Turn Signals & Babies

     Last night we went to visit some of our friends - on the way over my turn signals decided to not work anymore... we tried to fix it ourselves, A thought that it was a blown fuse since it had suddenly stopped working; but that was not the case. There's something wrong with the wiring or something like that.... I didn't quite understand anything that was in car or mechanical terms. The mechanic has to order a part, so hopefully that will come quickly.
     I also had my 2nd interview today and I got the job! I start on the 6th and will only be working 3 days a week to start which is exactly what A and I were looking for. :) I'm quite excited.   Things are going well here... so far I feel more like a wife than in CA which is nice. I'm off to prep dinner!

--S

Arizona Day 3: Window Tint & Orange Lights

     I am thoroughly convinced that Arizona does not have yellow lights - they are in fact orange. In Cali I would have no problem going through a yellow light - most of the time you could 3+cars through them if you hit them just right... I have yet to find one of those yellow lights here. I don't even want to go through a yellow light here - the couple I've attempted to go through have been just yellow and before I get through the intersection the light is red! Therefore, they are orange lights.
We also tinted our car windows today. It's fantastic. Why anyone here doesn't have their windows tinted is beyond me.

Welcome to Arizona

      Hello Friends! Today is the 29th, which means that we have officially been in Arizona (I almost wrote Cali) for 3ish days nows -- and we got the internot set up so it's time for an update.
We started our journey out to AZ at 330AM on Saturday morning - we were officially in the truck and moving at 4:02 and pretty much didn't hit any traffic the whole time. It was a VERY smooth trip out to AZ and we arrived sometime around noon. Some "noteworthy" things on the drive out:

• The 91 freeway connector was closed when we needed to get on it - luckily there were WELL marked signage off the freeway and people to follow
• I had the priviledge of talking to the little munchkins (it was the highlight of the trip I believe).
• I ate a cinnabon for the first time -- and finished the WHOLE thing
• We found out that a school bus driver filling up at the Flying Jay station at the border (exit 1) drives 35 miles into CA to pick kids up and take them to school in AZ because it's the closest school to them! Craziness I tell you!
• The exit we needed in AZ was closed and the freeway turned into 1 lane - luckily JBenz was there to give us directions.
• I left my wallet in my car - which was 30 minutes behind us... not a big deal; but I realized I didn't have my wallet about 2 hrs into the drive and I knew it was in 1 of 2 places, the in-laws house or my car. I am very thankful it was in my car!

     
     Things have been good so far - but I'm exhausted! We were able to unpack the truck with the help of our AZ friends in about 2 hrs! We got to meet up with other CA friends who are now AZ residents and have yummy pizza for dinner with great company. On Sunday we attended church with our friends out here and really enjoyed it. I'm looking forward to finding a place to serve there...but want to make sure we're all settled in before I volunteer for anything. We visited Scottsdale for a bit on Sunday then later dropped off the parents (my in-laws) at the airport and I got to drive for the first time in AZ - visibility was difficult considering the height of the sun at that time - it was a learning experience. So far as I have noticed they don't really warn you about lanes merging on surface streets - that's a bit surprising when there's a truck right next to you and you have no where to drive aahahah!. We met one of our neighbors - who is pretty entertaining and offered us his patio set - which I'm pretty excited about that :) Yay for free furniture!

      I have my face-to-face interview on Wednesday, please be praying about that and then hopefully I will start my job on 9/6 :)

     So that's all that has happened. We have a couple more bigger projects at home to do; but hopefully we'll be able to run errands tomorrow so we can get them started and done.

I hope you're all doing well,
SC

5 Days!

We are 5 (FIVE) days away from moving! It still hasn't fully hit me...but I am SO ready to get out of a boxed filled apart and start putting things away :) I am definitely looking forward to the extra space out in AZ , but it will be hard (and sad) to leave all our friends and family....

Any ways, we have 5 days left (1 drs appt and 1 dentist appt left!) and they we get to enjoy Arizona... it's gonna be *hot hot hot!* (anyone else dancing when they read that?)


--SC

Today was a Good Day!

God is SO good! He has provided so much for us and it is just amazing to see and be a part of!
Anthony has a job lined up, we have an apartment and I just received an e-mail expressing that the lady I had an interview with for a nanny position would love to have me work for them as long as we both still feel it's a good fit after a face-to-face meeting when we get out to Arizona!

On top of that, we FINALLY ordered wedding pictures for the scrapbooks we're making for our parents, some large prints for gifts for a couple people, and some large prints for ourselves. The W threw Anthony a "Bon Voyage" lunch party today with yummy food and I got to hang out with the ladies for a bit; I have 3 photoshoots set up for this week and next, we're almost done packing, and we're almost done with a few things we're making for our going away party and lastly, I got to talk to my Gramma and she might be stopping by our Going Away Party :). And of course, the only person we can say is responsible for this is God. None of the good things in our lives happen by our own doing; it's all because of God's grace.

It's so amazing to see how God is working in and through our lives and such a blessing to be able to witness how He is working through the lives of our friends, family and loved ones as well. There's nothing more beautiful than to see His healing power work in the lives of those hurting and to witness Him draw them to Him. I cannot express the joy God has given me in seeing the lives of others transformed. He is doing a great thing and my heart rejoices in Him!