Movin' on Up...To the East Side (of Denver)

It's official...we are moved in. This Death Star is fully operational. It has been a roller coaster of a few weeks. I'm glad it's over. I unpacked (well, opened...it's not empty, yet) the last few boxes yesterday. All the pictures are hung up. I do still need to put up a few curtains, and properly place a few things, but after a week of digging in and gittin' 'er done, I'm pleased that our house is all put together. It's kind of a shame I'll have to redo all this in a year. (we only signed a year's lease, hoping to be able to buy a home)

We like our house. Well, it's actually a duplex. It's in a quiet little neighborhood that is 10 minutes from any store you would ever need to shop at. There is a walking trail that goes right behind our backyard fence, and it is .8 miles to the elementary school that Maryn (hopefully) will be starting pre-school at in August. My only complaint is that there is a big hill blocking our view of the mountains.

I guess we can't have it all.

We've really liked it here. The sun shines a lot, but I have loved watching the thunderstorms roll over the valley. Now that our house is put together, we've got to start on making friends. A couple of the gals from the ward invited us out to the Aurora Reservoir yesterday. It was great! It was like being at the beach, but smaller, and without the fear of being eaten by a shark. I'll have to be better about re-sun screening next time...we all got sun burned.

Catchin' a few rays...eatin' a bit of sand. Life is complete.

Tryin' out those sweet goggles.

We miss Kentucky and all the friends we made there. We hope everyone is doing well there, or getting settled after moving. This was probably one of the most difficult moves we've had to make, but all good things must come to an end, right? Thankfully, no one here has asked me (yet) why I don't have a strong southern accent, or how it is that I still have all my teeth.