g-valley, roadtrips, & creativity

this weekend we visited our {potential} new home, aka thatcher/safford/pima.

i met gila valley for the first time.

i love the beautiful mountains, the huge cotton fields,
and the wide open spaces.

on saturday we cruised around with our realtor/dad lookin' at properties, & sunday {post-church} we took a family drive all around.

the first day it all became real to me. i thought to myself: dude, am i really moving away for the first time ever, leaving behind family, friends, babysitters, my job, brand new stainless steal appliances, HOAs, cafe rio, etc?
{the thought was slightly overwhelming.}

but on sunday as we were together as a family {belting ei-ei-o on the top of our lungs in the car}, just exploring the 'hood, i felt at major peace.

and this quote from a recent conference address kept popping into my mind:

"you may think you don’t have talents, but that is a false assumption, for we all have talents and gifts, every one of us. the bounds of creativity extend far beyond the limits of a canvas or a sheet of paper and do not require a brush, a pen, or the keys of a piano. creation means bringing into existence something that did not exist before—colorful gardens, harmonious homes, family memories, flowing laughter."

and upon revisiting that quote from time to time i realize, that moving somewhere so different from what i'm used to may require me to use some creativity, but where ever the heavens lead us, i have the ability to create a happy, blissful life anywhere my little family is.

and that makes me feel excited for our new chapter.

{gila valley, here we *probably* come.}