cutie pies

since we don't have callings (assignments) at church yet, and it still kind of feels like we're on vacation in our new town...we were bad today and ditched church for a drive down the coast. we got as far as carmel. it was a perfectly beautiful day. monterey, pebble beach, carmel are seriously so so pretty. nate and I will be retiring to the central coast in california in the winters and prince edward island in the summers...if any of you want to make travel plans for 40 years from now. ;)

of course we have zillions of pictures, but not enough time to go through them right now...so here are some sweet ones of the girls.

We really are here!

I have so many pictures to post and things to write about, but our house is still a disaster and my freelance work is picking up, so I just can't spend time blogging today. But I wanted to post SOMETHING...and since our apartment is still not presentable, here's a shot from our trip up to "the city" on Saturday. It was SO HOT AND SUNNY. Very unusual, but made for a great view of the harbor from this vista point by the golden gate bridge. Markus and Sarah were great tour guides - it was such a fun day. Can't wait to do more exploring...seriously, there is TOO MUCH to do up here. We need to stop going to church and stop working so we can fit it all in.

Here are the happy tour guides! We're so happy to live close to them again! :)

Happy 4 Month Birthday, Anna! (The time sure does fly...)

reporting from menlo park

we moved to the bay area just in time to protest the olympic torch in san francisco today. just kidding, but we really are here and we really are watching protesters on the news - what a perfect way to start life in the bay area. :) anyway, our neighborhood RULES and our apartment is great. cate is a wee bit (well, a lot bit) emotional...we're trying to be patient with her knowing this is a major transition, but it's been challenging. she does like our new "house" a lot and shows a lot of enthusiasm about making new friends. anna is blissfully unaware of the craziness surrounding her and is sleeping oodles of hours at night. we are so lucky.

nate started work on monday and that is going well. it stunk having him go to work on monday - our house is still in shambles, but i am SO CLOSE to getting everything unpacked. we had so much storage space at UCSD housing it's getting a little tight here in the closets, even after throwing out even MORE stuff. all we've seen so far are parts of menlo park and palo alto, so i am DYING to get out there and explore the area. already i can tell that there is going to be more to do than we can ever hope to cover. it's going to be a very fun place to live.

we miss our san diego friends dearly. again, i just felt so blessed our last weeks in san diego...i can't believe how much love and support so many of our friends showed. it was amazing. thank you everyone! :)

once the house is cleaned up and i find my camera cord, I'll post some pictures!

packing, packing, packing!!!!

we're almost ready to go. crazy! we're hopping in our moving truck tomorrow night and taking off. sorry I've been neglecting the blog...I have SO MANY PICTURES and things to write about - the PhD defense, visiting family, anna's blessing, easter, good-bye parties, etc, etc, etc...but it's just been crazy. anyway, just thought I'd post so you know we're still alive and well...so sad to leave san diego, but excited for our new adventure!!

we are amazingly blessed to have such great friends here in SD...I honestly don't know what we would have done without them the last few weeks...packing, babysitting, box gathering...seriously, I am feeling so grateful right now.

good night. :)