La Habra Children's Museum

Jax and I have been trying to keep busy, so we find new places to go all the time. We found this great childrens museum in La Habra, which is about 25 minutes from us. Jax had so much fun playing with all of the awesome things. It is a completley "hands-on" museum, and they tell you when you enter "play with everything and make sure you touch it all!" So..we did!

Sunday

As I was getting ready to go to church today, I was surprised by my nervousness that was creeping up inside of me. You have to understand that I left an AMAZING ward in Albuquerque. I left the kind of ward that made you feel like you were home when you walked in the building. The kind of ward that if someone needed help, you had people asking "why didn't I get to watch her kids?". I learned so many things from the amazing women in my ward, and I know that those lessons can never be recreated. I am so greatful to my Heavenly Father for putting all of those women in my path. Because I was so comforted every Sunday, today I was uneasy.
As I stepped out of the car, it was the same familiar scene in a somewhat familiar building. The only thing that really stood out as different was all of the beautiful flowers and grass! But, I am so thankful to our wonderful church for being able to tap into that familiarity and make you feel at home no matter where you are. Walking into the building, I was given the precious gift of peace that I have been looking for for the last couple of weeks. Yes, it is not my ward in ABQ, but I am very grateful for the kind hellos and welcomes that came so easily from its members. This new ward is VERY small and very different from what I am used to, but I am sure it will be fine. I am so thankful for the lessons and talks given today. I am so thankful that no matter where I am ,the church is an anchor for me and my family.

Disneyland!!

Well, most of you know that I am married to a 6 year old when it comes to Disneyland. So of course on our 2nd day in LA, we headed to Anaheim to meet the mouse himself. Rich was so psyched to take Jaxon...and he loved it! We got to see the Pixar parade in California Adventure...so worth it!! If you ever go, you have to check it out. We made the mistake of taking Jaxon on "The Pirates of the Carribean" ride first. It scared the crud out of him, so the rest of our visit, every ride he went on he would say "I don't like pirates...is this pirates?" Poor thing. All in all we did have a great time. Rich was so excited to use his annual pass...so I guess we will be going alot this year! So...everyone come and see us, so we can go with you too!

Well, after unpacking most of our boxes...some will never be unpacked at this apartment because there is no room for them!! Anyway...after unpacking, we hit Redondo Beach and Pier. We thought we would "dip" our feet in the water, then go get some dinner. Well, needless to say there is not such thing as just dipping Jaxon's feet in water. He was soaked! We ended up having to buy him some tacky tourist tshirt and shorts at the pier souvernier shop, so he didn't freeze. Around 7:00pm, it gets pretty cold on the beach! Well...you live and learn.

On our Way!!

Okay...so let me catch up. We rented a moving truck and headed out with half of our stuff to Ontario, CA (right outside of LA) on Monday the 18th of May. We stayed overnight in Kingman, AZ and continued on our way on Tuesday. Jaxon, my mother in law Lavella, and I drove our car, while Rich and his brother Steve drove the moving truck. It took FOREVER to get there due to a governor being on the moving truck. We arrived to a nice apartment...that from what I can tell is in an okay neighbor hood. But, I definitely think we border a not so great neighborhood, so hopefully a house is in our near future! It is a crazy weird feeling to not know where ANYTHING is! However...I do know how to get to Disneyland! We got all moved in...a very small apartment...with WAY too much stuff. We could not have done it without Lavella and Steve. Thank you SOOO much!

Easter Sunday

Despite the rain, and the wind we had a great Easter! We were lucky enough to spend the day with all of ou family (we missed you Stacey!!) We got in our Sunday best...then started the dreaded task of Easter pictures. Not too bad this year...but always a fight. Jax was thrilled to have Olivia and Sevrin here to hunt easter eggs...he finally had a little competition. We went to church with Rich's family...had an amazing lunch (as always!), did a couple of Easter egg hunts and then had a great dinner. What a wonderful day. I was so happy to be with all of my loved ones. I feel so blessed to have such an amazing family.

Moving Day

So sadly, the day came to move a couple of a weeks ago. I still can't believe that we sold our little house and we are moving to BIG, BAD Los Angeles. But, I think it will be a good adventure for our little family. We have prayed our little hearts out, and as much as I don't want it to feel right, it does. I am so sad to leave my family, my friends and my Albuquerque. I love this city. I always have and I always will. I am trying to figure out how one goes about leaving thier home. I guess we will soon find out. Right now we are living at my mom and dad's house and it has been awesome. Thanks mom and dad!! Jaxon is a little mixed up, but I think he is adjusting pretty well so far. He just keeps asking about his "room with the cars on the walls". We are hoping to be out in California in the middle of May, but our house hunt has been a nightmare. We have a few offers out there, but no-one knows which end is up with all of the forclosure disaster, so we are still waiting to hear if we got one.

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that helped with this HUGE move. We couldn't have done it without you. We love you and thank you.

Ahhh!!! Where did our stuff go?

All boxed up!

Two of 9 truckloads!
All packed, cleaned and ready to go. Our last picture with our house!