For those who did not know, my family and I have moved to Arizona! This has been an over 3 month project, and the discussion to make this dream a reality was happening way before then. I had always talked to my husband about moving to Arizona when we retired, but that is a long time in the future. My husband was looking to move to a different house and has lived in Iowa his entire life, so between the two of us we decided to move to a retirement location early 🙂 My husband gets a lot of credit from taking something I talked about and making it happen. It has been a lot of work, but we are excited to start this new chapter in our lives. While this is exciting for us, I would be lying if I said it was all rainbows and butterflies. To me, moving halfway across the country was a HUGE step out of my comfort zone. In Iowa, we had it all down and life was very comfortable. I think part of it was that we wanted to make a change before we got so comfortable we didn’t do anything. But, there have been many twists and turns along the way. I have had days and events that were fun and exciting, and days and events that had me pretty down. This has also been a lot of hard work, physically, mentally, and emotionally. We have had so much to do, so much to take care of, and there were days when I did not think I would be sitting in my new home like I am now. However, now that we are on the other side of some of the major events, things are looking pretty sweet 🙂 Of course, this project is not done. While the house in Iowa has been sold and we are almost settled in, more work has to be done. My mom moved down with us, and will be moving into her place next week. That means more unpacking and sorting items at both our place and hers. I am unable to keep my current job long term, and have been looking for something new. My son is settling into his new routine at a new preschool and daycare. We will likely have to start the adoption process all over again since we are in a new state. My husband and I started a new diet and fitness plan. And on it goes. To me, EVERYTHING has changed, and that can be both scary and exciting all at the same time. But, we truly believe this is an overall great change for our family. We went to Sedona last weekend, and my husband and I got to hike to the spot where we got married over 5 years ago. To me, in a way, it was a moment of victory to see how far we have come.