Transitions

After four amazing years on a tropical island, the Dewhirsts are pulling up roots once more and planting our family back in Texas. Moving across the world for the second time is a whirlwind, but an exciting one!

Recaping our last weeks in Penang, we spent as much time as possible getting together with friends. We will certainly miss everyone we have gotten to know and love! In the midst of wrapping up work and school, sorting thru an entire house, and getting rid of piles of unwanted items, we also enjoyed a last weekend away on the east coast island of Redang. Following that was a very chaotic week full of sorting, moving out, cleaning, two nights at the G Hotel, and more goodbyes. We left Penang (and a bit of our hearts) on July 14th.

Over the next 9 days, we enjoyed an interim "retreat" in Germany (blog to come), finally arriving in the USA two weeks ago. From there, we hit the ground running, leaving two days later (without the kids) for a 3-night trip to Austin. In that short time, we looked at 18 houses, made an offer on the best one, and got it accepted!! (The kids were excited to learn that it has a salt-water pool. =) ) Then, back to Dallas for more family time over the July 4th holidays. (We also bought two cars that week!)

We returned to Austin as a family on July 6th, settled in to our service apartment, and Adam returned to work the next day. I quickly conquered mountains of laundry, stocked my pantry, and cooked my first meal in an entire month! Now we're just enjoying the summer with not much to do until we close on our house at the end of July. =)

I am looking forward to things slowing down as soon as we get settled in our new home. We can then take full advantage of the things we've missed here in Texas, such as the cool fall weather, bike rides and hiking in the greenbelt, and holidays spent with family. I'm already excited about hosting Thanksgiving!

Greetings and best wishes to all my friends, near and far away. I will stay in touch!