we are here, in the oc!! it's crazy awesome.
grandma and the kids and i got here thurs. night and then gma left on sat. morning. we had our 5th anniversary that day too - we walked along the beach, totally cool.
it was hardish leaving the fam. we will miss them lots for sure. the only reason it was hardish and not hard was because i hadn't seen scott for 2 whole weeks and i was really excited to be with him again. anyway, i totally a ton of fun while i was there. rock climbing, volleyball, swimming, mom took me out to eat a couple of times, and just the time in the morning when the boys were getting ready for work and joking with them, etc. i always did like my family. =)
so, the kids did great on the journey over. mom and dad drove us to rolla to meet gma and bob (gma's "friend" - who's absolutely great by the way) the kids did pretty good on that drive. then we had some snacks at panera, let the kids be outta the seat for a while, then we headed on to st. peters - we all slept on that leg of the journey. gma made her famous hamburgers and we had fresh peaches from GA, homemade cookies... mmmm! the kids had fun roaming around her condo and then we headed to the airport. we got through all of that fine, after i realized that i had left my phone in bob's car and he had to turn around and bring it back. no sleeping the first flight (the long one, to phoenix), but they did pretty good - as long as i kept the snacks rolling. we had some wendy's in phoenix, and keaton was pulling our carry-on, because he thought it was the coolest thing ever, but he has this problem of not watching where he's going, so he ran into this pole and screamed like his arm had been cut off. so, that was the craziest it got. they both fell asleep before we even took off and didn't wake up until we had to pick them up to carry them off the plane in orange county. they were so excited to see scott. it was the coolest thing ever to watch. they got the biggest smiles on their faces, and zooey wouldn't let go of scott forever.
so now we are at our cute little house. i absolutely love it. it's got some age and dings to it, but overall, it's really great. it's a great size, and i'll send pics as soon as we've got internet at the house. our neighbors are great - everybody does everything with everybody. there's a family across the little drive from us that has a 14 mo. old boy, so keaton and zooey and him all play together. then there's a 4 yr old girl that lives next to us and she will have a new bro or sister in a few months. then everyone else doesn't have kids, at least not that live with them - they are a bit older, but they all love our kids (i mean, jeez, who wouldn't), and it's a ton of fun!
everybody needs to come and visit soon! y'all are invited, just not at the same time...
take it easy.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Saturday, July 5, 2008
going...
well, we have a place that will be called our home in orange county, california! scott and i flew into santa ana about 10ish on monday. we had like 5 appointments and also just stopped and looked at other properties. there were several that would work fine, but there was just something not so perfect about them. location, washer/dryer hookups (that would fit our current set), enough room for all of us, the landlord being iffy about two little kids in there, stuff like that.
so anyway, we met with my good friend, keturah, that i knew here from springfield. she went to school out there, then stayed. she lives in costa mesa now, which is where we really wanted to be. so we saw a lot of the newport beach, carona del mar, and costa mesa areas with her. went to an amazing mexican place - btw: we are so stoked to have good mexican back in our lives :) - the area is so great! the weather is awesome. it's seriously like in the mid to upper 70's there during the day - in the sun it feels a little warmer. the beach is so nice and close. so then we went to American or America Cup - it's a little frozen yogurt place where you fill your own cup with a type of yogurt (i got peanut butter) then put toppings on it and they weigh it for price. it's way cool, and pretty darn yummy... not sure if it tops andy's frozen custard here in MO - or amy's in austin, but it's really close!
okay, so we looked at a few other places on Tues. then we met with my aunt's brother and his wife (tim and bonnie) who also live in costa mesa and we went to lunch at a really yummy little place and then drove around and around and around just looking for signs in this eastside area that we wanted to be in. we found several little for rent signs, but most of the ones that we could afford were already rented out.
so, tim and bonnie return to their day, and we're like okay - we've got to make a decision on the ones that we had looked at, but like i said, nothing was really the "right" one. so, we were driving off, and saw one last sign... you know what's coming now... so we called - it sounded awesome over the phone - 3 bedroom, 2 bath, little yard in the back, washer/dryer hookups, for a very good price for the area - so we asked to have a walkthrough and she was like, "yeah, tomorrow at 2," well our flight left at 2:30 - not gonna work. so i get off, tell scott, and he's like, "this is perfect, this is what we want, call back and just see if we can put in an application." so, i call back, and he ends up taking the phone and talking them into letting us come up and fill out an application. so, we had to drive a good piece to this office, and we filled out an application - and there it is!
we rush down to newport beach and have dinner with scott's boss and soon to be co-workers at the cheesecake factory - yummy! it was really great getting to meet them and know them. they are really great gals - yeah, he will be working with 4 women... :) anyway, we really connected, that was a lot of fun.
by the time we get done eating and headed back to north santa ana where we were staying - very cool, by the way, scott's parents have friends that live there and we were able to stay at their home, totally nice deal (we got to sleep on a sleep-number bed, that was pretty cool) - so by this time we've decided that we are going to see if we can postpone our flight until Thurs. so that we can look at this place. so, all that works out - we can get a flight out early thurs. morning and turn our rental car in then at no extra charge, my family okay to keep the kids an extra day.
it was really nice how it turned out, we had time to shop a little, go see scott's office, go to beach, and of course see the townhouse. anyway, it's smallish, but more bigish than all the rest we had seen, the carpet is brand new, so that's nice, the way that it's set up, the kids can ride their bikes and stuff out in the parking lot. the 3rd bedroom is actually a converted garage - they did a pretty nice job with it - it's not like concrete floor still or anything, but it's way tiny, no windows, but a skylight. there is no a/c, but the coastal breeze is pretty good coming through and we'll be fine in that dept. i'm hoping they'll allow us to paint b/c the walls are seriously white - i mean white white, and the cabinets like a really dark brown stain on plywood type stuff. so, i think we can really make it look cool, but it will be determined by how much we can do to it... what the rules are.
um, so yeah. i think that's pretty much it for now. scott and his parents and i worked on switching their stuff out with our stuff that was here in the house yesterday. we just have a few more things to pack up, but i think we're pretty set. it's really nice being able to go ahead and just pack everything up because their dishes and things are here to trade out with.
scott is going to drive out on the 10th pulling the honda with the pathfinder. then the kids and grandma and i will fly out the 24th.
we are excited for the new adventure that God has in store for us. thank you all for your prayers during our "transition" time. you can pray now for our leaving time. it will be difficult to leave family again, esp. now that i have babies, but i'm totally happy that i'm not moving to russia or timbuktu or somewhere half-way around the world where we couldn't see family very much at all.
we would love for every single one of y'all to come out and see us... maybe not all at the same time though. i guess if you bring your tent you can just camp on the beach or something...
our addy is 2132 b, orange ave, costa mesa, ca 92627
so anyway, we met with my good friend, keturah, that i knew here from springfield. she went to school out there, then stayed. she lives in costa mesa now, which is where we really wanted to be. so we saw a lot of the newport beach, carona del mar, and costa mesa areas with her. went to an amazing mexican place - btw: we are so stoked to have good mexican back in our lives :) - the area is so great! the weather is awesome. it's seriously like in the mid to upper 70's there during the day - in the sun it feels a little warmer. the beach is so nice and close. so then we went to American or America Cup - it's a little frozen yogurt place where you fill your own cup with a type of yogurt (i got peanut butter) then put toppings on it and they weigh it for price. it's way cool, and pretty darn yummy... not sure if it tops andy's frozen custard here in MO - or amy's in austin, but it's really close!
okay, so we looked at a few other places on Tues. then we met with my aunt's brother and his wife (tim and bonnie) who also live in costa mesa and we went to lunch at a really yummy little place and then drove around and around and around just looking for signs in this eastside area that we wanted to be in. we found several little for rent signs, but most of the ones that we could afford were already rented out.
so, tim and bonnie return to their day, and we're like okay - we've got to make a decision on the ones that we had looked at, but like i said, nothing was really the "right" one. so, we were driving off, and saw one last sign... you know what's coming now... so we called - it sounded awesome over the phone - 3 bedroom, 2 bath, little yard in the back, washer/dryer hookups, for a very good price for the area - so we asked to have a walkthrough and she was like, "yeah, tomorrow at 2," well our flight left at 2:30 - not gonna work. so i get off, tell scott, and he's like, "this is perfect, this is what we want, call back and just see if we can put in an application." so, i call back, and he ends up taking the phone and talking them into letting us come up and fill out an application. so, we had to drive a good piece to this office, and we filled out an application - and there it is!
we rush down to newport beach and have dinner with scott's boss and soon to be co-workers at the cheesecake factory - yummy! it was really great getting to meet them and know them. they are really great gals - yeah, he will be working with 4 women... :) anyway, we really connected, that was a lot of fun.
by the time we get done eating and headed back to north santa ana where we were staying - very cool, by the way, scott's parents have friends that live there and we were able to stay at their home, totally nice deal (we got to sleep on a sleep-number bed, that was pretty cool) - so by this time we've decided that we are going to see if we can postpone our flight until Thurs. so that we can look at this place. so, all that works out - we can get a flight out early thurs. morning and turn our rental car in then at no extra charge, my family okay to keep the kids an extra day.
it was really nice how it turned out, we had time to shop a little, go see scott's office, go to beach, and of course see the townhouse. anyway, it's smallish, but more bigish than all the rest we had seen, the carpet is brand new, so that's nice, the way that it's set up, the kids can ride their bikes and stuff out in the parking lot. the 3rd bedroom is actually a converted garage - they did a pretty nice job with it - it's not like concrete floor still or anything, but it's way tiny, no windows, but a skylight. there is no a/c, but the coastal breeze is pretty good coming through and we'll be fine in that dept. i'm hoping they'll allow us to paint b/c the walls are seriously white - i mean white white, and the cabinets like a really dark brown stain on plywood type stuff. so, i think we can really make it look cool, but it will be determined by how much we can do to it... what the rules are.
um, so yeah. i think that's pretty much it for now. scott and his parents and i worked on switching their stuff out with our stuff that was here in the house yesterday. we just have a few more things to pack up, but i think we're pretty set. it's really nice being able to go ahead and just pack everything up because their dishes and things are here to trade out with.
scott is going to drive out on the 10th pulling the honda with the pathfinder. then the kids and grandma and i will fly out the 24th.
we are excited for the new adventure that God has in store for us. thank you all for your prayers during our "transition" time. you can pray now for our leaving time. it will be difficult to leave family again, esp. now that i have babies, but i'm totally happy that i'm not moving to russia or timbuktu or somewhere half-way around the world where we couldn't see family very much at all.
we would love for every single one of y'all to come out and see us... maybe not all at the same time though. i guess if you bring your tent you can just camp on the beach or something...
our addy is 2132 b, orange ave, costa mesa, ca 92627
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
