Enjoying Florida

When we arrive the people we were renting from were still living in the house when we pulled up to unpack our things. They had the understanding that they needed to be out on the 9th. We arrived on the 5th. So the first night we had to get a hotel . And then the next two night we
shared the house with the family. It was weird. Luckily the upstairs was cleaned out so we made up the beds and slept there. While the other family slept in the Master Bedroom. It all worked out. Our sweet new friends Brother and Sister Skinner helped them find a house to rent super fast. They are Awesome. We finally moved in on the 9th. We are very grateful to my mother who helped me drive down and then stayed a couple of days to help me get settled. We are also very grateful to Andy who came to help David get set up at their first show, but stayed a couple of days extra to help us move in as well. Thanks so much to the both of them. In truth the whole journey down was a real blessing, the Lord definitely was looking out for us.




The beach in Hollywood only about a 20 min. drive. We will be able to come to the beach often. There is a fun Oceanwalk with resturants and shopping boutiques. We did find out that the waves are Not big . We thought it was just at low tide. But all along the coast the waves are small. I'm okay with that, it's a little safer for the kids. And the water is always warm. Yea.

Joshua's first day of school.

He has a dress code. They can wear any color of shirt but it has to be a polo style. No jeans, cargo pants. Nothing with pockets, so we also had to do some shopping. He had a little bit of a hard day. Since his grades were so good in Idaho . They put him in some AP classes. So he came home with a ton of homework. He's doing better now and making lots of friends, that helps. He goes to school from 9am to 3:30pm.

The other kids are enjoying school as well. They too come home with a ton of homework. The schools here have more rules to follow. Schools are very different from Idaho. Gabe goes to school all day. They go from 8am.to 2pm . Gabe is loving it and doing good. He also has to learn all new sight words. And learn how to add. Which he didn't learn at Dalton. So we have to play catch up. But he's doing great. That's Gabe for you!

This is our Chapel. Yes, its yellow.

Members here have all welcomed us with open arms. We have been invited for dinner twice in one week. David also has received a call as the first Counselor in the YM, Surprise, Surpise. I'm still waiting. But I'm okay with that. We go to church at 1pm. So we have alot of time in the mornings.




When Andy was here, he went shopping with us and he saw these things, he just had to go back to the store and get this picture of a potato. ( we think) This spanish grocery store (Sedanos) had some very different grocery items, one of which was an entire Pig's head, Yuck. But we have found out that they have good prices on fruit and veg. But the workers all speak spanish. So I won't be going in without David, as everyone here automatically assumes that I speak spanish. Most people here speak both lanuage, so communicating so far hasn't really been a problem. I am getting better at understanding it than speaking it. It's like playing pictionary. It's been fun.