Checking In...

I know I have been MIA lately. I'm making an attempt to give ya'll a little update. Things have been really crazy!! In the past month we have traveled over 4,000 miles, driving from Vermont to Texas to Utah then back to Texas. Our move to Texas went very well. We had no problems on the way and were able to stay with my Aunt Julie and Uncle Brock and their family in Tennessee and then Blake's Uncle Bob and Aunt Cathy in Plano, Texas.

After arriving in Lubbock, we unloaded our truck--mostly by ourselves, but had some help from some nice neighbors near the end with the really heavy stuff. We got our refrigerator the next morning and then went to our ward for the first time. The ward is great, ironically the first person we met was Brother Merrill in the bishopric who was Blake's seminary teacher in high school--it's a small world. The next day they invited us over for a BBQ for Memorial Day where we met other people in the ward. We are lucky enough to have members living next door to us who are also medical residents--Ophthalmology. They have already become our good friends.



We spent the next 2 days trying to get our house put together and then we left for Utah to visit family. We had a great time. My mom had a family reunion for that side of the crew, Blake built us an entertainment center, we went boating, took some new family pictures and mostly hung out with family. We had a great time. I'll have to do another post on all that we did later with pics and the whole deal.

We left Utah after staying about two weeks then drove to my Grandma and Grandpa's house in New Mexico to visit. They live half way between Utah and Lubbock--how convenient!! I got to see my Great-Grandma and my girls got to meet her for the first time!!

The next day we drove home and have since been trying to get things settled. Unfortunately I got really sick with fever and the works for 3 days after we arrived home--I think all the change, moving, etc. got the better of me. We are still in a mess I feel like I have sort of hit burn out stage and have had no energy to do anything. Calling any volunteers who want to come help :) Ha ha, I know that's unrealistic. We'll get our house put together sooner or later. One of the hardest things is I have had to do a lot of cleaning, the previous owners didn't really do anything other than clean the carpets (which was good). I still need to clean walls, doors, baseboards, blinds, etc.

Blake started Orientation today and then starts work officially on July 1st. We are excited to begin our new journey, but also sad at what we have left!!