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Well most of you know we have had a rough year. We moved to California last April, I went dragging my feet, but I tried to have a open mind and consider it a new adventure. It was not the best experience for all of us including Rich. We met a few friends and had a really fun ward in Red Bluff, CA., but other than that it wasn't the best experience for our family. 6 months into our journey it ended, things weren't working out with Rich's work and the kids and I had, had enough with everything so we headed to Arizona. We gave it our best for 6 months, but we still were home sick for Hurricane. Our renters had moved out of our home and it was sitting vacant. We listed it for short sale, but as the price kept dropping, our hearts continued to break. We went to Hurricane for Jackson's baptism and our hearts were full and we decided as a family we had a lot of praying to do. As we started the praying and fasting, we knew without a doubt that we needed to be back in Hurricane. We as a family needed it and the kids needed it. We are back in our home loving being home. We still have hurdles of working things out with the mortgage company and Rich is still working in AZ seeing us every 2 weeks. But things are going good, our prayers continue to get answered and the Lord is very aware of our situation and is helping us over the hurdles one step at a time. Rich should be joining us at the beginning of May. I do not recommend moving away to anyone, however, it has put things into perspective for us and we so appreciate everything Hurricane has to offer. We have some of the best neighbors, they have been so wonderful and I love the no knock policy! We have enjoyed the yard full of kids again, and feeling like we belong. We love how we feel when we are here, protected and safe. We just had to learn some humility and boy did we ever. We know the Lord wants us here and we are ready to accept whatever comes our way, we know we are here to stay one way or the other. And it feels great!