My First Attempt

I have been sitting on my couch in the new house and stories have been flooding my mind.  So I decided to try out this blog thing.  We moved to Ione, Wa from Yuma, Az on Jan 6, 2011.  I was raised in Phoenix so being in Yuma was like being near my childhood home.  The kids and I spent a good amount of holidays and random weekends visiting all the family and we got to know more about Yuma in the 6 months we lived there. 
The trip up was thankfully uneventful.  We drove up through Las Vegas to Salt Lake City and then Salt Lake City to Ritzville, Wa (for me and the kids while Charlie and his Uncle continued on to Ione) and then to Ione, Wa.  Its a small town in the Northeast corner of Washington state for those who dont know.  I had no idea about it until we started looking at the area.  I read that it has a population of 500 or so and that it is about 45 min from a walmart, 1.5 hr from costco/target/Spokane, and 20 miles or so from the Canadian border.  What was I going to do with that?
When we arrived the ground was covered in snow and the time was early afternoon.  It was about 15 degrees outside which was very different from the highs of 60 in Yuma 3 days earlier.  The house is a sweet little 4 bedroom 2 bath 2 story house that is between 1200 and 1500 sq ft.  Overall I was pleased as I know we have a ton of stuff.  Getting settled in has taken about a week and a half, not to mention restocking a kitchen and household.  On the upside, I think we are finally there.  We have our internet set up, our phone setup, the kitchen is good to go and we get our Dish Network tomorrow afternoon.  Not too shabby. 
On a small aside, the views here are absolutely stunning.  The towns run up the Pend Oreille River and are situated between mountains at all points.  There are green trees everywhere and beauty to be found at any turn.  I saw 8 deer run across the road the other day while driving and Charlie and I got the chance to see a sweet set of 5 deer on the side of the road just 3 days prior to that.  Its definitely a place he will enjoy, and I think I might like it as well.  While it is very different from the urban jungle I have grown up with, it is something I am excited to learn about as time progresses.