Happy 2010

Hi Everyone!
Happy New Year and here's to a great 2010!

We want to keep in touch with everyone and decided to start the new year with a new blog! We are getting settled into our new town of Gig Harbor, WA and are starting to really enjoy it! It's been a long few months but we are excited about our new adventure!

The kids started school this past week at Purdy Elementary. We love the hours - they start at 9am (except Wednesdays when they start at 10am) and they are done at 3:30pm. It's been a MUCH easier adjustment than we were expecting. They both have great teachers and have made friends already. Everything is so different than our old school in Aiken, which we definitely miss, but we are looking forward to experiencing new things at Purdy as well.

We signed up for the local YMCA as soon as we arrived and the kids are signed up for rock climbing lessons. They have an indoor pool which I'm sure we'll enjoy immensely during these rainy months. Madison is also starting dance next week and is looking forward to it.

We kicked off the New Year with a quick trip to Portland, Oregon and loved the town. We toured downtown, found an awesome bookstore, went to the Children's Museum and drove around the town. Portland apparently has the most breweries in the world, even more than Munich, so we'll definitely be going back! We are planning a trip back in the spring when we can do some hiking and see more scenery.

Us adults are busy. Tony is working a lot and getting settled in. Alicia started her EST hours on PST and is busy as well. (Exhausted is a better word!). I really do like having the afternoons free with the kids once they are home from school.

Our furniture arrived this week so we'll be getting the house in somewhat of an order this weekend. Next time we move I've decided that we just move - the stuff stays with the house!

It's been very rainy here, although warmer than back in Aiken! We had an amazing day yesterday with the most amazing sunrise I've ever seen. We may be East Coasters but the scenery on the West Coast is amazing! I'll post pictures as soon as I can find the wires to the computer!

Until next time -