Sierra Vista

When Luke started working for the government, we were told that he would need to attend counter intelligence training at Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona to become a CI agent. Which is what he was hired to do. So obviously we assumed we would get that training done ASAP. Instead, as you probably know, the government has been kind of a B lately. So we were prepared to go in April and then again in July. Instead of going, we were all furloughed and shutdown.

BUT! Now we are here! It has been almost exactly a year since Luke started and we've basically been sitting on our bums waiting, but who cares? We are here now.

We are living in a fully furnished vacation house, which is great. We stashed all our stuff in a storage unit in San Antonio and just brought clothes and my glorious Kitchenaid. It made unpacking really easy. The house we live in is nice - very Arizona-ey with a rock backyard, which is Ivy's favorite feature. There are three bedrooms, and since we have June in our room, I might do a playroom for Ivy, sans toys....since we didn't bring any. At all. What was I even thinking?

For now, our tentative plans are to go to Mesa for Thanksgiving and Utah for Christmas. I'm still a little traumatized from the 12 hour drive with Junie, who, like her sister before her, hates car seats with her whole heart.

I really, really want to make friends here. I know we are only going to be here for 5 months, but Luke will be working longer hours and Ivy is getting to the age where it would actually be fun to join a playgroup or something like that.

Ivy found one of her Christmas presents during the packing up times. She loved it, so I guess it's cool.

Our house! Complete with an unpronounceable Spanish street address! 

What can even be said about June's neck fat? You can even see a little dimple in there. It's too much.

Ivy is just a little lovey. Her favorite words are "happy" "Shooonie" "pika" and "bum."