3 Years in Arizona

Today is officially our third year in Arizona. I am sitting in my living room with orange blossom breezes wafting in from outside. It is gorgeous here this time of year. This is the time of the year that makes me especially grateful to be here. The sun is ever present and is not yet beating your brows like it does in the summer. The skies are almost always clear. The flowers are blooming in the backyard. (I will have to add a picture later). The kids are making chalk pictures on the driveway, because it doesn't yet fry their legs and riding their bikes and scooters around the block. I love it.

The move here was a real blessing for our family. It was time to move from Idaho, we were going one way or another, so there is no loss of love for Idaho. Coming to Arizona instead of somewhere else at the time was just so right for our family. It has been an oasis in our life of moving around. Mike's boss has been fantastic. A friend and a mentor. He has had great bosses that have helped him see how to do different things fantastically. We have had more balance here for family. Not to say he isn't still gone...a lot...but still, more balance. Some how, when we move again, we will have to find balance again. You only get your kids once and you just have to make sure life doesn't swallow you up and squander those times together. This next time Mike will be the boss, and it will be intense. We don't know when or where it will be, but it is coming one way or the other. I am peaceful about it though. I haven't always been lately. But I am now. Once you put your trust in the Lord, it is "easy". We haven't gone anywhere yet and still have many plans in the making, so don't write me off.

For now, I am just grateful I am here. Smelling the orange blossoms through my window at night. In Arizona. Life is Good.