Changes

Hello all! Wow, I have been slacking! So much has gone on since my last post, so here goes.

First off, we moved! Boo. Its funny. When Austin and I first got married, I kind of resented the fact that we would probably live in Utah the rest of our lives. Then a few years later, I couldn’t stand the thought of leaving. It was a really hard decision to make. Austin and I both knew if he ever wanted to move up in his company, we would have to move – I just didn’t know it would come this soon. After a week of praying, we got our answer the morning that Austin was suppose to make his decision. From that point on, things have all come together for us. We put our house up for sale the beginning of August and 2 days later it was under contract. Crazy? Just a little. Austin had been working in Cali for several weeks and he knew he would probably be there until the end of Oct (his company bought a company in Anaheim and they have been working on hiring a Controller for it. Until then, Aust has to be there) and it was so hard having him gone all week. Well, he asked his boss if we could live out there with him and they said yes So we packed up our little house (well the movers did) and we drove out here to California! I must say, leaving our neighborhood was sooo hard. I have made some fantastic friends that I will miss dearly. It’s funny how for the past several years I have complained to everyone how little our house was and how cramped we were. Now I would give anything to move back. But knowing that this is where Heavenly Father wants us to be in our lives right now has made it a little bit easier. Plus, I am having the time of my life right now. There is so much to do here! Our apt has a pool, we live 20 min from the beach, there are zoos everywhere, tons of malls and stores… Oh and we live right down the street (literally) from Disneyland. Havent gone yet, but are planning to go in a few weeks. We are also planning a San Diego zoo trip. Here are some pictures of our adventures so far!

Here are pics from Newport beach on two different trips. One was when Howard and Wendy went with us (thanks again for driving out with us!) and one was later on that week

Here was when we went to the Irvine Zoo. Such a cute place to go! They had a pumpkin patch, train ride, horse rides, the zoo part…so much fun!

Laguna Beach. My absolute favorite beach so far!

The Santa Ana Zoo

This past Saturday we went on a 90 minute boat ride from Balboa Island. What a blast that was. We got to see some celebrity homes, sea lions, and tons of boats Such a perfect day.

John Waynes modest home.

Shirley Temples home

The guy who started up Yahoo.

Where they shot some of the Gilligan Island scenes.

So we went house hunting for a week in Aug in CT. and we found a house we really loved. If you were to ask me several months ago if I thought we could find a house in less than a week, I would have thought you were crazy. Just another confirmation to me that this is where we need to be. I love this house. Its 3x the size of our old house and has so much storage! I love it. Plus is has a walk-in closet in the master that I just fell in love with! Here are some pictures of it:

The living room

The dining room and then the sun room

Sun room

LOVE this kitchen!

This room is right off the kitchen. I think we are going to turn it into an office/den area.

This house has 4 bathrooms. Do you know how much I hate to clean bathrooms??

Master

So this room is right off the master. I think most might use it as a nursery, but I’m going to make it into my craft room. I have a craft room guys! You have no idea how excited I am for that…

MY WALK IN CLOSET!

Sierra’s room

Kylies room

Kylies bathroom. Yes, my 4 year old has her own bathroom. I used to make fun of people at the Parade of Homes when I saw that their little munchkin had their own bathroom….

Guest bedroom for whoever wants to visit!

The basement

We close on the house next week. I couldn’t be more excited!

Well, we miss you all very much and look forward to the day when we get to come visit Until then, here’s to another day of adventure!