Next meeting

Hey girls!!!! Soooooo, I was the only one who
Showed up at the mall Friday! Let's plan something soon. If y'all wanna commit and do this, let's do it! Can Sundays after am services work for you???! Weekday evenings???? Let me know...

Our temporary, new normal...

This isn't the happiest of days, that's for sure.  Jude and I dropped Steve off at the airport this morning around 11.  That was hard.  He plans to visit within the next 2 months.  Being in the middle of the semester and him teaching 2 courses, on top of his research, it's going to be challenging to visit sooner.  If I knew he would be visiting sooner, this morning would've been easier.  OH WELL.  I've been saying that  a bunch lately.  'Oh well', 'be anxious for nothing', and 'I can't worry about this.'  Jude has taken Steve's leaving well so far.  I'm sure he will have a hard time tonight, at bed time.  All I can say is thank goodness for today's technology and FaceTime!  

Ok, I need to move on...we are settling in here. The home we are staying in is so lovely and the homeowner, Vickie is amazing and so very accommodating.  An adorable golden retriever, Rusty, lives here and Jude is in love with him!  I'm certain Rusty will be so comforting for Jude during our time here.   The ocean is about a mile walk from the house.  Jude has informed me that will be walking there everyday!  I look forward to it!  There's an awesome playground, park, dog park 3 houses away.  So many wonderful, beautiful opportunities for us.    

I'm only going to share a very little about brother and sister.  Brother is 2.5 and sister and 10 months.  We were able to meet them a couple days ago.  Jude, Steve and I had a couple hours to interact with them and get to know them a bit.  All I can say is they are precious.  We aren't sure when we get to visit with them again.  We'll know more in the next couple days.  Praying everything goes smoothly and we can move forward very soon and quickly.    

It's raining, so I think a nap sounds like a great idea...

Settling in...

Beautiful day!

We made it!

We made it to orange county late last night. Steve is at UCI working today. Jude and I are at the playground, enjoying the warmth and sunshine. Most of you know how I feel about this place. I love it! I feel incredibly comfortable here. I'll blog more later when I'm not limited to my phone. One thing, notice the snow covered mountains in the distance in the photo. The ocean is a couple miles from where we are and you can see the snow capped mountains. Love it!!! Okay, i don't love the gas prices so much.

California

Mojave Desert

Hoover Dam