The Henrys are Moving!

I put this off long enough...we're moving! Our lease ends mid-April and Russ and I have decided that we will be moving out of our apartment and into a new city.

And that city is...*drumroll*...CARLSBAD!!

I might be jumping the gun here as Russell and I have not found a place to live yet. We have, however, been to several open houses. None of which were in Carlsbad. But we have a trusty realtor (she's so lovely; same lady who helped my parents find my childhood home about 15 years ago) and an optimistic spirit.

March is the grind. We'll be packing and finding a place to live. We are praying to buy a house or a condo. If we find neither, we'll probably get an apartment down there while we continue to search. We're in no rush as we know everything happens in God's perfect timing. You can't deny the fact though that we're both excited.

The past couple of weeks have been stressful for us. Between work and looking for a house/condo, it's been hectic to say the least. Thankfully, I have my mom and dad to talk to whenever me or Russell are unsure about something during this home search process. Also, it's wonderful knowing I have a realtor who is honest and someone I can trust. You can see why we are optimistic about this search.

I can't believe that it is March already. It's Russell's birthday month (yippee!) and our one year anniversary is already next month! So many good things are coming up fast. I hope I take the time to slow down and enjoy every moment of it. God has been so good.

If we do find a house or condo, I'll post it on this blog. And if we end up moving to just another apartment, I'll post that as well because it's exciting either way!

Catch Up

I'm falling behind on regular blog updates. It's only been a couple weeks but I have tons of stories. So here they are in quick bullet form:

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  Four Henrys
  
  
  Russell's dad came up to visit his sons a couple of Fridays ago. The weekend involved Disneyland, food, and lots of movie-watching. Typical laid-back Henry weekend ;)
  
  

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  Before dinner
  
  
  Valentine's day also happened. I was showered with lots of love and presents. We even got dressed all fancy and went out to dinner in Laguna Beach.
  
  
  
  
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  Road trip!
  
  
  Last weekend, I went back up to Oroville with Russell and my two maids-of-honor. I wanted to show the girls the ranch where Russ and I were going to get married as well as have them help me with a few wedding planning details.
  
  

   
  A picture of when Ottley got under Russell's blanket.
  
  
  With Bernadette and Jessica while we look at baby sheep.

  
  

  

  In Sacramento :)

  
  

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  River and Russ
  
  
  On a happy and sad note, a few of our friends are leaving this week to go do amazing work in another country. The picture above was taken at one of their goodbye dinners. 
  
  
  
  
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  That's an apple pancake by the way
  
  
  On Sunday morning, I got to have breakfast with two high school friends and play catch up. We went to our favorite, regular breakfast spot—Original House of Pancakes. Marc ordered an apple pancake which I'm pretty positive is just an apple pie on top of a pancake.
  
  

   
  Yum.
  
  

  I got the german pancake which is always too big and always just right. Ah, just looking at this picture makes me want to go back again. Colleen got chocolate chip pancakes which I didn't take a picture of because I wanted to start eating my pancake as soon as it arrived. Enough food talk for this post.

  
  

  
  
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  Brett
  
  
  On Sunday, I also got to see my godson and finally give him his Christmas present. Look at Brett growing up too fast :(
  
  

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  Russell's moving! We've spent the last couple of days trying to get their house all empty and cleared up. This gets me excited because it means we're that much closer to going apartment shopping (end of next month) and getting married. Ahh!