Moving On....

I am almost a year behind on posting, I still haven't finished blogging our wonderful California trip last May. It's to the point where getting caught up feels overwhelming, so I don't do anything at all with the blog....but this seemed like a doozy.

The time has come to move back to Utah. Of course I am very excited about it, but I will be leaving a big piece of my heart here in Arizona. We were the first ones to move away out of alllll of our siblings, and it felt so scary and overwhelming to be the ones to go. And it was hard, and we were lonely and homesick. But the people here in Arizona are so amazing. We quickly met friends. Friends that became our family. Friends to share Sunday dinners with, holidays with, happy and sad moments with. Here in Arizona, friends are family. Period. In Arizona I went back to school to start my first grown up career. And I've been blessed with an amazing job at an amazing office, and it hurts to leave that. Here my girls have become closer, because when all else fails, you always have your sister. Nate and I have become closer and the four of us have become one. I had always dreamed of having a palm tree in my yard, and I got to have one!

A few things I will miss about Arizona:

Our friends

My office and co-workers

Saguaros

Palm trees

Sunsets

Winter!!!

Blue skies almost every day

Seeing the Gilbert temple construction 3 miles from my house

Things I WON'T miss

cockroaches

crickets

scorpions

Huge spiders that carry their millions of babies on their backs

Employing an exterminator

Summer Grass

Walking down the street to get my mail

For the last 5 years Nate has let his "higher ups" know that if a position opened up in Salt Lake, he wanted it. Well, one opened up in Kaysville, just north of Salt Lake. Nate leaves in 2 weeks to start our new adventure. I will stay here with the girls until school gets out. The girls are excited to have an extra long summer. School here starts the first week in August, but in Utah it starts at the end of August. We are looking forward to many barbecues, camp outs, Sunday dinners and being with our families. Much love to all of our friends that have shared our journey for the last 7 years. You will always be dear in our hearts.