Moved

Recently we moved up to Salt Lake, more specifically Taylorsville.  We are loving it! Both James and I had our own reasons why we wanted to move, and it was something we had thought about for a while and 2 weeks ago we finally did it.  For the past year, James had been commuting on the bus to and from work from Spanish Fork to downtown SLC.  Usually an hour for him on the way there, but sometimes up to 2 hours on the way home.  I can't believe he made it a year doing that, but I can't believe I survived managing and living at a storage unit facility on my own for the past year.  So for James, it means a shorter commute and more time with us! Yay! For me it means I don't have to be a stay-at-home-never-leave-your-home mom.  There are so many things I won't miss about managing the storage units.  To name a few:

• having to be home from 9am to 6pm everyday (except weekends), yeah I went a bit stir crazy
• loud trucks in the early morning (we lived next to a cement plant)
• having to drop whatever I was doing at any time to tend to a customer or phone call
• after-hours customers knocking on my door (seemed like you never really were 'off' from work)

Anyway, there are tons more, but we are grateful for the chance we had to experience it and it was a blessing to stay at home and contribute financially to the family. 

Even though where we live is not anything fancy, to me it is soooo nice.  There are parks around, the complex here has a pool and workout room, and the layout of our apartment is much nicer (no stairs within my apartment among other things).  We have been impressed by random people that helped us move in, the responsiveness of maintenance, good neighbors, how quiet it is, and how well managed the place is.

Now that I can leave during the day, I have been able to do more things with Jet like going for bike rides, going swimming, taking Cody to the dog park.  I am grateful to be a stay at home mom and I realize that it is a luxury, not every woman can afford to do that.  I am grateful for these next couple of months I will have to spend with just Jet until his brother comes along. 

The move went so smoothly.  I had most of a week to pack and sort through things.  We had a lot of help from the ward. One of the members of our ward let us use his trailer and drove all the way up and helped us unload. It was so helpful.  Now that we are situated we are looking forward to making new friends and exploring more of Salt Lake.  I actually think the Salt Lake temple is our temple to attend, how cool is that?!

Here are some pictures of the move