Way down yonder on the Chattahoochee...

2012 was a good year for the Lugar family.  We were blessed beyond measure with good health, good times with family, a job promotion, healthy and happy thriving children, and big changes on the horizon. 

 That's right!  We are moving to Georgia!!  It's been a long time in the making, with many plans being made and changed time and time again.  Jordan spent the last quarter of 2012 living and working in Arlington, VA and we had a wonderful visit with him in Washington D.C.

Our house here in Texas is under contract and set to close in 2 short weeks. We are now in the cleaning, selling, and packing portion of the process and I must say it's probably my least favorite part so far of all of this. 

Jordan and I made a quick trip to Atlanta this past week to look at neighborhoods, schools, and houses.  I think it was really worthwhile as it helped me to visualize everything, decide on neighborhoods and narrow our search.  We don't NEED to live there until April 1st so we have a little time to be picky and decide.  Luckily my mom has agreed to house us in the meantime so Griffin can finish out the school year.  I decided that this year before Kindergarten is important and I didn't want to pull him away from his school and friends in the middle of the year. 

So onto neighborhoods--we've narrowed our search to Peachtree Corners, a section of Norcross, or Roswell. 

I have a whole analysis of Georgia towns and how they relate to Dallas but I will save that for another post. ;)

While we were there we ate REALLY well.  We stopped at Flip Burger Bar first, which is a Top Chef restaurant.  SO GOOD.

We also ate at Outback, Moe's *my new favorite place*, Tarahumata Mexican Grill *salsa tastes like LOS ARCOS!*, and the Atlanta Bread Company.  We stayed at the W and enjoyed some relaxing times before the storm of change and moving hits.

I am thinking I will have a lot of downtime once we are homeless ;) so I will hope to update this more.  I hope you and yours had a fantastic 2012 and that 2013 holds as much adventure as it does for us!