Howdy Y'all!

Yes, we made it to Texas! Here are some picture highlights of the past 3 months:

The girls and I took a trip up to Plumas Lake right after Christmas to visit the PL Family.

The annual Gingerbread decorating contest. Always a fantastic time had by all (especially Hu).

And what Christmas break in PL would be complete without a 1,000 piece puzzle?!?! Many-a-mornings were spend working on this bugger (well, mornings, afternoons, evenings and nights!).

Family bowling day in January (Katie spent the weekend with Grandma and Grandpa)

A quick visit to the Newport Beach Temple. By this time (mid-February) we knew we were leaving California and moving to Texas...

Huhtala and her babies came for a visit!

Trip to Balboa

Ruby's on the Pier (oh, how I already miss it!!)

Thanks to Haylie and Katrina for the photo-op

During the packing days, there were desperate times. I love that Haylie fixed a Caesar salad for her and Audra in a pot!

One last trip from our Melines! This picture pretty much says it all.

Getting in our last Disneyland days. Front seat on Space Mountain!

Katie is quite the diva taking a trip to the American Girl Doll store in LA

Lunch with our girls

More Disneyland

These are out of order....

First day of school at Villareal Elementary. This shot is taken in our driveway. We live on an acre out here -- it's the country!

Audra riding her bike in the driveway. She thinks she is big, but she is really just a baby still.

Rasacas are everywhere here in southern Texas. They are these cool lakes that used to be part of the Rio Grande. The make everything look so pretty!

Audra enjoying some watermelon that we bought off a man in a truck on the side of the road.

Thanks to Nana and Papa for making the trek down here and helping us unpack! This day we took a visit to South Padre Island, about 30 minutes from our house.

The beach!

The bridge to the island

Typical landscape as I drive here in Brownsville

This rasaca is right in front of the kids' school. There is no gate or anything! Rasacas are seriously everywhere! We see lots of turtles and ducks in them. Still not sure if people swim in them.

Some random parade going down the street.

Well, that about sums it up. Hopefully I'll update again before another 3 months passes by!