My life the past month...

While Jenny has taken the time to blog lately, I haven't. I'll admit that it's been a stressful few weeks with starting a new job, coordinating two moves (one to my parents, one into our new home), closing on a home, trying to meet neighbors and remember all of their names, trying to remember all the names of the people you work with, getting used to a new ward at a new time where the block is opposite of anything your kids have ever known...well, let me just say, I've had a lot going on. Also, I haven't had access to the internet and I've not been able to find the spare moment at work that I could devote to posting even a short blog entry. We finally got internet access at home (I'm still on the fence as to whether it's a good idea. Gas prices have kept Jenny at home, but now she can shop online!), so I thought I'd take a couple of minutes and get caught up a little.

I think Jenny wrote a little about our trip to Park City. I, too, look forward to this trip as our annual, unofficial start to Summer. Although the weather didn't quite cooperate as in the past, it was still a great kick-off to a new season in our lives, not just this year. We went up on a Friday and ended up closing on our home that next Tuesday. I had only been in my job about two weeks and was still feeling my way through things. We still managed to have a wonderful time. I appreciate my father's willingness to share what he has with us to help us get and stay closer as a family.

I'll never forget our 9 hole excursion Saturday morning through frozen rain and cold as we all tried to keep our heads about us while playing a golf on the Lake course at Wasatch. Erik came the most unhinged over the course of the round, culminating with a broken putter on the 8th hole. I had to use a pick-ax to get the head out of the turf after he slammed it in there in a fit of frustration. My dad barely managed to stay alive as he pretty much played as a single almost a hole ahead of us the whole round. Erik nearly killed him twice on one hole! A couple of times he didn't even put his bag or umbrella down to putt. Needless to say, we all conceded gimmes of at least 8 feet so we could scramble back to the cart to get out of the rain. The weather actually started to turn for the better as we walked up the ninth fairway. We considered making the turn, but were all so soaked and miserable that we decided to call it a round. I never knew Burger King had such delicious hot chocolate!

We also enjoyed some of our annual traditions like dinner at Baja Cantina (the halibut taco was amazing!), Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (the Apple Pie Caramel Apple was divine) and swimming in the hottubs (Is this your first trip to the Welshley Arms?). We also played WAY TOO MUCH Dr. Mario!

Jenny and I spent one more night in our room at my parents house before some how getting all our beds and junk to our new townhome in Foxboro. I don't know how I was able to talk my dad and Bro-in-law Matt into helping us move the day they got back from Park City, but they helped us clean out what we took to my parents home in one evening. Our POD was delivered the next day and we had pretty much everything unloaded by Saturday morning. My family is truly amazing.

Since then, we've been settling in. I do have to say I had what may have been the best father's day/birthday ever when Jenny finally broke down and let me buy the HDTV that I've wanted for 3 years. I'm pretty hard to buy for since that's all I've wanted for at least that long. Jenny finally conceded and let me get one. Now she's jealous 'cause I've been spending more quality time with it than her (jokes only, joe!). But really, I think she is.

We've also been getting to know our neighbors. It's nice to have a clubhouse and a pool where you can go and know that everyone there at least lives in close proximity to you. We have fun finding out what part of Foxboro everyone lives in and how long they've been here. The earliest settlers, if you will, of Foxboro North have only been here since December, so we feel like we're all on the same playing field. There aren't any established cliques, so that is nice. In the meantime, we continue to have people moving in all around us. Our whole building is full and people have been moving into the complex next door. It's almost too much for us to keep up with.

My job has been going good. I've finally filled an MA position that I've been trying to get filled since, well, before I started. We interviewed and offered a good candidate on Friday, so that is a weight off my shoulders. I'm learning a lot about working in a large corporation. The nice thing about it is there is always someone you can call if you have a problem or a question. I like the people I work with. I met one of the new Urologists and he was a great guy, so that relived some anxiety. You never know what you're going to get personality-wise with these docs, especially when you are starting a clinic from the ground up. It's good to know that they aren't going to be complete tools. Well, at least one of the two.

At any rate, things are going well for us. It's been an exciting time in our lives. Jaegan is learning to write, Jenny is staying home, Boston is being Boston. I'm enjoying the ride. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up a little better now that we have internet access at home.