Costa Rica was a great way to finish up our wonderful and busy summer. Man... summer seems so long ago...
After our trip, we went on a couple camping trips, went to some weddings, and most importantly... we moved!! Out of my parents basement into our own one bedroom basement apartment in Farmington! We are so very, very grateful to my parents who were extremely welcoming and let us take over their basement for quite some time, but it was definitely getting time to get back on our own and into our own space. The reason why we ended up staying so long was mostly because we were trying to figure out if we should buy a house or not (we didn't want to move just to move again a couple months later).
Well, anyway after going back and forth between buying and renting we found this apartment in Farmington that we really liked. It took us another month of thinking we wanted to buy a house before we realized that the Lord was giving us another answer and Farmington was where we were supposed to be. So, in the first week of September we moved into our new apartment! We LOVE it so so much! The area is wonderful, the ward is wonderful (and gigantic), our landlords are fantastic and really look after me when Jeff is out of town, and our apartment, though only a one-bedroom, is quite spacious, open and doesn't even feel like a basement.
(This is how we lived for the first few days... ha. Sleep over in the living room! Mostly because the carpet in the bedroom was still damp and we also forgot to grab our bed frame out of the storage unit ha ha. Good times :)
In october we took a little trip out to Boston to visit Jeff's family who just moved there this summer, and a short trip out to DC to visit Jeff's grandparents. We also said goodbye to a dear member of our family... "Turbo." The beloved truck. Jeff's truck of 10 years, and his first vehicle. Turbo was quite the trooper and held a lot of sentimental value for us. This truck brought us together and gave us over 3 more years of wonderful memories. Turbo was very loved, and hopefully his new owner will be able to love him just as much as we did. Fortunately we were able to replace (ugh.. such a harsh word...) him with "Turbo 2.0" (which has made the transition a little easier ha).
I'm not ashamed to admit that tears were shed the day we let Turbo go... it was a very sad day indeed :(
In November Jeff had a big break from work so we were able to go hang out with his brother and family in San Diego for a few days. We got lots of playtime with our nephew, went to the Wild Animal Park, and had dinner with Jeff's grandparents and aunt and uncle. It was so great to see everyone!
Jeff unfortunately had a 4-day trip during the week of Thanksgiving... so that was a big bummer. I hung out at my parents house and we enjoyed a small Thanksgiving this year with my parents and two brothers.
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