In case you haven't heard....

We are moving to Arizona!!

Last fall our landlord decided to put the townhouse we were renting up for sale.  Geoff's clerkship was ending and he was in the process of looking for a new job.  We decided it would be best if the kids and I moved in with my parents in Utah while he continued to look for a new job so that we would not be locked into a new lease.  During the Thanksgiving break my parents flew out to Maryland to drive back to Utah with us and we have been staying with them ever since.  Geoff's cousin Meredith and her husband live in DC and were kind enough to take Geoff in while he was finishing up his clerkship.  The first part of February Geoff received a job offer from a good firm in Arizona.  We have been amazed at how perfectly everything has fallen into place.  Looking back it is so clear to see how everything worked out the way it did for a reason.  This experience has strengthened my testimony.  I am so thankful for a Heavenly Father who knows more then I do. 

The end of February I flew out to DC to drive to Arizona with Geoff.  While I was in Arizona we went house hunting.  I have been praying for months to move to a neighborhood with lots of kids.  We have never lived in an area with kids on our street.  While we were looking at this house (the one we have a contract on) a bus pulled up a few doors down and lots of kids got off.  There were several boys Kaden's age and even a few girls including one that lives right next door.  Luckily, I also fell in love with the house and somehow convinced Geoff to buy it for me. :) 

We will also be living 3 minutes/1 mile away from some of our best friends.  We met the Browns in Florida and then ended up moving to Maryland around the same time.  We have had many fun sightseeing trips with them and are looking forward to many more!  Both of our kids believe we are suppose to move to Arizona to be near the Browns. :)  They are like a second family to us and I know having them close by will make this move easier for all of us.

We are so EXCITED to be together as a family again.  If everything goes as planned then we should be together again by the end of April.

I have had several people ask for pictures of the house so here are some if you are interested in seeing them:

 This is the family room

I fell in love with the kitchen.  I have always wanted double ovens, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances.  The top oven is a convection oven, I can't wait to try it out!

 There is a breakfast nook off of the kitchen.  You can enter the kitchen from the family room or formal dining room.  There are two ways to go up the stairs, either from the entry way or from the kitchen.

 The formal dining room.

 The living room.  Behind the living room is a full bath and guest bedroom.

The master bedroom.  Upstairs has the master bedroom and bathroom, three secondary bedrooms, another full bath, a loft and a bonus room.

The master bathroom.

The loft that leads into the bonus room.

The bonus room/ future home theatre room.

The backyard has a fenced in salt water play pool, a covered patio, some grass, a few palm trees and a fruit tree.  The yard isn't very big but there are four neighborhood parks that the kids can walk to which makes up for it.

Another view of the backyard.