Our New Home

Dianna and I ventured to Dallas over the weekend to hunt for an apartment. Lets just say hunting in a place you have never been before makes it... more interesting. Dianna and I got cozy in our little rental car driving around the Dallas area. I had no idea how good of a navigator Dianna was! She definitely has map skillz.

We stayed at a great hotel called the Magnolia. It had a library with a computer and printer which came in very handy looking for apartments and printing out maps. Our apartment locator turned out to be a bust and so we said goodbye after only one and half hours of looking with her. We then just did the looking on our own from the hotel computer! Needless to say we were a little scared, but ultimately we were very blessed in finding a place.

We found an apartment very close to downtown (picture #1). It is called the Marquis at Texas Street and is a very large complex with 300+ apartments (picture #2). We got a one bedroom to hold us over until we get into a house. Dianna's favorite feature of the apartment: a kitchen with an island (picture #3). Dave's favorite feature of the apartment: the pool/BBQ area (picture #4). They also have a parking garage which allows us to walk across a bridge from the third floor straight to our third floor apartment. And last but not least, we will have a dishwasher and a washer/dryer! Our penance at Wymount is finished. We feel very blessed to have found a nice place in such short time.

We also visited our new ward in Dallas and we felt very comfortable there. I sure appreciated the testimonies of the members there (it was fast Sunday). I felt something different from them that I haven't felt in Utah. I imagine it is much harder to stick to your beliefs in the "Bible Belt" and these saints had an extra strength that is hard to explain. On a lighter note, when I introduced Dianna and I in Sunday School the class president asked "are you an attorney?" I said "no, an accountant" and the whole congregation sighed and then laughed. I guess there are a lot of aspiring young attorney's in the ward. Huh.

Despite some long delays flying home the trip went very smoothly. We love Dallas and its humidity, food, and neighborhoods and we are excited to move down there in a few weeks.