Falling In Love with Pasadena...

Well, we made it! Saturday was quite the long day with five hours of loading up the U-Haul, a nice lunch at Islands, and then five more hours unloading (not to mention there's no elevator here, so yes, stairs it was!). But, God was so faithful! Thanks to Karin & Bob's endless help that whole weekend and the surprise help from Alayne & Scott, I don't think we could've done it in one day. Although Val was one-armed, she was a huge help! Also, just when the sun was about to set and everyone was exhausted, my friend and colleague Jennie, along with her husband, came over to help us unload the last of our furniture up the stairs. That was such a blessing! Plus, they are a couple I've been excited to get to know better living now only three blocks from them. So, their help motivated us to the finish line!

Thanks to my wonderful husband, who loves having our home organized, clean, and a refuge...we are practically unpacked and situated already, only 4 days later! So, here our the 'before' pictures taken on Saturday after everyone left for the evening. The 'after' pictures are coming. I want to first hang our pictures before I blog those. We are also looking to get a TV as well as a cat in the next week or two. (I want to be able to watch the Olympics and we're excited to have a pet bigger than our rats or beta).

God is so Good! The first night we were here, He led us to a great Italian restaurant in walking distance on our street that reminds us so much of our favorite in Long Beach, The Garden Cafe. The next morning, a woman at Starbucks led us to a family diner called Fox's that makes all home-made food. It was delicious! When any of you come to hang out, we'll have to take you to one of these two new-found places. We love the feel of Pasadena already, we've already taken two nightly dips in our pool to cool off from the heat, and just signed up for a gym membership at Phoenix Fitness Center which is also in walking distance! We better be careful, or driving the 10 minutes to Target might start to feel like our old commutes. =)

Thanks for all your prayers through this journey of ours in moving from Long Beach. We look forward to sharing more of Pasadena with you as time goes on!