Our first month in Arizona

So we made it to Arizona!! We are renting a great little house that we are loving. It is so nice to not be in an apartment anymore! We feel so private now LOL. Dan has loved his job. It is a perfect match for him and we are so grateful!! He deserves to have some good experiences. Shane is my shining little star lately. He is such a trooper with all we have put him through. He always starts a new school and fits right in and just never thinks twice about it. His new teacher says that he already has a lot of friends and is doing great there, I really admire his ability to just be put in any situation and make friends! What a blessing that is for him to have. Now that we are in a more relaxed school environment he is not behind in class anymore, he is exactly where he should be. His reading levels are right up to speed and everything which I am not sure that is a relief or just a worry over how much less is required of the students, they are pretty comparable here to Utah so I figure he would have gotten the same education there too so we are good. Brock has had a lot harder time adjusting but is doing pretty good. He is okay with his new preschool but really misses his old one. He has been a bit of stinker at home, he is really struggling with sharing, especially with Blake but we are getting there. He is starting to pick up on reading and loves to write and draw. Art is this guys little thing. He loves to make tape creations and we have tape on almost every possible place. He is a bit of a needy guy right now and I usually need to take a Brock time out in the afternoon because he wears me out!!! Blake is grumpy little ray of sunshine. He is so sweet than snap he is a ornery grumpy little man. He makes my days happy and just loves being with me. He is usually a good little side kick but at 15 months he is starting to get more and more opinionated on what he wants to do and think so it will come to an end just like it has with all my other kids. It makes me a bit sad, I have enjoyed him being little so much. I am adjusting. Dans' Aunt Elaine has been such a sweet lifesaver. I have spent a bunch of time with her and loved every minute of it. She loves and dotes over my kids just like Liz would have if she were here. It makes my heart so happy to see it! She makes us dinner randomly and just wants to be a help anywhere she can. My dad is here too and I LOVE it! It is so fun to be close to him and have that connection that I missed so much. My boys adore him and love going to his house. It is so fun!!! It is hard to adjust to a new society that does things very differently but I am getting used to it and slowly adapting. I love having so much space in our house, it is such a relief. I am looking to start school again the end of March, it is only going to be part time so it will take me next to forever to be done but there isn't much of a choice for us so oh well. I cannot wait to be done and be licensed! I really LOVE doing hair. It is my new passion. I think it is one of the best decisions I have made with my life. Any who that is really all that is going on. Our lives are so busy with homework and cleaning and all that stuff that days blow past.