Welcome to Miramar!

We are all settled in Miramar! When we arrived on Thursday evening our apartment wasn't quite ready yet, so she put us in a temporary apartment until Saturday afternoon. I was so anxious to get all moved in and settled! Housing is really, really expensive in Miramar, and all we could afford here was a one bedroom apartment, (which we were fine with, we've been sharing our room with Chase since December, so it would only be a few more months). We were paying dearly just for a one bedroom (read- double our rent from Dominica- which was already high). Our landlord nicely surprised us and upgraded us to a two bedroom apartment for the same price! Since she was so nice to do that we couldn't really complain about the inconvenience of our apartment not being ready. The new place is really nice and spacious- especially compared to what we are used to. I'm loving having a washer, dryer and dishwasher (this is a first for us!) So- if anyone really cares, here is a little tour of our home for the next 12 weeks:

The view from our front room

 This is what you see when you walk in the door

 Our dining area

 The kitchen

 Chase's bedroom

 Our bedroom

 Our little vanity and the master closet-

this is Chase's favorite hide and seek spot.

This morning I found him in there and he promptly pushed 

me out the door, said, "I'm hidin'!" and closed the door.

 That's the whole place! It's small, but it will definitely work. And although all the furniture and decorations aren't exactly to my taste (like the ugly bedding) we are so grateful to have found a furnished apartment so close to campus and other places, like CVS and Target! After living in Dominica I'd say we have pretty low expectations and Miramar has seemed so luxurious to us! Everywhere you drive in our area it just looks beautiful, lakes everywhere, all the buildings must have strict building codes because they are all in the same style, all the grounds are manicured and look beautiful. We went to our new ward yesterday and we loved it. Everyone was so kind and welcoming. Plus- we are here with our friends the Dunns from Dominica. It's fun to have another family close by that we already know. This whole move could not have gone smoother and we are feeling very blessed!

We sent Ben back to school this morning! Chase enjoyed having his dad around so much, it was a little sad to see him go! These two are best buddies!

 And I just loved this picture too much to post it. On Saturday morning I put him in his little Aggie shirt from Aunt Heidi to celebrate Utah State winning Friday nights game. We told them they won and to show us "touchdown!" I love it! Also- Chase loves football now, only he calls it "apple". Whenever Ben has a game on he'll point to the TV and say, "Apple!"