Meet the Albin's
So as I have said, we moved to Phoenix in May of this year. My wonderful husband, Rick, and I had just had our baby girl, Madison, in February. With our new bundle of joy in our arms we decided we wanted an exciting new adventure and to move to a new place where we could raise our family. Rick's parents live in Phoenix and offered for us to stay with them for a while until we were settled. So we took the plunge.
The plan was easy really... well, easy for Maddie and I. Rick's Dad flew out to WV and Rick and Dad drove the moving truck and vehicles across the country... that was a several day adventure. In the mean time Maddie and I flew to Huntsville, to visit what Rick and I refer to as "The Alabama Crew". The Alabama Crew consist of my Dad and Stepmother (Miss Mary), my brother and his wife... my stepbrother, his wife and their 2 sons... and my other stepbrother. I could name names... but it would get too confusing. So anyway like I said Maddie and I had the easy part... we got to visit for a week!!! Maddie got to meet her aunts and uncles an cousins for the first time, and she got to see Nana and Papa again. So after a week of visiting Maddie and I hopped on another plane and flew 4 hours to Phoenix, where she got to see her Grandma and Grandpa for the first time.
We now live with Rick's parents (Mom and Dad). We all seem to get along well. For the first 6 weeks after we got to AZ, I was looking for Employment so was on a little second maternity leave with Maddie. But I also got to hang out with Mom and had a lot of fun. We enjoy each other's company and are just too silly around each other. We make fun of each other and tease one another... I guess that is why we get along so well. In June she had to go to Las Vegas for 3 weeks due to a death in the family and I had no one to play with. I really missed her then.. I think she felt the same because when she came back... we all as a family agreed that she should never be gone for that long again. Truthfully Maddie, Mom and I are very close and I don't know what will happen when we do get our own place... all three of us might go through some separation anxiety.
As for Jobs, Rick works at 84 Lumber about 45 minutes from home. Out here when you say "My husband works for 84 Lumber" I usually get the response "What is that?" I just want to say to them "It's a Jewlery Store... what do you think!!!!" Back home you see 84 Lumbers everywhere... everyone knows what they are. Even if you have not been to one, you can figure out what it is.
I work as the Assistant General Manager for an extended stay Hotel, Residence Inn by Marriott. I enjoy it very much and work with alot of fun and interesting people. Right now we are gearing up for the SuperBowl which will be here in February 2008 and only 8 miles from the Hotel. We just got through a Nascar weekend and now are getting into our busy season. Everyday brings something new in the Hotel business and it can be alot of fun. I will tell you about the people I work with another time.
So that is just a little brief cross-section of our lives at this point.
The plan was easy really... well, easy for Maddie and I. Rick's Dad flew out to WV and Rick and Dad drove the moving truck and vehicles across the country... that was a several day adventure. In the mean time Maddie and I flew to Huntsville, to visit what Rick and I refer to as "The Alabama Crew". The Alabama Crew consist of my Dad and Stepmother (Miss Mary), my brother and his wife... my stepbrother, his wife and their 2 sons... and my other stepbrother. I could name names... but it would get too confusing. So anyway like I said Maddie and I had the easy part... we got to visit for a week!!! Maddie got to meet her aunts and uncles an cousins for the first time, and she got to see Nana and Papa again. So after a week of visiting Maddie and I hopped on another plane and flew 4 hours to Phoenix, where she got to see her Grandma and Grandpa for the first time.
We now live with Rick's parents (Mom and Dad). We all seem to get along well. For the first 6 weeks after we got to AZ, I was looking for Employment so was on a little second maternity leave with Maddie. But I also got to hang out with Mom and had a lot of fun. We enjoy each other's company and are just too silly around each other. We make fun of each other and tease one another... I guess that is why we get along so well. In June she had to go to Las Vegas for 3 weeks due to a death in the family and I had no one to play with. I really missed her then.. I think she felt the same because when she came back... we all as a family agreed that she should never be gone for that long again. Truthfully Maddie, Mom and I are very close and I don't know what will happen when we do get our own place... all three of us might go through some separation anxiety.
As for Jobs, Rick works at 84 Lumber about 45 minutes from home. Out here when you say "My husband works for 84 Lumber" I usually get the response "What is that?" I just want to say to them "It's a Jewlery Store... what do you think!!!!" Back home you see 84 Lumbers everywhere... everyone knows what they are. Even if you have not been to one, you can figure out what it is.
I work as the Assistant General Manager for an extended stay Hotel, Residence Inn by Marriott. I enjoy it very much and work with alot of fun and interesting people. Right now we are gearing up for the SuperBowl which will be here in February 2008 and only 8 miles from the Hotel. We just got through a Nascar weekend and now are getting into our busy season. Everyday brings something new in the Hotel business and it can be alot of fun. I will tell you about the people I work with another time.
So that is just a little brief cross-section of our lives at this point.
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