Four months later.....
WOW! Really? Four months already?! OK, so that makes six months since this new chapter began? Crazy. Here's the "Cliffs" notes version:
Our actual physical move at the end of June was chalked full of challenges. What should have taken 3-4 days ended up taking us 10. Ten days of pulling a trailer behind an oldie but good pickup, minus air conditioning (for Stu), through record temperatures. The short list is 6 tires, two belts, a specialty thingy, and one super husband that embodied the Grace of God and perseverance. I won't post all the details but there was a lot of opposition to us getting here, but alas, we made it. June 30th to be exact.
We had a brief yet lengthy stay with my parents (oxymoron intended there) for 3 weeks. Stu had to move everything out of the trailer into the garage for us to get what we needed when we first got there, then we got a storage unit so he had to move it from the garage to storage and THEN found our current rental and got to move everything we own for a third time to where is sits now. A small, magical, suburban land in Southern Arizona called Rancho Sahuarita (actual "neighborhood", in town of Sahuarita www.ranchosahuarita.com). Basically this place was designed and built with our family in mind. It's fantastic! We have a clubhouse with a great gym and fitness classes, childcare for the kids while you utilize anything at the clubhouse, a waterpark at the clubhouse, tons of parks and pool throughout the entire community and a great, growing, shopping center at the beginning of it all.
The move into our rental was only days before the school year started ; which played a part into a little more of an urgent move because I wanted to stay within whatever school district we started. There are four public and one charter/public elementary schools inside of a couple mile radius. The chances of us finding a house we wanted but not ending up in a different school area gave us better odds at hitting the lottery I think :-)
The boys started school at Anza Trail elementary a K-8 within walking distance of our new place; my goal is to stay here and have all four boys go to the same school at the same time, LOL, but really....that'd be cool right?
We have also found what looks like we will be settling in as our church home; Common Ground Church, it's also within walking distance of our home, it's held at the boys school :-). Did I mention everything is within walking distance of our new home?
Now the first four weeks of school come to an end tomorrow and I feel like maybe the dust has settled a little (only a little) and we are looking forward to all that God has planned for us. This is where I'm going to be picking up this blog shortly (no, really, SHORTLY)....I actually have a focus and a vision to blog all about that new focus. Starting with my next blog I will be introducing you to the Aden Family 2.0....healthier, happier and prospering abundantly in God's Grace.
A sneak peek involves "Holy Yoga" instructor training for Carly; a revamped passion for our families nutrition and eating habits, how a company called "juice plus +" is already changing our lives, and a love of the game turned business called "Agape Golf". I'm including some links at the end of each post so you can find out more about any of the above mentioned things as they interest you (including our great community).
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