Four Months - Can you believe it?

Sorry it's taken me so long to post a new entry. I'm admitting now to all, I'm totally over-committed (but enjoying every minute of it).

I thought the transition from suburbia to big city was going to be harder than it actually has been. Thus - from the moment we moved in - I've made a major effort to reach out to people and get "involved". No... this wasn't a stretch for me... I love to be "social". But I did anticipate it taking us longer than this to acclimate to a totally new life.

Since moving here four months ago - our lives have been filled with many blessings. We found (and joined) an amazing church... Manhattan Christian Church (www.nychristian.com). Through this church, we (all four of us) are developing wonderful friendships and deepening our Christian faith. Our church does so many amazing things for our community - we knew from the beginning we wanted to be a part of it.

I've also made great friends in our building and Chris has re-connected with friends from his batchelor days. All of the sudden, before we knew it, we had this very full social life. Chris has friends to play basketball with.... the kids have playdates coming out the wahzoo... and I'm in two supper clubs, one book club and a church community group. Not to mention we're nearing Guinness Book Record stats for seeing the most Broadway shows in one year.

Okay - so don't get the wrong idea. No matter how great this sounds - NYC will never compare to our life at home, in Dallas. I don't want this email to make you sad (talking to you here, mom). I really just thought I owed many of you an explanation as to why I've been such a bad correspondant since moving here. There's so much to see and do and before I know it the days get away from me. This is such a fast-paced life and as I've menitoned before - we are very rarely at home in our apartment. So please please forgive me if I'm not so good at returning emails and/or phonecalls. Always know that no matter what - nothing or no one could ever take the place of our family and precious friends.