The last half of 2015 flew by as we found out we would be moving back to Houston before the end of the year. We were so sad to say good bye to our Bako family but excited at the same time to move back to Texas. We both loved it here so the move wasn't too difficult.
Alex came down a few times before we moved to find a place to live. He looked a quite a few houses before we decided on one. I feel like he was prompted to look at this house and that we were guided to be here. We moved into a nice little culdesac where we became instant friends with the neighbors who just happen to have kids the same age as ours! We closed on the house in December 2015 and have loved it ever since.
After moving in, I finally convinced Alex to let us get a puppy! We got a crazy german shepherd/lab mix. He is now over 1 years old and weighs in at 60 lbs. His name is Tuku, after Will Tukuafu who used to play fullback for the Seahawks. It's a good thing we became friends with the neighbors so fast because we pawned Tuku off, 3 weeks after getting him, on one of our neighbors for a week so we could go out of town!!
Alex got quite a few days off that December and we were crazy enough to drive home to Idaho to surprise our families for Christmas Eve and Christmas. We had originally planned to meet Alex's family in Arizona for the Seahawks/ Cardinal game but in the end we were convinced by his every loving brother to brave the nasty roads and come home. I'm not sure we will ever do that again but it was a fun little adventure.
Tayson got to play in the snow for Christmas and then after New Years we took off for Arizona for the game. It was a lot of fun and I loved the atmosphere of the stadium. Even though it wasn't much of a game it was still a great first experience.
On the way home from Arizona we managed to have a flat tire and had to stop at a random ER for Lydia in a little town called Benson, Arizona. She had a really high fever and turns out a UTI. By the time we got out of the ER, got her prescription and on the road again it was snowing really hard. I was under the impression that Arizona didn't get snow but now we know better.
To be continued....
