settling in...

hey you guys and gals! so, week 2 in this arizona land has been splendid. Jourdan is still enjoying his new job. he's been studying A LOT, preparing to get his first batch of students next week-ish. he got to back seat a flight to Nevada yesterday and gets to be the actual pilot today for a few hours. he sure loves what he does and that makes me so happy. i love that he loves his career and i know he will have much success. :) the end.

Jourdan's first day of work!

 let's see, what else have we been up to? jourdan's been mastering the piano. my mom taught him a piano lesson during christmas break and he practices every single day! what a guy, huh?

  last week we got together with one of jourdan's mission pals and his wife and adorable baby girl. we met up with them in tempe. we felt pretty hip there in that college town. haha we mostly felt old. it was fun for jourdan to catch up with his mission friend and fun for me to get to know him and his family.

the elder's quorum president invited us over for dinner last week as well. our ward is so thoughtful and friendly! we're excited to be here for sure. jourdan had a good time talking to him about guns and guns and...guns. haha

last saturday we went to the glendale "glitter and glow rockin' block party". yep, that's what it's called. glendale is a little town about 20 minutes away. it was actually really cool. the entire downtown part of the city is closed off for this huge hot air balloon event. they had bands playing on basically every other block, a petting zoo, carnival rides, tons of food, and holiday lights everywhere, hot air balloons everywhere, and most importantly...cotton candy. it was a good time indeed.

this was our favorite blugrass/folk band. also, it was freezing.

who knows what this guy is all about. perhaps he's glendale's mascot? unknown.

it was sweet to watch them blow up all the balloons! i don't understand how they don't just start on fire. who's to say.

 our first official sunday, in our actual ward was grand. this ward sure is on top of things! as soon as sacrament meeting ended, one of the counselor's asked us to meet with him. we figured that he just wanted to talk to us, ya know? get to know us a little, which he did. anyway, conversation soon led to a calling. i've been called to be the young women's secretary! woo! i'm super excited. the yw president said that on a good sunday there are about 9 yw who attend. total. there are quite a few less active members in our area so we have lots of work to do! i'm excited. :) jourd's calling is "still in the works". we'll see and let you know!

we sure hope that all of you are happy and well! we love you all so much and miss you dearly. come visit us and get out of that nasty cold weather! ;)