Relax and enjoy

The day after we arrived in California was a day of rest for Tys and me. After less than 6 hours of sleep for the past two days we were ready for some sleep and relaxation. It was great to take it easy and sort out our ever spinning heads with things we did and things to do. We ended the day with Frapys frozen yogurt which was heaven to my taste buds. I am fully aware that frozen yogurt is out as far as dessert fads go but it has won my heart and I am still lovin' it. Now that my batteries are recharged, I am ready to take on the world!.....ok, maybe just the first 15 hour flight with Taryn.

Happy to be in California

Taryn was so happy to be in California! She was talking all the way home from the airport and she was happy to see Grandpa! It's great that Grandpa works 3 minutes away from the airport. It makes picking up arrivals so easy!
My aunt and uncle had extra tickets to the Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach that night so we quickly enjoyed some In-N-Out, unloaded our luggage, changed, and headed to a wonderful night of conversation and art. I was so happy that Tyson was able to experience this great event. I had pointed it out to him as we drove through Laguna Canyon on our way to the beach many times and now he can say he has experienced it. Thank you for the tickets!

Storage units and airplanes

We did it! We fit everything in our storage unit, cleaned our apartment, stuffed our suitcases and took a flight to California. Taryn slept the whole way there which was a total relief for these - first time on an airplane with an infant- parents. We are so happy to be in this beautiful 75 degree California weather.

Wide open spaces

Taryn playing with Tyson's feet in our empty apartment.


Saturday was a BIG day! Everything we own is now in a little storage unit which means Taryn has free roaming abilities. If you see where the white pillows are, that's where she will sit up and play until she falls forward and starts to -almost crawl- around everywhere! I love not having to worry about what she will move to now.With so much stuff everywhere before, I feared for boxes and suitcases falling- glad it never happened!

Friday was my breaking point. After so much time spent packing and, as my sister-in-law Jenny said, "Visual clutter" plus all the running around and me worried about having everything ready for the move and then receiving some scary news on Thursday... I told Tyson I was done and ready to move. I stayed up til' 1:30am throwing last minute random items into boxes. Tyson was BEYOND helpful and I knew everything would come together but it was still daunting.

Saturday morning we had TONS of wonderful help! Everyone was so efficient and we had a veteran master storage unit packer to help us "Tetris" everything we owned. I WAS SO RELIEVED!!! I finally feel like I can breathe in my own apartment because there is nothing in it! I do have to say that I totally doubted our ability to squeeze our life into a 10x10 storage unit. They rolled up the gate and my mouth dropped. I thought there was no way we could stuff all we own into it. But Tyson kept telling me, "Don't worry- we can make it all fit." Oh Brianna "hath little faith!" I started squealing when we placed in the last boxes, seeing that, yes, in fact, everything did fit.

This has been a long and crazy ordeal preparing for our biggest move ever. But I wouldn't go back and do it any other way. I know this will be a great adventure for Tyson and our little family. And I am WAY TOO EXCITED!

For the next couple of days we will be cleaning and spending time with family and friends before we fly to California to see my family and the beach. Then it's onto a 15 hour plane ride.....

Loves of my life

They are the best!

Bowling Firsts

Tyson and I have been married for almost 2 years. Can you believe that we had NEVER been bowling together? We broke that streak on Saturday night with the Skousons and it was so much fun!

These cute babes are 7 months apart and obviously can't get enough of each other! Baby Tyson was very sweet and gave Taryn "loves." I'm so glad Cortney caught it on camera.



T-money and Snavins

The ladies and the babies

Our life in boxes

Is it crazy that we will be leaving in less than two weeks?!? Packing has consumed my life as well as our "To-Do Before we Leave" list. It's been really busy around here checking things off of our list and I'm happy to say that we have made real progress. This lil' miss is excited about sitting up by herself. She does very well playing with her toys and may love sitting up more than being on her tummy now. Taryn also doesn't mind helping me on laundry days. Fresh clean clothes are her favorite to suck on :)