When we're not unpacking...

...we like to fly our Tinkerbell kite at sunset...

...we make messes and (sometimes) clean them up...

...we play in the playroom...

...we water our flowers...

...we hide in our favorite hiding spot...

...we giggle...

...we read...

...and try hats on...

...we play at the fabulous park by our house...

...we have picnics at the beach...

...and play at the beach...

...and turn into mermaids...

...and turn mommy into a mermaid...

...and chase the seagulls...

...and, if we have any energy to spare, we sing and dance...

Love can move mountains...then why not us?

I am SO grateful for all the help we received and love that was shown to our family during the moving process - without our wonderful family and friends, there is no way that I could have pulled it off!

My sister Emily very generously used her free flight (that she could have used to take a relaxing vacation) to come help me pack!

Many of our neighbors helped out by watching the kiddos and helping with the clean-up, my good friend Emilie came to pack several times (including a 24 hour all-nighter before and while the movers were there), and my cousin Megan let my girls stay the night while Emilie and I pulled the all nighter. Plus, Katie and Megan put together a wonderful farewell party for us where we got to visit with family and friends before we left.

I felt very loved (:

And when we finally got to California, we got this:

Daddy hugs and kisses are certainly worth moving for!


(Sunny beaches aren't bad reasons either!)

California Girls

Hello, friends!

Two weeks ago in Utah, the movers loaded our stuff into a truck while it snowed.

Two days later, we were here

soaking up the sun, letting the sand run through our fingers and listening to waves roll in and out.

We miss our family, friends, and home in Utah. But we are happy to be near our California family, we will make new friends here, we are slowly settling in to our new home, and - most importantly - we have our Daddy back!!!

And I will take a sunny day at the beach over the snow any day.

I will be posting updates from the last few weeks at some point in the (hopefully not too distant) future.