Goodbye Arizona!

We signed on our house on November 30th. It was a sad day, but a good day. We were relieved to be done. We were blessed that everything happened the way that it did. Dan had applied for a job transfer to Utah. We found out a few weeks into December that he got it. We have had a few company paid moves before and they have all gone very smooth. Usually when we find out we got the job, we find out within the next week when the movers are coming, how long it will take them, and so on. After about a week and a half after hearing we had this job, we still hadn't heard anything. We were told that there was a back log of job transfers, and that it would go through when they got to it. Sooo, we were in limbo for a good part of December. December is stressful enough for us with Christmas, Dan being busy at work, 2 birthdays right around Christmas, you get it. We had my brother on call for house looking. We had told our landlord, who let us stay in our house until we left, that we didn't know when we would be leaving. It was crazy.

Dan was supposed to start his new position on January 17th. 2 weeks before he was to start, we still hadn't heard anything!! UGH!! We were told to hang tight and whenever it was approved it would be. In the meantime, our poor kids were knowing they were going to say goodbye to their friends, but didn't know when that would be. We had doctors appts. that we needed to take care of, but weren't sure when we were leaving. My brother had found a house for us, and we were ready to sign the lease, but still didn't know when we were going to be in Utah. We finally resigned ourselves to the fact that we probably wouldn't be leaving until the end of January and prepared our kids that we had a little bit longer.

On Friday January 7th, Dan called and said that there had been a mix up with his paperwork, and that it had been approved. By the end of the day, the movers were scheduled to be to our house on Monday, and we would be gone by Wednesday. Seriously. It still seems like a whirlwind. We told our ward goodbye. The kids told their friends goodbye. Luckily they were able to go to school for a couple of days that week. I still have a hard time believing that we are gone somedays.

We made it to Utah safely, no weather problems. We got moved into our rental home on Saturday. It was so hard moving into somewhere that we hadn't ever seen! But, we are making it work for us. It isn't ideal, but we are surviving.

We have been here for about a month. Dan is loving his job. I guess that is the most important thing. He has a different schedule than I am used to. It only takes him 10 minutes to get there in comparison to the 45+ minutes in Arizona. He isn't working 12+ hour days. I am glad he is happy. The kids are good. They go to a public school that is just down the street. I am looking forward to warmer weather so we can walk everyday. Aspen is now in PM Kindergarten, which is also an adjustment. We are hoping they get into a charter school for next year. This school isn't horrible, we just feel like they need to be somewhere else.

Aspen is doing dance. She likes it, but gets nervous because she doesn't know how to do everything. Ryder is doing tumbling at the same studio. He loves it! Jackson isn't doing anything extra right now besides scouts. Maybe in the spring. Ainsley is just being her. She is adorable and keeps us busy. We found out that we will have a new baby girl this summer. We are all very excited!