A perk.

Last night after dinner Leif suggested we take a drive to the beach. I'm still adjusting to the idea of it being 2-3 miles away. I'm so used to driving 30-45 minutes to get to a beach. I used to think that was close:) We bundled Riley up and headed out. Of course we brought the camera so here are some pictures:

I'm looking forward to many more trips to the beach:)!

Monterey Bay Aquarium on Father's Day

Sunday was my first Father's Day. Margaret and Riley took me to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and we bought a family membership as my present. We weren't sure if Riley would even care about any of the fish/creatures, but she ended up loving it. The nice thing about having a membership is that you don't have to see everything in one visit to get your money's worth. We spent a couple hours there, which was about all Riley could handle, but we enjoyed every minute of it. Rather than talk about it, I'll just post some pictures. Also, if any of you plan on coming to visit, we're thinking of upgrading to the fancy membership which gets you two free guest passes you can use year round; so if anyone ever wants to come to the aquarium with us, just stop by Monterey some weekend and Riley will show you around the place. :)

Flounder's changing color.

Monterey... So far.

We are enjoying Monterey. We really like the weather and we really like living 2 miles from the beach. Its fun living somewhere you've never lived before:) So much exploring can be done. So many adventures can take place. We've barely begun to scratch the surface. We've gone into town a few times, driven around, walked a bit. There is a lot to do up here. We're trying to tackle Monterey and the surrounding areas before we even head up to Santa Cruz, Big Sur, Berkeley and San Fran. I am looking forward to that though! We have good friends up that way and the more north you go the better the camping.
We're looking into getting bikes, especially since Leif lives within a mile of his new job. Its such a nice place to bike. So beautiful and peaceful. We are also looking into getting into hiking. There are a lot of good trails we want to try out. I love the idea of hiking on the ocean yet being amongst tall trees. Best of both worlds:)
Also, our new favorite thing to do is Thrift Store & antique shop. We picked up these antique glasses the other day at the Salvation Army.

Then today we went to a consignment store that was similar to Buffalo Exchange, but its nicer and the prices are a lot better. Its nice to be able to get rid of clothes and in return get different clothes. I love it. I support any form of recycling.

Keep us in your prayers, we're about to start church shopping... I hate calling it that. I know God has a church home for us, and I know He'll lead us there. I just want to remember to trust Him and allow Him to do the choosing for us, not us.

We're here.

We are all moved in. Most of our boxes are unpacked and we're slowly getting organized. We haven't ventured out too much. Mostly runs to Target and World Market. Tonight we did visit the Farmers Market, which is something we went to every Friday night in Monrovia. We were happy to find out that there was one about 5 minutes from our new place, that takes place every Tuesday night. I love getting fresh vegetables and handmade earrings:)

I'm a little overwhelmed by the moving, having a cranky baby who is crawling, pulling herself up to stand and getting into everything, unpacking and organizing, being in a place that's completely new and not having a church to go to. So stressed. God is good though and I know He's going to bless us here.