It is official, we are Arizonians! We both finally got our licenses and license plates for AZ.
It has been about two months now since we have uprooted our family and relocated to Arizona, and we have acclimated quite well. As much as we miss Washington, family and friends, we know Arizona continues to offer opportunity that we must seize. Traci has continuing success at her job with Chase Bank, as she has passed her training program to obtain her Series 6 and Series 63 and has transfered her Life Insurance certification from our Farmers Insurance business in Washington to Arizona. With all this she is now able to help customers with opening accounts, helping with investments such as mutual funds, and many other services. Chase Bank sets up their employees to succeed, Traci has been there for two months and has been training since day one. She just got back from a three day training in Phoenix as well. Soon she will have another visit to Phoenix for training, for anther three days. At times training and not helping customers can become mundane, and Traci can't wait to help, and once she does she will start to make commission and have her own desk (she has been "floating" and standing a lot). Overall she is enjoying her job as it continues to challenge her, and she is ready to take off running and keep the momentum as she achieves her goals.
As for Pino he has been working for about one month now with Performance Automotive Group (PAG) in Chino Valley a neighboring town about 20 minutes away, where he sells suspension lift systems, body lifts, and off road accessories for trucks and SUV's. He was told about the job from his old boss in Washington. His old boss and new boss talked at a trade show at Pino's old job and the subject of hiring Pino came up. A week or two later Pino started at his new job. He continues to excel and grow, especially since he has been selling PAG for over a year in Washington.
Penelope! Well Penelope has been busy growing and learning new things. Since we have been here Penelope learned how to laugh and now she smiles and laughs nonstop. Penelope is a very happy baby. She is now 4 1/2 months old, 12.5 pounds, and 24 inches long. Penelope stays home with our neighbor and good family friend Sheryl. Sheryl has a grandbaby that is 10 months old so she does a lot of research of what is good for babies and so on. She doesn't get to see her grandbaby but once every couple months so she really enjoys spending time with Penelope. Penelope has also learned how to roll over. The first time she did it we were so excited we kept trying to get her to do it again. It was about 2 weeks before she did it again and now she does it all the time! The only problem is she hates to be on her stomach so once she rolls over she throws a fit. She'll learn to like it over time, but for now it is cute to watch.
Beyond work and Penelope we have been quite busy! The first week here Traci's Sister Christy and her husband Shawn came to visit. They just adore Penelope. After that sometime we went to Lake Havasu City to visit Traci's grandmother. Just this last week Traci's Aunt Sonja and Uncle Richard drove in from Illinois. In times when family isn't visiting we hang out with Traci's old friends Kathy and Andrew. They are our saving grace when we need to get out of the house. Living with mom and dad again has been great but has taken some adjusting!
