Movin' On

In May, Chris graduated from ASU with his Bachelors in Civil Engineering. He was excited and relieved to finally be finished with school. It was a long ceremony full of foreign names and even more foreign thesis'. Chris' mom, dad, and sister Shannon came from out of town for the occasion. Pictured below is sisters Shannon and Wendy, the grad himself, me and Chris' dad, Lowell.

Chris and his mom, Sharon.

It's always great spending time with family and we had fun celebrating Chris' achievement. After graduation, it took some time for Chris' work to figure out where to send him. He was interning for the last two years at an Engineering firm, TPAC. With the economy being as it is, TPAC wanted to keep him but didn't have work. Fortunately, the parent company, Kiewit, was able to transfer us to one of their other district offices. We waited for what seemed like forever to find out where we would be moving to. Omaha, LA, and Concord were thrown out there. July came and we moved to Concord, CA. We packed up our things in a moving truck and made the drive from Phoenix, AZ to Concord, CA. Below is a picture from the outside of our apartment.

Below is a sketch Chris made of our apartment while learning/practicing a new program for work. It's a lot cooler to use the program cause you can do a virtual tour but you get the picture.

So there you have it, we've been in Concord for about 3 months. The weather is amazing and we love our new ward. Everyone has been so welcoming. My friend/old roommate Ashley's parents live around the corner and have taken such good care of us. We've also been able to visit family and friends in Sacramento. Aside from being the farthest state away from my family, we couldn't have been placed in a better area. Why can't Florida and California be closer together?