Park Day

I took the kids to a park in Seaside this morning. We got there around 9:30am so we were the only ones there. This place had pretty big slides, but that didn't phase my kids. After being stranded at home for the last few weeks they were thrilled to go to the park. As you can tell by these pictures they had a great time. I wish they were a better quality, but apparently our camera was stolen when our house was robbed (see older posts) since we never found it in the move. I have to use my iphone to take pictures. Although they are pretty good, i really do miss my camera. Anyway, I digress. Here are some pictures from our morning! Fun day!

New Car!

Finally, After weeks of searching for a new car we found a great deal in a 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer. If you know Jay and I you know we are really Toyota people, but this car was a great deal and only had 80 miles on it. It gets great gas mileage too. Anyway, I am so glad we found something and I am no longer stranded at home. Yay!

Car Search continues!

After selling my car before we moved here it was obvious that we needed to get something when we arrived. I am such a Mom/Nerd, but I really wanted a Toyota Sienna minivan. Yes, i really do love it. Anyway, Jay started his job last week and we soon realized me getting a minivan just wasn't the most economical choice. (Sad day for me!) Only because Jay has to commute an hour each way to work and we paid $120 in gas for one week. That is insane. So, we are on the hunt for some kind of commuter car. We found a great '08 Toyota Camry but it is a 4 cyl. I guess that is a deal breaker for Jay so we have to find a fuel efficient V6 that can fit a family of 4.. and soon! I am going crazy here without a car, and God forbid something happen with the kids or they get sick while I am home I couldn't do anything because I have no wheels. Anyway, if you can think of a car that fits what we need let me know! Oh, and we also want it to be a 2007-2009 and in the $16k range. Yeah, thats a tough one.

Homemade Playdoh!

After being home all week without a car last week I was going VERY stir crazy. I realized i didn't really have that much around the house for the kids to keep them entertained. I found myself wishing i had bought some playdoh or could find the box of crayons we have somewhere in the abyss of boxes in the garage. Really, there are just so many bubbles you can blow outside. Anyway, I came across a recipe for homemade playdoh which I thoought would be fun to do with the kids and would keep them entertained. So, I picked up all of the ingredients, but really didn't think it would work! Much to my surprise it turned out great! I was able to make the colors we wanted and the consistency is actually better than store bought playdoh. Yay! (You have to really know me to know that I am not the crafty type!) Anyway, I am storing my new creation in small tupperware containers. I thought I would share this recipe in case you wanted to try it too!

Homemade Playdoh

1 cup flour

1/2 cup salt

2 tbsp cream of tartar

1 tbsp oil

1 cup boiling water

Food Coloring

All you do is mix all the dry ingredients and then add the boiling water. Obviously it is hot, but I found it really started to set up after it started to cool. Make sure it is the right consistency, not too sticky and not too dry. You can remedy both of those situations by adding more water or flour. Then just knead your desired food coloring colors. (I put gloves on my hands so they wouldn't dye to the colors I was using)

Have fun!

Playin at the beach

We made it!

First of all, let me apologize for the delay in updating our blog. As you can imagine, it has taken a bit of time to get settled here. Thank you for all of the prayers for our trip out here. The kids did so well. I was surprised. We made it to Albuquerque without much trouble. That Penske truck was massive so it took us longer than expected because we could only go about 60 mph. Rylie got sick in Albuquerque which delayed our travel that morning, but all in all it was a great trip. We have the kids rooms set up now which is the first thing i wanted to get done. I wanted them to have some sense of normalcy after all this change.

We have had a very difficult time finding an internet provider to come out here to set up something wireless. You would think we lived in the sticks or something!

Anyway, Jay starts work tomorrow and then thankfully has 3 days off like his normal schedule. His new commute will be pretty long at an hour each way, without traffic. We would appreciate your continued prayers as we try to adjust to life back in California. The kids are doing well. I don't think Rylie understands at all. She has been very good about just going with the flow. Tristan, on the other hand, is constantly asking about his friends and church back in Georgia which really breaks my heart. I know, in time, he too will adjust, and most likely forget them. That makes it even harder for me.

Just when we thought all of our Goodbyes were over we dropped Auntie Stacia off at the airport yesterday. I wasn't expecting to get so emotional but i could not stop crying. We love her. My kids have grown to love her VERY much and I am so sad that we will not get to see her every day. She was such a blessing to us and to our kids. We will pray every single day that she moves back so we can see her again. Rylie asks all the time, "Where's Auntie?" Sad day.

While Jay starts this new job I will be starting something new myself. I will be a stay at home mom. WOW. Who would have ever thought we would move to California and I would get to stay home. We could use prayers for this as well. It will be a transition for me as I am used to having a full time job, and my kids can be quite the handful. However, I am so grateful for this opportunity and I can't wait to see what our days will be like. So, this is what is going on with us. Feel free to shoot us an email and we will give you our new contact information. We really, really, really miss all of our friends back in Georgia and are really grateful that the Lord gave us the time we had with you all. I will post some pictures when we get our internet back up.