Now and Then

It seems like so much has happened this past year. I am amazed at how fast time flies. Mitch and I celebrated our one year anniversary on July 22- the day we drove into Houston with a big moving truck full of everything we own. Is there a better way to celebrate an anniversary? I don't think there is.

 There have been a lot of changes in our lives over the past year, and as hard as change is, it always brings new adventures, experiences, friends, and hopefully, growth. Here are some of the changes that we have experienced so far...

                                                                               Then...

    

  The house we lived in for the first year of our marriage in Springville.

The big backyard that we irrigated every couple of weeks. So many fun memories. One time we were both walking in our rubber boots to turn the water down to the next house after we finished irrigating and a neighbor stopped us and asked, "what's with the rubber boots?"

 

                          This was the day we drove away and started our long road to Houston.   

Now...

Our condo in Houston. Sometimes when I'm walking around our complex, I feel like I'm in the rain forest because there's some crazy sounding birds, annoying insects, lizards running all over the place, and beautiful green  trees and bushes. I was not expecting palm trees in Texas. 

     

Then...        

                                                      Our old swimming pool...pretty nice

                                                                         Now...

Our new swimming pool...a small step up. 

Then...

The beautiful mountains in Utah. We miss them for more than just their beauty. I don't know which way is East here!

Now...

The flat lands of Texas. It stretches on forever! This isn't how Houston looks like by the way. Houston is much greener, but still flat and no mountains.This was about 12 hours out of Houston around El Paso.You could drive all day and still not be out of Texas. I'm not saying I'm jumping on the 'everything's bigger and better in Texas' band wagon, I'm just saying, Texas is huge!

Then...

Now...

Those were some tough changes. Handing over our Utah citizenship and paying our dues to get licensed in Texas.

We've seen that change is hard but it's wonderful too. At first, you don't want the changes to come because life is comfortable and good the way it is. But then you know that you have to move forward and see what else life has to offer and have faith that it will always get better!