So much has changed since then that it feel like a lifetime ago. Yet at the same time, I can picture events from that day as though they took place just a week ago. I certainly remember my joy and excitement about reuniting and getting to show off this area that I had already become to think of as home.
At the time, everything was new and exciting for being new. Now, even though we have settled more, I still find great joy in seeing Redoubt in the morning or the Kenai Mountains on my drive home. While the area has become more familiar, there are still many places that I do not know, let alone have not yet seen.
I still think of today (aside from it also being Peter's birthday) as a special occasion. Janelle and I had reunited, and we began our life here together. While there were still a great deal of problems (such as us being cramped in that tiny rental), it was the true start of our very blessed life up here.