out all the cupboards and organized all of them (I even put my spices in alphabetical order), I noticed little tiny POOPS!! You have no idea how scared, violated, and disgusted I felt. I hope it is just Mickey and that he currently has X's over his sleepy little eyeballs. Aggh!!!