News from New Jersey!

And finally a post on our life in New Jersey!

We handled the flight back to the states quite comfortably. Ah..the joys of business class. Thank you PwC! We flew in safely to Newark and the boys enjoyed checking out the cockpit.

Well, we have to say that we are really liking New Jersey. We like our ward and love our little neighborhood and we have a great feeling about Aaron's school. We have been so busy with this transition, mostly due to the fact that we moved into an older home and we have so much to do around the house. It's been great to be back in the states and enjoy the comforts of endless choices at the grocery store and all the conveniences that shopping has to offer.

We are definitely enjoying our east coast experience! We went with my mom to the Statue of Liberty and to a Mets game. We had to go and support the Padres. It was neat driving to Shea stadium. We drove right through parts of Manhattan to get to the stadium. Not sure when we'll make it out to New York but we plan to go soon.

We're looking forward to the start of school. Aaron's case manager is really on the ball. We already had a visit at the school and Aaron seems excited. We're still looking for a preschool for Connor. We're on a few waiting lists so we'll see what happens. Poor guy. He keeps asking me if I've found his school yet.


Our ward has been very welcoming. Aaron already has his first assignment. He gets to read a scripture in Primary in a few weeks. We have lots of boys in our primary so Aaron and Connor fit right in and have already made lots of friends.

We are currently working on getting estimates to remodel our bathrooms, kitchen and basement. We are totally ignorant when it comes to home improvements...real home improvements...not just changing hardware on the cabinets. :) So hopefully, everything will go well. We'd be happy to receive any lessons learned from those of you who have experienced home improvements. We'll have to post before and after pictures! I'm tempted to enter our kitchen into a contest. I think it would have a good chance!

Well...on to other news. Aaron finally lost his two front teeth. It's been so funny to see him without his tiny little front teeth. Aaron is eight and he's lost a total of four teeth. Most of the kids in his first grade class lost their teeth and most of them are a year younger than Aaron. I guess he just didn't want to let go of his baby teeth.




Aubrey continues to grow. She's our little darling. I will do a post for her very soon. I need to take more pictures first! So more to come...