Comings & Goings

So much has happened in the past month I was debating where exactly to start...

As you can see from the picture, we are no longer in sunny San Diego.  Our heads are spinning from the events of the last few months, but we are excited to have finally arrived in Colo Spgs and start settling in here.  I'm not the only one in the family who is confused by the change in climates.  Gabe insists on wearing his warm-weather clothes and has asked me everyday when he can wear shorts again.

For my sake of family documentation, a little review of the past 4 weeks:

Mid January all 5 of us fly to CO for final stage of a job interview for Joe.

This new job becomes official which leads to...

packing, goodbyes, packing

car troubles (sharing a car for several weeks while constantly going in different directions was a feat!)

visiting Disney one last time, packing, becoming a landlord

and then the real fun began - moving truck arrived, we shacked up at a hotel and lived out of our car, 3-day road trip with 3 kids, 2 dogs, 2 cars, and one saintly grandmother.

We arrived safely (and sanely) in CO, but despite bathing in purell after all those hotels and McDonald playlands we still had some extra germs tagging along for the ride and were at Urgent Care for pink eye and ear infections.  

We also had to make the difficult decision to say goodbye to our 15-year old Golden-doodle, Kopa.  She was an amazing dog and a sweet part of our family.

It was definitely hard to leave San Diego, but even harder to say goodbye to sweet friends.  The kids hanging in there with this transition, but we are all eager to find a routine and find some new connections.  Gabe started at a new preschool this week, but hasn't yet talked about someone he wants to come over to his house.  When that happens I will breathe a sigh of relief and welcome the feeling of normalcy returning to our lives.

Whew!