I think I'm going to like it here...

That is the song that kept going through my mind the first day in our new house. YES, OUR NEW HOUSE! We are home owners (or should we say home borrowers from the bank???) but anyhow, we closed escrow on Friday and moved in Saturday in the craziest move ever. New years resolutions: we are going to downsize our stuff. Please hold me to it. I really mean it. After we took everything out to the front lawn of our apartment the whole lawn was covered. We should have just had a garage sale right there and then. We had rented one truck but had to go rent a second one. And we even filled that one. Were we living in a black hole? I know we were bursting at the seams, but seriously, where was all that stuff coming from? And the scariest part was that we had already taken a bunch of car loads over to the new house. But enough about that.
WE HAVE THE BEST FRIENDS IN THE WORLD!!!!
Thank you thank you thank you... I can't say enough to all the people who came to help us. Friends and even a couple people who don't know us or don't know us well came from all over the stake to help load up the truck. Some of our closest friends even drove to the new house and spent hours unloading with Warren. My dearest friends even came over (voluntarily!) and cleaned and scrubbed and kept me company all day long so that we could get our sizable cleaning deposit back. Once again, I can not even say enough about how much that all meant to me, and the friends who watched my kids and brought me food Sat. night etc. I couldn't have done it without all of you. I LOVE YOU!!!
I finally gave up cleaning that night at 10 pm and drove to our new home. When I walked in the house and saw all my furniture inside I just started crying. We couldn't find anything, not even the toothbrushes I had so carefully set aside so that we would have them that night. Warren went to go buy more but I was asleep before he got back.
The next day we went back to SM II ward for some final goodbyes. Warren and I both bore our testimonies. I had lived longer in that ward than anywhere in my whole entire life. So it was an emotional good bye for me. But it is the right time for us to start a new chapter of life.
Sunday we didn't get much done. Rebecca told us she wanted to unpack everything the next day. It has been stressful on her not to know where her things are.
There are so many emotions going on in my heart. I'm so happy to be here. Excited for the future. But homesick for my comfort zone, and my dear friends and Rebecca's little rascals group. She really has such a sweet group of friends that she is very close to. But kids adapt well and we still hope to see everyone once in awhile. I needed to talk to someone Sunday night and so I had a nice chat with Lindy, since I didn't get a chance to see her last week. I have been so blessed to have wonderful women with whom to associate with these past years. I have learned so much from each of them. I would love to write about it sometime.
Anyway, today we kept moving furniture and unpacking. There is still a lot to do but luckily my mom shows up tomorrow!!! HURRAY for moms. That will help a ton. It is still so dangerous around here since it has been a construction site and the builders still have lots of tools etc lying around but hopefull that will get cleaned up soon. We're excited to have everyone come visit us. We already had 4 guests here our first night! We're super close to Disneyland and Knott's, so please, do come. Sorry this post is so long, but I just wanted to thank everyone and update you on the move. I know this isn't the story about how we found the house, but that will have to come another time...
I'll post a picture once we get our computer hooked up. I'm using someone elses, so I can't download anything yet. More later!