San Francisco

We arrived in Monterey on a Wednesday and immediately began our furious house/apartment hunting search. After exhausting all possibilities, we submitted an application and decided to drive up the coast to San Fran for the night! We had a great time, mostly watching the scenery on Highway 1 as we made our way north. Here are a few shots of our time there.

The famous Golden Gate Bridge
Bradley indulged me and took me to Chinatown--the largest Chinatown outside of Mainland China. We had an authentic Chinese meal, and Isabella had her first taste of lychee. The hostess at the restaurant was enthralled with Isabella and insisted on feeding her lychee. I tried not to think about the fact that she was licking the lychee juice off of her own hands before feeding it to my daughter!

MMM! Sweet and sour chicken, chicken and cashwes, and REAL fried rice!

Thrid Time's a Charm

This is officially the third time I've started a blog. A friend encouraged me to begin blogging and I think it will be a great way to record the journey of our lives. I do my own journaling, but that is usually spiritual and personal thoughts, so I figure this can be my outlet for remembering our family memories and keeping tidbits of information on our children as they grow.

This past year has been a whirlwind! Bradley joined the Navy, we had a baby, moved to San Diego--where we lived for a total of 5 months--, got pregnant with Baby #2, and moved to Monterey! I never cease to be amazed at all that God can allow to happen in one year. We rejoice, though, in the challenges we have faced as this year has grown us and stretched us in ways that would never have happened otherwise.

Our move to Monterey took place about three weeks ago and so far we absolutely LOVE living here! Our new apartment is small, but we have a great view of the Monterey Bay, we can walk to Cannery Row, and we love the quaint 'small town' feel of Monterey and Pacific Grove. Bradley's drive to work each day is only 5 minutes (another blessing) and we have already made friends here and found a great potential church. The Lord is good and gracious to provide so much in such a short amount of time!

Isabella is a trooper! She has handled all of this change well and gets sweeter and sweeter every day. We are so blessed to have her as our daughter!

Tomorrow Isabella and I head back to San Diego for a vacation with some of Bradley's college friends. Unfortunately, B can't go with us, so we'll miss him, but we're looking forward to catching up with friends and spending some time at the beach.