New Home

Well - we been living in our new home for a little over a month now and I still feel so unsettled. I was so used to my groove in AZ and now I'm just trying to figure out where I fit in I guess. I totally love the home we are renting, but since I know we'll be living in it for only a year - I wonder if I'll ever have that sense of feeling settled. Well - I can only try. Am I going to hold back on making friends because I feel like - "what's is worth I'm moving in a year?" But I guess I would really be denying myself from the wonderful blessings and luxury of friendships if I don't get out there and meet some people.

So - what is the best way to make new friends - anyone have any ideas? I'd welcome them. I just miss my circle of AZ friends. There's a little piece of me missing, and I'm sure some new friends will help.

I remember growing up in the military as we moved from place to place. I remember being a little lost when we'd get to a new place and have to find friends. I thought that would go away as an adult. But now I'm realizing that adults need friends just as much a kids do! Maybe a little more. I always had my brothers and sisters there to play with growing up. But there's is a bright side here, a very bright side, because I have moved to a place where I am closer to family and can, once again, "play" with my brothers and sisters. But they are still an hour away so it's not as easy as when they were living in the same house as me. So I guess I can't feel too bad for myself after all.

At your request finally here are some pics of our new house.






My favorite things about our new house are:
1) The view of the mountains behind our house.
2) I have a basement to send the kids down to be noisy in, instead of having them at a maximum distance of 20 feet by me all day long.
3) Having all the toys downstairs and not in our main living area, this make the house feel very clean almost all of the time with little effort!
4) Having grass and a playset in our backyard.
5) Lots of storage.
6) Now we have a place for our guests to sleep without displacing one of the kids. (aka - all are welcome to come visit and stay the night - we've set up a cool little cowboy room called "The Sundance Room" after Jeremy's middle name)
7) A big garage where we don't have to move our cars in and out in order to get the kids' bikes out!