Our new place in Mesa

We have been in our new house in Mesa for about a month, and we're finally feeling settled in. So far, we really like it here, and everything is going good. Carter immediately felt comfortable in this house, and had no problems adjusting to his new room. For me, its definitely more house to take care of, but I am loving having a washer, dryer, and a dishwasher! Its also nice to be living in an actual home instead of an apartment. We have so much space, and its great that we are able to unpack and use all of our stuff now (no more boxes, yay!)
Chris is in his second year of law school, and so far it is crazier than the first. He is involved in the Law Journal, so he is currently writing a 40 page paper for that, along with all his classes. A couple days of the week he has to ride the light rail into school, so on those days it takes him an hour to get to school and then an hour back. So that sucks. But we try to enjoy Sundays and whatever time we have together at night when he comes home. Chris has also applied for a fellowship and some different externships for the summer. He is hoping to work for a judge this time or maybe the same place he worked last summer.

Our new place is in a gated community, which is awesome! It reminds me of growing up by the park in Bloomington Hills. There is a park, a pool, and lots of trees around the area. It feels safe, and its fun to have kids riding their bikes and scooters around the neighborhood. I push Carter in his little car to the park almost every night before dinner. He loves watching the bigger kids play football, and now he can go up the stairs and down the slide all by himself. Another thing Carter loves to do is go to the playland in the mall. I like this new mall because the play area is more set up for little guys. The only thing is, there is no gate where you enter the play area, so Carter likes to randomly make a run for it. I have to chase him down the mall and try to catch him before he goes up the escalators or breaks something. Fun.
We are getting some tile put in the kitchen and bathrooms, so as soon as it is all done I'll get some pictures of the inside of the house:)