December 2008 - what a month!

I've been exhausted. Emotionally and physically. I was looking through the recent photos and no wonder-we've had a huge month and a half.

Here's a recap:
-finding out the house was cleared and the sale could go through and closing escrow two and half weeks later. So basically packing up my entire home far quicker than I ever planned on.
-lots of decisions: quickly landscaping my new yard, picking trees per city requirements, driving back and forth lots of times
-the RS Christmas party
-visiting "Auntie Karyns's Christmas house" up by UCLA
-Book club at my place two days before moving
-cleaning my old apartment (with help from friends) till it sparkled
-playing organ for my old ward and my new ward
-Christmas party with my old high school friends
-unpacking, making lots of decisions (I'm not a good decision maker so this is a big stress for me)
-saying goodbye to Rebecca's Kindergarten class and enrolling her in a new school (all very emotional for me)
-a house full of guests
-Christmas and New Year's Celebrations
-new callings in our new ward (Warren and I have started jointly teaching the 12 year old's Sunday School class)
-readjusting to new grocery stores, new streets, new surroundings...

I know this isn't a very interesting post. I guess it's more for me-my justification to myself for feeling so tired. There is still lots to be done. Please keep in touch everyone- at the moment my world feels like it's been turned up side down and I need some familiarity in my life.

Finding places to play - planting a garden - Rebecca's self taken photo

Boxes, boxes everywhere - A room from "The Christmas house"

Some of the ladies from book club

Family time

My little reindeer

It even gets cold in California!

And despite all the stress- finding the joy every day!