Yeeehaww!

We made it!  After a long year of trying to sell our house and moving during the coldest and busiest time of year, we are finally settled in our new house in Scottsdale, AZ.  A lot has happened since Christmas time:

We enjoyed one last Christmas in our Illinois home,  had our second annual Gingerbread Making Party and also found a way to squeeze in a 10th birthday party for Kylie.

 

Paul did good, sparkly things are nice.      Girls did good, Dad got an awesome 

                                                        copper watch.

                        As long as they believe in Santa, they'll keep getting gifts.....

      Kylie and her best friends Caleb, Erianna, Madison and Nikki for her birthday.

 

Gingerbread Making Party and Soup Buffet, it was so much fun!

            Kylie getting ready to scarf.              Curtis boys and their masterpiece.

                      Proud Johnson boys.               Our cute dining room, I miss it.
         

                       There were no Wyer Girls injured during the making of this house.

      (they fight over EVERYTHING!)

We were notified from the buyers and the bank that we had to close by the end of January so 

we packed our house in 2 weeks and moved on a day it was -11 degrees outside:

 

 It was sad to walk through the house the last time after the movers had emptied it.  This was our first house and we made so many memories and did so much work to make it our home.  Leaving Illinois was bittersweet, because Chicago is where we were all born and raised.  The girls cried all the way to the airport and our heart broke for them.

 The transition was a lot easier than we thought!  The girls attend a private school that requires uniforms (which they dreaded...and complained about every day before their first day of school).  I think they finally understand how convenient it is to know exactly what you are going to wear everyday.  Kylie has made so many friends in school and since she is so loquacious (don't feel bad if you have to look that word up), it wasn't too hard for her.  Lana also quickly made friends and has a large Young Women's group at church.

Missing Chicago cuisine, we decided to go out for pizza.  Grimaldi's Pizza in AZ was good, but not as delicious and greasy as Chicago pizza.  This pizza was made with organic ingredients...enough said.


We feel like we were called here, it is the right place for us to be.  Our 2011 motto is, "In with the good.  Out with the bad." So we start each day with a deep breath in thinking of all the wonderful things in our lives and breathe out all the negativity we may have.  We are excited for our new adventure.