To Friends

Just a couple of things...

1. We get a phone on Tuesday; hopefully we'll be able to talk to some of you after that.

2. Amtrak! Stephen and Kaylin found round trip tickets for $150 from Texas, so I just wanted to remind you (Phill and Keely) to search for all options. I thought the train thing might be fun from Colorado.

3. Our house sold! Yae!

Here's a couple more fotos as well. Enjoy.

Olivia

I finally downloaded my most recent pictures. I was looking for good ones of Santa Barbara to show you, but what I came up with was some really good ones of Olivia. She is really developing quite a personality. She is still less verbal than Maddi was, but that doesn't seem to stop her. She has lots of character and even more just plain goofiness. She is a lot of fun!

We Made It

Hi Everyone,
Well, we are now (unofficial) Californians. I think it will be official when we go to DMV and get our driver's liscences. That happens tomorrow!
Our trip was good. I can barely remember it now; a lot has happened in a week! We left Monday around 4 and drove to Amarillo. The next morning we let the girls swim briefly after breakfast and we were in the car by 10. We stayed in Arizona that night, but I've already forgotten where. The next day was my birthday and was fairly uneventful. But, we made it to Barstow that night and ate Mexican food at my request. We stumbled upon a fairly authentic restaurant and then bought an ice cream turtle pie at Vons. The girls were so sweet and excited singing happy birthday to me; I don't think anything can beat that. Paul bought candles and topped the cake, but then we couldn't find any matches, so I just pretended to blow them out. It was a step up from last year, because we were also on the road last year and we didn't even have cake. Maybe next year we'll do cake AND candles! Woa!
So, on Thursday we made it into town by 2 in the afternoon. Friday, Paul and I celebrated our 11th anniversary. My mom offered to watch the girls and we took her up on it and had dinner on State Street (a very touristy street here).
So far here we've: walked the pier at Goleta Beach at Sunset, gone to the park around the corner, hit an art exhibit (outside) and the more popular Pier in Downtown Santa Barbara, driven to L.A. and back (had flashbacks of Mexico City), saw some men catch a small Sandshark, saw a memorial to those who have died in the Iraq war (Called West Arlington, Santa Barbara-very cool/sad/good?), seen starfish, Paul preached his first sermon, went to a farmers market in downtown SB...
We are so thankful for your prayers and friendship...
We would love visits from everyone, and have room.
We will send pictures soon,
Kristi