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"Out in the West Texas town of El Paso..."

As a lot of you know, Justin is being station at Ft Bliss and that means we're moving to El Paso, TX in July. I've never been to Texas so I was pretty anxious to see our new "home". I put home in quotations b/c our home will always be Indiana, as that's where our family and friends are! I've been reading and doing all kinds of research about where we're going and some things looked good and some things had me a little worried. If you aren't aware, El Paso is in the farthest Southwest corner of Texas. It's 1 1/2 miles from Jaurez, Mexico and hours away from Las Cruces, New Mexico. If you follow the news (like I TRY to do) you have probably read about all of the violence in Jaurez. This had me quite concerned. Once I got to El Paso and started to explore and talk to local people I learned that El Paso is quite safe! Any violence that's happening on the border, stays on the border and does not come up into El Paso (what a relief!). El Paso is also up for an All American City award and is the 3rd safest city in the United States w/ a population over 500,000! I was definitely surprised at all of the brown; brown mountains, brown buildings, brown ground, etc. The East side reminds me of Lafayette (they have grass and trees!) and that's the side of town we'll be living on! There are also 2 or 3 malls in El Paso (a girls dream)! The weather is great w/ the average winter temps in the 60's and the average summer temps in the 90's. Luckily it's a dry heat, so no humidity!! On the downside, the winds are crazy and often create sandstorms (ouch!).
A view from the West side of El Paso, overlooking the Lower Valley

Due to lack of water, the majority of people have rocks for front yards!

February-April "Catch-Up"

I remember that one of my New Year's resolutions was to blog every month, however, that only lasted 1 month (like most New Year's resolutions)! It just comes down to the fact that I don't lead a very exciting life, haha! So my last blog chronicled all of the little girls I love, and their birthdays all happen to fall in January (with exception of Belle, but January held her half birthday)! February didn't hold much excitement, although I did get to take a post-holiday season vacation, which I spent on the couch, relaxing! In March I planned a trip to El Paso, TX w/ my Mom to look at apartments and celebrated my Dad's 51st birthday. My Sister and I went to Illinois to visit him and our Step-Mom and do some bowling. There are some snacks he can't get in Illinois, so we took him some Seyfert's BBQ Potato Chips and Nut Bars from The Original Frozen Custard! It's the little things about your hometown you miss! April was a more exciting month, we celebrated Easter and we also took our trip to El Paso to do some apartment hunting for when Justin and I move!
My Cousin CJ (12) hunting for egss!

Kelsey (14) hunting for eggs!

Macy (15) hunting for eggs!

Kayla (17) hunting for eggs!


As you can see, everyone on my Mom's side is a little old for Easter egg hunts, so it looks like Justin and I better have some babies soon!!