Maricopa to San Diego

The semi-truck pulls up and we hear a knock on the door. As we open the door a burly man and a crew of guys say, "We're here to pack you up." And suddenly it all became reality. We were really going to be moving from our Maricopa home that we had lived for 5 years to San Diego. And quickly (within 2-3 hours) as our house was quickly being dismantled, it all hit. Within 2 days our house was completely empty and we were cleaning the little scraps and walking out of our home that we had shared as a family for many years. This was the place that all of our children had grown and we had become a family. It was a strange bitter sweet feeling.





Although moving to San Diego never sounds painful and I will assure you it isn't, in some ways leaving our home in Arizona was tough. We left the place that both of us grew up, our families, and so many friends that we had made along the way. We will miss the desert sunsets, the free family babysitting, the cheaper home prices (not that we ever took advantage of that) and knowing many familiar faces that we loved and cherished so much. So here we go to start a new life in San Diego.

I got a new position within Ecolab so that is the reason for the move. They moved us into corporate housing, which is a 3 bedroom apartment in La Jolla, until we find a house to live permanently. We have been here a little over a week and already we have been the beach many times, met our new Ward which is awesome, and loved the beauty of this place. We also live really close to the temple, which is beautiful, and one night we were eating dinner we looked out the window and saw the temple out the windown. So fun!! That picture and others below are of our early excursions here. Some of these include walking on the beach, the Mormon Battalian, and visiting the seals in La Jolla.