15 Days & Counting...

I have no idea how it's almost here, but we are a mere fifteen days out from when we hit the road for Vegas! Craziness!!!! Last week was our house-hunting trip, and I'm so incredibly glad to have that trip behind us and have a house secured. Just like our house-hunting trip to San Antonio, this one was mentally, physically, & emotionally exhausting! There's just something about making a huge decision based on so many unknowns that is just utterly taxing, but I'm not really good at making insignificant day-to-day decisions...so I guess it's not really that surprising that a big decision like this would be hard on me. ;)  Our Vegas house-hunting trip was definitely harder on me being 35 weeks pregnant, but it was also hard in the sense that we were completely on our own. When we went house-hunting in SA, we already knew where the Goins & Gallimores would be living (they took their house-hunting trips before us) so it made it easier for us to zero in on certain parts of the city when we were searching. And we're so, so thankful that my mom was able to keep the girls while we were away! The realtor we used in Vegas was wonderful, but we were literally with him for 12 hours on our first day. There's no way we could have managed that with kids in tow, even Derek & I were dragging by the end!!

Anywho, to make a long story short, it was a hard couple of days but I'm proud to say I only ended up in tears twice! ;) And we're feeling really good about where we'll be for the next 4 years. Don't get me wrong, we're still nervous about starting all over in a new community with a new baby in tow, but we're also getting excited! We're definitely ready for our next adventure!

Derek & I on the Las Vegas strip on our last night of our house-hunting trip...these are the faces
of two very relieved people!!!

And just so I don't ever forget our very first impressions of our new city, I wanted to record the things that stuck out to me the most on this trip. When we first stepped off our plane & into the Vegas airport, Derek was blown away by all of the slot machines. We definitely weren't expecting that! And I stopped dead in my tracks at a breath-taking view of a mountain out the airport window...little did I know, those views would literally be at every turn on our trip! Las Vegas has the most gorgeous backdrop, and we saw some pretty amazing sunsets while we were there! And last but not least, I kept a water bottle filled with ice water with me all week. Derek simply couldn't get over the fact that not once did the water bottle sweat or have condensation on it despite the high temps. The lack of humidity there is legit, and it's just plain delightful!



We were beyond thrilled to get back to these two crazies after our trip!