1. No matter where you go, you will have family because the body of Christ is everywhere. We have been blessed to find such a good church with AMAZING people! They have taken us in and treated us like family for Thanksgiving. They have fellowshipped with us, been there for us when I needed a ride, love Addison like she was their own! They even want to throw me a baby shower when we've only know them such a short time! (The "they" are all different people BTW)
2. I like having easy access to organic foods! I want to start weeding out the chemicals in our lives. Not just on food but also in shampoos, cleaners and any other products we use. I want to not just eat better but eat more vitamin dense foods. I want Addison, and little man, to grow up learning how to cook (which means I need to learn too lol) and grow their own food. I think that will be a skill needed very much in their life time because there will be an entire generation that won't know how to do this!
3. I like the mild winters and being able to walk to a park with Addison. Every time we drive by a park, she can spot them even when you don't, she says "weee". This always makes us smile. She knows the words "park" and "play". If she's being cranky, I assess my situation. If its not nap time, then her crankiness is usually because I've been sitting on the computer for a while and she's trying to get my attention. Instead of pulling her onto my lap and fighting her not to touch the computer, I have started shutting the laptop and crawling on the floor to play with her toys and read her books. This has worked wonders! After about 30 min I can go back to my computer and she will continue playing by herself for a while longer.
4. I miss my family more when I don't have the option to run down and see them whenever I want. While in Missouri, I was within a couple hours of seeing my family and my mom would visit once a month. Being out here has made me realize how much I liked that. Even though I didn't visit very often, having them close was good enough for me. Now, however, being half the county away, I want to visit all them time. In fact, I wouldn't mind seeing them everyday, and letting Addison play with her cousins! Family has become more of an importance, like it should be!