Settling In

We are here in Vegas and absolutely loving the warm weather but absolutely homesick for Nampa and our ward family and friends there. I don't think I realized how hard it was going to be. The moving process was the easy part and now Jared and I are realizing that we are here pretty much all alone with no one that we really know. It's pretty sobering. We went to church on Sunday and the ward is really great and the people are so nice, but it doesn't feel like home yet. We found ourselves talking about our old ward and different people and how we already miss them. We are excited to receive callings though so that we can get involved and lose ourselves in some church work. The girls are enjoying school and enjoying being the "new kids" in their classes. Their teachers have been super nice and that has made it easy for them to adjust to the change. My mom and dad were in St. George vacationing and decided to come and visit for the past couple of days (for which I was so grateful). It was fun to have them here and to see some familiar faces again. They left this morning and as they drove away, I completely broke down. Pretty pathetic, I know, but I'm realizing that we really are here with no family close by. I know it will get easier with time. I'm so grateful we have our family and the church and I am comforted by the fact that I know we are supposed to be here. On Sunday during Relief Society, the RS president had me introduce myself and then she said that the ward had prayed our family here. She said the Bishop had asked the ward to do a special fast a few weeks ago for the purpose of having some good families move into the ward. I guess a lot of families have moved out within the last year and they are kind of struggling with filling callings and such. I don't know where we are needed or why, but I know the Lord's hand has been in this whole process. Things are good though and we are happy to serve where needed. I'll post some pics soon. I would do it now, but I'm just too lazy to go downstairs and try to find the camera and download the pics right now--haha!