The Move

Well, as Rem clearly says “we live in Fornia!” now.  We got here 3 weeks ago. We’ve unpacked and are starting to get a feel for what life will look like now.  I can’t say it feels like home yet- I still use gps to get everywhere, I'm figuring out where to go for walks with the kids, which parks have swings, and where to get groceries.  But I’m getting there and trying to laugh at my mistakes along the way.  

Surfboard check, ladder check, 3 kids check check check, an amazing meemaw (grandma Sandy) check.  And we're off!

Somewhere in the middle of New Mexico as we passed through the mountains Adalai looked at me and asked, "Mommy, are we little people?" To which I had to reply "Yes, yes we are."  Thank you God for creating the mountains to shout your greatness and our smallness!  We are blessed to have a mountainous view from our home in CA so Adalai still occasionally looks at them and tells me "Mom, we're little people".  Thank you God for the reminders!

The trip went surprisingly well.  Traever blazed the trail ahead of his in the vibe and got to listen to cowboy music and seminary lectures to his heart's content and back in the van the kids had a good time devouring the snacks that mamaw Neukomm packed while they watched endless hours of Goofy cartoons.

 

We made it!

Traever's brave mom who trapped herself in the van with us for 30 hours and made sure even our water heater was cleaned :)

Getting to know the neighborhood:

Here's a few pics of the park (Daley Ranch/Dixon Lake) behind our house.

First walk in the neighborhood with the girls.  I knew there was a pond in the neighborhood and we set out to find it.  Big mistake, I ended up hauling these 2 munchkins up and down about 150 steps... probably won't be doing that again!  But they DID get to see baby ducks...which they thought was totally worth it.

I decided to attempt going for a walk with all 3 in our super hilly neighborhood.  Back in the flatland of IL this would be a piece of cake.  Every grown adult either laughed when they saw me or told me that I was getting a work out.  So, I'm guessing I looked pretty ridiculous.  Even Adalai looks embarrassed.

We got to the neighborhood pool and the beach before Traever started Greek. If anyone has been to the beach with Adalai before then you know what an accomplishment it is for her to stand in the sand without her special "water shoes". She was pretty proud of herself.

We had our first visitor- Blake (Traever's brother) who came from S. Korea!  We hadn't been with him for 2 years so the girls made sure he got lots of cuddles and kisses... come back soon Blake!

We would love more visitors... come visit!

here's a video tour of the house we are renting in escondido for all the friends and family that have requested it : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BTkFoEf2Oo