Oh Arizona..

My goodness. I've fallen off the blogging world! I wasn't able to download pics- and I am not a journalist so I stopped updating. But some big stuff has happened so I'll briefly write a recap!  Back to October.  My Babes turned 4- fun preschool turned into a birthday party. Then Thanksgiving, Then to AZ for Christmas break. Then packed up half our house to take pics to list for selling. Then our house was listed and had to deal with showings and keeping a spotless house. Then our house was under contract within 10 days of listing. We had about 3 weeks of chill time for packing up. Got close to our closing date- which also meant Ben getting close to no more school. A week before we were supposed to close- the buyers asked for an extension due to lending. So we put a week hold on loading a truck- but basically had our house packed. It was a disaster and a nightmare. We were planning on living with some awesome friends, the Rowleys, for a week. Didn't want to miss out on late night bonding time- so still stayed with them a few nights. Our house got packed into a truck on Sat the 23rd of Feb. Ben had his graduation ceremony/dinner that night. We went back for last minute cleaning, then said goodbye! Sun morning church was canceled due to bad weather. A blizzard was coming! We decided to load into the car and drive home in a Blizzard. Oh terrible. 11 hrs to Albuquerque, NM. Ben and his Dad in the truck and me with kids in the Tahoe. Oh what a drive! Then finished to Payson the next day. unloaded our things into a storage space and finished the drive to Mesa. Loads of fun! We made it! Ben is graduated and is an Orthodontist! Then- our contract for our CO house was terminated. So start from scratch. Ben started his first day of work- then got a new contract underway. Yeah! So much stress is such a short time. So that is our past life in a nutshell. We are currently living out of suitcases with family- until we can find a house we like in Payson. Ben is working in PHX and will hopefully start soon in Payson.  In the meantime, we are enjoying the awesome warm weather in AZ!! Sad part- kids already complain that it's too hot! If they only knew...