Moving to California ...

After spending 2 extra weeks in West Virginia it was time for Esther and I to head out to CA to re-join Daddy.  We loved spending time with the Larkin side of the family, but it was time to get our family back together.

 

Cory did some apartment hunting before we arrived but with little success.  He couldn't get in to see an apartment before it was pre-rented ... and so his brother and sister in law were gracious enough to allow us to stay with them while we changed gears and started HOUSE hunting!

 

Esther LOVED living with her 2 cousins - Josh just turned 6 and Zoey is 6 months old.

 

 

 

 

 

It was so nice to get to spend time with Justin and Becca and their family - we've never lived on the same continent since being married or having kids.  We are loving having family so close by!

 

We recently did move into an apartment and are continuing the house hunt.  More to come about that another day!

Hanging out in WV

Cory, Esther, and I visited my parents in WV when we first got back to the States.  Cory had to leave after a week to start his new job but Esther and I stayed for another two.  We figured it would give Daddy a chance to settle in and we don't know how long til we visit the East Coast again. 

We enjoyed celebrating Mom and Dad's 40th wedding anniversary with them.  We (all the kids with some help from my Aunt Anita) threw them a surprise anniversary party but I didn't take my camera as there was a photographer there to take pics for us.

 

Esther officially started walking while there, just a few days before we left for California!

 

We also got to celebrate my Dad's 60th Birthday with him!

It was a summer to celebrate, for sure!  Both my parents celebrated big birthdays as well as their 40th wedding anniversary, and my mom, brother, sister in law and Cory all finished degrees of some sort.