Boo-Grr Blogger: We Made It!

We are here!!! We got to Adel three weeks ago. We drove straight to the house, not even stopping to get John's things from the hotel. We were too excited to get in and let the kids run around the house. Well, I take that back. We did not drive straight to the house, we drove straight to the school administrative offices to register Breanna for school. If we didn't get a few papers filled out and signed before 4:30, she wouldn't be able to start until later the next week. We got there at 3 or 3:30...I can't remember now. THEN we drove straight to the house (two minute drive from the school).

Yes, Adel is very small--population around 7,800. There is one very small, very expensive grocery store, one hardware store, one gym, three gas stations, a Subway restaurant, and two pizza places (one if which is in a gas station). There are more businesses, and all the county offices are in Adel, but I don't really want to list them all. Those businesses basically cover two blocks. We are lucky to have a library too!

The grocery store that we have deemed best to shop at is 15 minutes away. The Walmart is 25 minutes away, but it is next to the Lowe's, Costco, and mall with accompanying strip shop stores. So, when we plan to go shop, we make sure we plan to do everything that we need to do at all the major stores. We have done this every weekend so far. I need to learn how to shop for a month, and not just a week at a time.

Breanna loves loves loves living here. She jumped right in to school with no problem. She made friends with no problem. She is very happy. She has three friends that live very near us. One next door, one across the street and two houses down, and one on the corner on the next street over.

Brett has adopted Breanna's friends as well. He just had a birthday last week. The first thing he said that morning was, "Do I get to go to school today?" He was so excited to turn five and be school age. I felt so bad to have to tell him he has to wait until next school year. He got over it, but he is having a hard time being in new situation and not having his big sister around all the time.

Kaylee is still her happy go lucky self. She really likes their new play room. I do as well. The house has four bedrooms, a living room, family room, and a one room finished basement. Oh ya, and it has two bathrooms (no master though) and a tiny kitchen. It's been quite the challenge to fit all our stuff in this house. We put the three older kids together in one room, Lincoln in the smallest room with all his baby furniture, and then made the downstairs bedroom an office/guest room. The good thing is that we put all the toys in the basement and made that a play room. We put a small T.V. on the wall down there, along with a DVD player for their movies. There is also a laundry space in the basement and plenty of space behind the play room for storage. We are going to use that space for food storage and to keep the kitchen things that don't fit in the kitchen.

Our LDS church ward here is great. Our ward boundaries are huge, and yet the ward is only about the same size as our Bedford ward. John is the ward mission leader, and I don't have a calling yet. (I'm sure that will be remedied soon though.) Only one other family in the ward lives in Adel, and they live down the street. They have three kids, all the same ages as our younger three kids. We haven't been able to get together yet, but we are still busy getting settled in here.

We are getting a new roof next week, and plan to get all new carpet very soon thereafter, but after that, we are very happy with this house. We are very happy here.