R & R in California

So, for those who never got to see what our house in California looked like when we first bought it, this is what the rear of the house used to look like...

Now it looks like this...we added the patio a couple of years ago and the grass you see (it's actually fake grass, no watering, no maintenance) we had put installed in early June. Pretty cool, huh?

Samira quickly became a big fan of the new grass...she was able to lay around on something a little softer than hard, dry dirt all day.

We had a bar-b-que on June 20th and had a pretty big turnout. The kids (including some of the "older kids") played kickball on the new grass. After that, I'm convinced that grass will stand up to anything Mother Nature can throw at it.

The house and yard took up the majority of our time (and money) while we were in California but we got plenty of chances to visit with the west coast friends and family.

Scott and Jenn with "Momma Nowka" (Jenn's mom)

Veronica, Jenn and Angel

We spent alot of time visiting with the west coast family, working on the house and trying to relax some (not much, though). On July 5th (our 12th anniversary) we flew out of LA into Honolulu for one night. While we were there, we had just enough time to pick-up a rental car, get checked into our hotel, check and make sure the girls (our two dogs, Randi and Samira) arrived safely, ensure they were being housed at a Customs facility for the night and were scheduled to fly on the same flight with us the following day to Guam. After all of that was completed, we took a nap. Jet lag got the better of us. We dragged ourselves out of bad late in the afternoon and got in touch with one of our old friends (she's not old, we just know her from about 10 years ago...sorry Ann). The following day (July 6th) we boarded the plane in Honolulu and headed to Guam. The next segment of this blog will be filled with lots of information and pictures...all about our adventures on Guam!