Our entire family of five braved church yesterday for a special, four unit sacrament meeting at the stake center. I normally would have kept Jack home for another week, but the whole thing was very hush-hush and the curiosity was killing me. So, we took the troops and found out that the ward boundaries had been changed. We got the best of all scenarios- we're keeping everyone in our current ward plus adding my family and some friends from the former first ward. The new ward name is the Roe River Ward.
I know that lots of people are upset about the changes, but I'm looking forward to starting with a semi-fresh slate. Everyone will have new callings and assignments, and we'll still get to meet some new people. Our former ward (and we do still have the same people) was very challenging for us because of the high military population. Our boundaries include the entire base, and having people coming and going constantly is hard on both Darreck and myself. We don't warm up to people quickly, so the ward environment makes it hard for us to make friends. It's also difficult to not have base access in a ward where over half the members live on base. Now, however, having my family around as well as some more stable families should make a big difference. We're extremely excited.
No one is more excited than Max, though. Once he figured out that he gets to attend church with Grandma and Papa, he was over the moon. It will be nice to have an extra set of hands each Sunday. No friends could ever make up for the blessing of having grandparents at church with you. It's a very unique and special blessing for the boys. We truly are blessed, indeed.
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