It's Official....

we are MOVING AGAIN!!

We found a cute little place in Manhattan Beach. It is within a very short walking distance to Trader Joes :) and 1-1/2 miles away from the beach. We will be moving TOMORROW! So crazy! Jared starts his new job on Monday. So, we want to have everything done before then. Not to mention my sister in-law and her 5 kiddos are coming to hang with us for the 4th. It is going to be one FULL apartment! We are so excited for them to be visiting from Utah.

Good times!

Thanks....

to all my friends and family for the birthday wishes. Today was a GREAT day! Pics coming soon.

p.s. We may have found a place...

Update: still searching.....checking out 3 more places tomorrow.....

Change is upon us...

It seems that J and I attract adventure...

He found out this week that he got a summer teaching job.........in LA.

We are thrilled. 

As many of you know we have been living at my mom's house in Temecula. We had hoped that J would get a full time job in the Temecula area for the next school year. So, we could buy a house, settle down and eventually start a family. However, things don't always go according to plan. I know that there is a reason we are moving back to LA and in time I'm sure that reason will be revealed to us.  

We have been searching all weekend to find a new place...no luck yet. Did I mention his job starts next Monday? We are on a time crunch to avoid J having to commute from Temecula to LA = not fun.

I am going to continue working in Manhattan Beach. Staying with my sister (thank you Maren) during the week has been great. It has saved me from making a treacherous commute.

We have some more prospects to check out tomorrow. Our goal is to have a place by Friday. Yikes! Keeping our fingers crossed...

Growing up.

Jocelyn (my baby sister) graduated high school 2 weeks ago. Our whole family is so PROUD of her. Jocey is the youngest in our family, literally. There are no children yet. I have always thought of Jocey as the baby and I still do. I didn't realize that the past 10 years as she has grown into a young woman, I continued to get older as well. At times I still feel like I am 19. Where did the time go? 

While sitting at her graduation I was able to reflect back to the time when I graduated high school. I remember the sense of relief of being out of "high school." At the same time feelings of sadness to be parting from friends and excitement to be embarking on a new journey. I am excited for Jocey and her future.  She is uncertain what she wants to major in. She will be attending community college to get her GE's out of the way. After that, we'll see.....

Jocey - WE LOVE YOU!!! J&J

The Fam - Rhiannon, Maren, Jocelyn, Me, and Mom

Matty (Rhiannon's Bf), Jocey, and Jared

Utah + Graduation + Birthdays

Dominique, Jordan, Jared and Shauntel

We made a quick trip (mentioned in an earlier post) to Utah to see our niece Jordan graduate from high school. We are SO PROUD of her.  Jo will be leaving this summer to attend BYU Hawaii, we are jealous.

The Fortes

Robin - Jared's mom, Me (why didn't I take my purse off? super awkward arm) Shaunie, Jo, Kimmy - Jared's sister, and Domi

The day after the graduation we celebrated our nephew Dylan's (center) birthday at Boondocks. Boondocks is in Draper, UT. It has miniature golf, arcade games, laser tag, go carts....you get the idea. It's a great place for kids to run wild and entertain themselves. Actually, Jared and I played a bunch of games and had a great time.

We also celebrated a couple more birthdays. The first week of June is packed in our family.

Dylan - June 3rd

John (Jared's brother in-law) - June 5th

Tara (my cousin) - June 6th

Jared - June 7th

Our usual self portrait

We hope to get up to Utah one more time before the summer is over. Hopefully we can drag the Thrapps along.

25+9 years of experience.

To the one I love, my hub. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me. I am a better woman, wife,(was that due to you or Dr. Laura?) and friend because of you. I am so thankful that we get to spend forever together. 

Hope you had a great birthday! Especially since you spent 10+ hours of it driving us home from Utah. Good thing we believe in birthday weeks.

Happy Birthday Jared!!!