We made it!
Sorry for the lack of blog updates.
It has been a crazy month of moving and getting settled in, but we are alive and in Atlanta!
I still can't believe I actually live here.
It just feels like an extended vacation and any day we will be going home.
Hopefully it will sink in a bit...for both Jack and myself.
For the first week Jack kept asking to "go home."
Then one day when we got home from the pool he walked in and said,"Oh this is Jack's home!"
I guess it suddenly dawned on him that this was it. Haha.
It has been such an adventure thus far.
And I am SO GLAD and thankful that the McGraths and Smarts are here too.
We go out every weekend and explore the city, eat at amazing places, and .....well eat more.
Basically, I need to get on a work out plan fast.
Here is one of the first places Matt and I hit up in the city while we were looking for houses.
It's called Flip Burger Boutique and it is one of Richard Blais's restaurants.
He won Top Chef All Stars.
I am trying to eat less meat these days. Not "no meat"- just less.
But this was definitely my exception for the week.
After all who could pass up a Top Chef meal?
Here is one of his molecular gastronomy machines.
Pretty cool.
Another place that we are falling in love with is a little town named Roswel.
It is the most charming little place with super cute boutiques that sell everything from Antiques to locally made goods.
It also has some really amazing restaurants.
So-thus far we are enjoying our time here in the south.
It's a lot different then California, but a good different.
So here are a few conclusions I have drawn from being out here for about a month (good and bad):
-They call it Hotlanta because it is honestly the hottest place I have ever been. I thought it was because the social scene was awesome, but I am now convinced that it is called this because you literally want to throw up and then die every time you step out of your house. ( I am told it will start to cool down soon, but it'll believe it when I see it.)
- The church is the church no matter where you go. Our ward is great and we are meeting a lot of super cool couples each week.
-Our house is pretty awesome. Although a tad big for our little family and I am spending way too much money trying to furnish it.
-We desperately miss our family and friends back in Ca :(
-It has been the most fun exploring a new city.
-I'm still confused about the freeway system and how to get around. Never really been a strong point for me though. But having 71 streets named Peach Tree doesn't help the situation either. I mean really? Can we please think of different names for each street?
-There are CRAZY thunder and lightning storms pretty much every night.
-Jack asks to see Grandma and Papa every day and its super sad that he can't.
-But all in all we love how pretty it is over here and how much fun we have been having so far.
I still have sooo much more to share and post about.
Stay tuned for house picts, Jack picts (he got a new hair cut since its "100 degrees with a chance of death" like Ryan says. lol), Jack's Bday, 4th of July picts and more.
We love and miss you all!
xoxo
2 comments:
I was just asking Cason the other day if he had heard anything from Matt on how you guys were doing. I am so glad for this update! And the heat does not sound fun. You will never get as great of weather as California weather. Period. But it's always fun to go back! I am so glad you guys are doing well and seem to be loving it. Can't wait for the updates! xo
I was thinking the same thing as Marie, wondering how you guys were doing. Can't wait to see pics of your house, I am sure it is amazingly cute. Glad you are doing well, it must be so strange to be somewhere completely different from where you came, but so exciting at the same time. Can't wait to hear more!
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