This week marks the anniversary of our move to the land of the sun. I still tell people that we are new or that "we just moved here", but I guess I can't say that anymore. I don't feel like we are Phoenix veterans either, but definitely more comfortable. So, what do we think after a year of endless summer... There are many things that we really like about this place we currently call home.
- The community - We were talking to a friend who teaches school in Peoria district (where we live). I asked her why this school district is ranked highest in the state, in spite of all the funding, overcrowding, etc... that schools face these days. She thinks it is because people in this community are very family oriented and working to make this a nice place to live and raise a family and I would agree.
- Our friends - We have made some good friends and reconnected with old friends that make life more meaningful and fun.
- Our girls' friends - This is probably the biggest bonus - we feel very grateful that there is a neighborhood full of sweet, wonderful little girls that Curly and Lou can play with.
- Our ward - we love it!
- Fisher's job - He highly enjoys his work and that is important. (and we are grateful to be employed)
- The winter weather - we just wish the warm winter occurred during the summer months and that we had seasons to enjoy. But that said, we have loved swimming in the summer and fall and biking and going to the park in the winter.
- Our home and garden - we like having a house and a garden - though it has been a challenge to figure out the growing seasons here... it's a fun game to see if what we plant will actually produce anything (our beautiful honeydew melons melted before getting big enough to eat :(
In celebration of this anniversary, we are focusing on all the things
we like about Peoria. We are happy here and have enjoyed having family visit and being able to visit them. Here's to another year in the southwest...
A few pictures from the past week -
Lou's preschool class (a mom taught co-op preschool).
Having fun with our friends the Rollins (one of the old friends we are very grateful to have here)
This is currently Lou's favorite place to settle down for the night. After she is tucked in, stories are read, and Curly is fast asleep, she gets busy setting up camp in the hallway. I am not sure why the shoes are lined up, on other nights we have found the entire contents of her drawers neatly stacked along the edges of the hallway or piles of books or toys. Funny girl - at least she goes to sleep eventually!
Last week we invited lots of friend to join a music class - hosted at our house but taught on a rotating basis by the moms. We have held class twice and it has been a lot of fun, a little wild, but I think the kids love it! They especially love the parachute at the end of class!
