As most of you know it has been our dream for a long time to live and settle down in Colorado. So far we really do feel like its a dream come true. Colorado is BEAUTIFUL and those of you who know me well know that I truly appreciate beauty. I often feel like I am driving around in a postcard.:) We bought our ski passes for the winter and are trying desperatly to become Denver Bronco fans. Matt started his job at Lockheed Martin, he is working on the next generation human spacecraft. I still have no idea what my husband, the rocketscientist, does. The good news is that he likes it so far and is working with a great team of guys. I start working in a few days as a pediatric nurse practitioner at the Rocky Mountain Pediatric Surgery Center. I am excited and nervous all at the same time. I have loved having a few weeks off, a novelty I have not experienced in years and truly a blessing as we settle into a new place. I have spent my days finding us a place to live, getting terribly lost all over Denver, running (on a whim 10 months ago, I signed up to run in the chicago marathon (10/7/07), studying for my certification exam, ect...
While living downtown has been great fun. We have walked all over the city, eaten at many good resturants, and gone to Rockies baseball games, where, we learned the beer is more expensive than the tickets:)
We are however, ready to leave the hustle and bustle of downtown and live in a neighborhood with free parking ect..We found a great place to rent for the next year starting October 1. Its a Duplex in the Washington Park area of Denver (about 4 miles from downtown 4 blocks from the biggest park in the city). It was originally built in 1930 and was recently completly renovated.
The hardest part about being in a new place is not knowing anyone. We are lucky in that my cousin and her husband live about 15 minutes away and some of our very best friends just moved about 30 minutes away. We definatly miss everyone we love and left in California. We are commited to staying in touch. Please look us up anytime you are in Colorado and check back here frequently as we will be updating often. WE are daily earning United Arlines Miles on our credit cards so that we can frequently visit!
2 comments:
Hi you guys! Great blog. Glad you are liking Denver. I am eagerly awaiting to here more.
Hi Matt & Jess,
This is Nathalie Herron from Pasadena, CA. Eric and I are friends with the Griffin's & the Baker's and they had told us you had moved to Denver. We are actually moving to Denver and believe or not to the Wash Park area. We know of another couple who are living there and they are involved in the same church/ministry as what we'll be doing out there. It would be fun to hook up with you guys when we're out there. You can give us the pro's of living out there... especially in the snow.
I hope you're doing well.
Nathalie & Eric Herron
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