our new home

On February 7th 2015, we left our home on Cimmaron Strip and moved to 2808 Meadow Wood Drive in Flower Mound.

537 Cimmaron Strip was a happy house for the Parma Family. We moved there when Bria was only 7 months old, doing no home improvements besides carpet cleaning and painting the walls ourselves. All of our children were babies there. Snuggling on the living room couch, tummy-timing on the soft carpet, crawling down the long hallway, sneaking into the pantry for snacks, disheveling the pots and pans cupboards, hide-and-seeking in the closets, splashing in the backyard plastic pool, playing the piano for family home evenings,  running around in dress-up clothes, and so on. Holidays were happily spent decorating the Christmas tree, coloring Easter eggs, carving out pumpkin guts, green eggies, candlelit Valentines, along with a number of evening spent with friends and family playing games and bbq-ing and singing happy birthdays. So many memories.

As our little family grew in size, we also grew together. David's callings kept him busy and blessed, including home teacher, Young Men's Pres, Executive Secretary and Elder's Quorum Pres, while Emily spent time visiting sisters, preparing Gospel doctrine and Young Women's lessons and planning for Relief Society. We said many prayers together (some reverent, others not so much!), attended church meetings, soaked in General Conference addresses and studied the scriptures. Even though our family was young we tried to remember our Savior and keep the Spirit in our home. 

Jobs kept daddy busy - Neiman Marcus, JCPenney, and finally Fossil. Sometimes we were stressed, almost always tired. We cried together through Cali's lymphangioma scare. Emily was confined to the couch with stomach pains. David lost his Thyroid. Liam had surgery as a baby. Yet through the busy, hard, and scary times, we felt the Lord's hand blessing and guiding us. We felt the love and prayers of others on our behalf.

After months of diligent house hunting, we'd almost given up on finding a suitable Flower Mound home. Serendipity led us to our new Meadow Wood home, as the sellers accepted our very quick and last-minute offer. 

We've spent the last [almost] 2 months fixing up the outdated home. New floors, new paint, new fixtures, water heater repairs, rodent proofing, and on and on... We are finally feeling at-home. The neighborhood is very safe and pleasantly peaceful, with friendly neighbors and lots of kids to play with. Our ward has also welcomed us warmly, and the girls are loving their new Old Settlers Elementary.

We look forward to many happy years to come!