Lana Lyman: California Adventure: Part 2

We have been in California for a week and a half and are finally adjusting. I'm not gonna lie, the first few days were rough. The kids were getting over being sick and I was trying to set a new routine in a strange place. Add missing my bed and house into it all and yeah, it wasn't easy. But I feel like we are getting used to it all now.

Last week, Tom worked normal hours, even late a few days, but we managed to squeeze in some family time and the kids and I wondered around the neighborhood each day. We have found several great parks within a few minutes of us and even a library close by that has family story time each Tuesday night and the kids absolutely loved it. We will definitely be going back.

We have been attending church in San Francisco at Bro. Mark Morgan's church, Abounding Grace. The church family has been very hospitable and we have enjoyed meeting new people and had a great dinner out after Sunday's service with several from the church. Thank you AG for being so kind to us.

Tom had Labor Day off, so we drove down to Santa Cruz for a family day. The boardwalk and beach there are a big attraction. It was a warm day and we enjoyed about 5 hours there. The kids LOVED riding all the kid rides and rode most of them twice :) Then Carter and Tom had fun jumping in the water while Shae' and I were content to bury our feet in the sand. It was a long day (2 hour drive each way) but tons of fun and memories.

We are leaving Friday morning and flying down to Anaheim. We will be at Disneyland/California Adventure on Saturday and Sunday, then flying back Monday. I'm pretty sure I'm more excited than the kids :) I'll blog about our adventure next week!

Here are a few pics from our time here so far :)