I bet you're shocked that...

after almost one year I am actually posting!!! We are alive and well. Alot has happened and I have a TON of posts to catch up one. I will try and sum up some of it before then.

Last December Mike sent me a text while he was at work. It said: "What are your thoughts on moving to Tucson?". I thought "hmmmm...okay...". So I called him. He told me that he was offered the job as the head engineer at the Tucson office.

Now from that point in my life, my thoughts on Tucson involved downtown Tucson, a car wreck(no I was NOT driving, lol) and going out in the middle of now where to sight see when I was a kid. So yeah I had NEVER thought of moving there.

Still I knew that an opportunity had presented itself and I began thinking and praying about it. Shockingly the answer came very quickly for both of us. YES, we were moving to..GULP..Tucson.

We were given till mid March or Early April to move. I spent a lot of Jan and Feb house hunting, organizing, packing and helping Mike with some home improvements that our Mesa house needed. Oh and STRESSING.

I knew without a doubt that Heavenly Father wanted us accept this move. Still there were things weighing heavily on me: gettingthe house ready to rent, finding a renter, finding a house in Tucson, leaving family and friends in Mesa and uprooting my kiddos. I know in reality it isn't the most traumatic move..we are stil 2 hours from Mesa, but still it is scary when you only know a handful of people there.

In Feb Mike and I headed out on one of our many, house hunting trips. We started in East Tucson and Vail. East Tucson still had somewhat of a Tucson feel to me and I didn't like that. Some of the homes we foiund there were reasonably priced, but close to a Prison or the Ait Force bas or to not so nice areas. We looked in that are twice with no luck. I kept questsioning why we were supposed to move there.

Then the third time we went to a little town that we ha no idea how to even say. We drove into Rancho Sahuarita and I fell in love instantly. It felt like home. It is a nice little family community. It has a handful or parks, 3 pools and a water park. It has walking trails EVERYWHERE and it is 15 minutes from Tucson and seperated by miles of reservation, so no chance of becoming CITY.

From that point on thing began to roll into place. We found a house, we found renters, we finished our marathon of home improvments. It was NOT an easy time, I am glad it is over, but it was ALL worth it.

We love it here. The Ward was welcoming from the moment we walked in. I love the ward. The schools are very small and friendly. We have had so much fun and made some wonderful friends.

This last year has shown me how the Lord has a plan and we have to trust him..even when it is hard. He made a way for us and I am so thankful for it.

I am hoping that over the next month I can get caught up on the last year :)