We Made It!!!!

A year ago today we moved from the comfort and family of our home in Tremonton to a new and scary world of Las Vegas. To say a year ago I was scared about my future is an understatement. All I knew about Las Vegas was the strip and all I had every known was the little towns of northern Utah surrounded by family and other LDS members. The first four months were brutal. We didn't know anybody in our neighborhood, it was hot, and we just wanted to be "home". We went back home alot last summer and it was so hard leaving everytime. Then the kids started school. They were scared, but mommy was more scared than anyone. She was sending her babies to a world she didn't know. Isabelle did well right from the start, she made so many friends that first week. Jarrett on the other hand didn't. Day after day he came home and told me he hadn't made any friends and would wander the playground alone at breaks. Rip my heart out. As I am crying inside and my heart is breaking I have to put on a happy face and keep telling him it will get better. McGregor cried every night to go back home. Fletcher had no clue, that was nice. So that is how it was for the first months of our life in Las Vegas. Now a year later we love it. There is so much more to Vegas than the strip. We have had so many fun adventures and opportunities. Jarrett, Isabelle, and I have loved their school and teachers. They have both done so well with their studies and have made some great friends. I love their teachers, one word amazing!! We have so many friends here. We love the sun and get to see it everyday! Our ward is amazing, I have never loved a ward more than this one. We live in such a great area. As for us as a family, it has brought us so close. I love that Jarrett comes to me with all his problems and we talk and work it out. I love that we try to do things as a family down here. We always try to find new "adventures". I am closer to each one of my kids. Mine and Ben's relationship is amazing. We are doing so well. Life was pretty rocky the last couple of years in Utah. So a year later I can tell everyone we are doing amazing and we truly love it here. I am not saying that I don't have my hard days anymore or that I don't get homesick, because I do still have my days. I don't think I will ever stop missing "home", but we do love our new home. Life is good here in sunny Las Vegas:)