Officially a "Californian"

.... But, not proud of it yet. :) I'm still an Idaho girl at heart, I just live in California now.

Well, we made it. It was a long trip, but we made it. We don't have internet in our house yet, so I am using Lyndon's phone as a "hot spot" so I will have to make this quick. :)

We packed up our moving truck on Wednesday the 14th and also packed half the day on Thursday the 15th. Lyndon and I packed the whole moving truck ourselves except for a few heavy items one of our neighbors helped us with. We were on the road by 3 PM and had a good 5 hours to drive.

We made it to Burns, Oregon, which is a few hours from Weiser. We got gas in the truck and I filled up my car and then we had dinner. We made it to Lakeview, Oregon at 8:30 PM and got one of the last rooms available at the hotel. LUCKY! It was a small small town so there was no other hotels with Vacancy. We stayed the night and headed out early the next morning.

We made it to Willows about 1:30 PM. We had an amazing group of helpers help us unload the truck. They unloaded it in less than 2 hours. Way better than our 12 hours of loading. They were all such a blessing! We were also given some gift certificates to some local places (pizza, Mexican, grocery stores, hardware store). It was so nice. I set up the living room and Lyndon helped me set up the bedroom and we all crashed that night.

The next day was Saturday the 17th, so we just spent the morning and afternoon cleaning and unpacking. I had the house unpacked in less than 2 days. I hate moving and I hate the feeling of being in transition, so I had to have everything unpacked and set up. Pictures are on my walls, photo albums are on the shelves and toys on set up.

Sunday the 18th was Lyndon's first Sunday preaching. Nothing like jumping right in. He did a wonderful job even though we were still completely exhausted. We bought some groceries with our gift cards so we were able to make some meals at home.

The next week (Last week) we were just settling in. We checked out the park a few times, we went for some walks, we checked out downtown, started a new bank account at a local bank, got local library cards, and met some new people.

It's been a hard transition for me, but I am doing better and better each day. The first night we were here I was so overwhelmed I had an anxiety attack. I couldn't breathe and I couldn't stop crying. Lyndon had to sit with me and calm me down. I felt like an idiot for having one, but it was just so much happening all at once. I cried every day for the first week, but it slowly got better the last few days.

I have met some friends and I am learning the town. Lyndon and I will load the boys in the car and just drive. We want to learn the town. We drive random streets and then try to remember how to get different places from that location. It has helped me a lot. Going to church each Sunday has helped also. I started a Sunday school class this week which helped.

So, we are here. I will keep updating later, when we get real internet. :)