As most (if not all) of the readers of my blog know, we recently embarked on a new adventure--leaving our home of 12 years in Fort Worth, TX, and moving to the northern mountains of New Mexico where I'm from. This relocation was approximately 2 years in the making as Heath and I had decided we wanted to make some changes for our family and try out a new opportunity. Heath accepted a job at Los Alamos National Laboratory working on their proton accelerator.
We put our house on the market at the end of July and arrived in Los Alamos on Aug. 1. The first week we spent looking at rental properties, elementary schools and preschools. There is not much available on the rental market here, but we were fortunate to find a place that suits us well. It is an adobe townhome with a lovely private courtyard and shared community park in the back. It's 1500 sq. ft., 3 bedroom, 2 bath. Can't wait to move in and make it home! We will also do some landscaping which we are excited about.
We are deciding between 2 elementaries and 2 preschools for the boys. Most preschools here are Montessori and it has been interesting learning about that method of instruction. School starts for Carter Aug. 15th and Heath starts work Aug. 22nd.
When we haven't been house hunting or looking at schools this week, we have been walking, hiking, riding bikes, going to parks, and driving in the mountains. The weather here is so wonderful--about 75-85 during the day and 60 at night. We've also enjoyed our time with my sister, brother, and mother.
Check back for more updates as we begin this new adventure!
2 views of the courtyard in our new rent house
