"California here I come...

...right back where I started from."

Well, we made it safely to California last night. We are so very grateful for everyone's prayers. We will be staying with Nathans parents in Riverside while we search for a place to live in Los Angeles.

While planning our move and after doing some math, Nathan decided it would cost less if we moved ourselves as opposed to having a shipping company haul our belongings for us. So he found someone selling a 30' trailer that he had used for hauling snowmobiles and purchased it. It will also double as a storage unit until we can find a house. The plan is to sell it when we are done with it.

The trailer ended up weighing 15,000 lbs., so needless to say it took a bit longer to get here than it normally does. At one point we lost a tire off of the trailer right as we were turning to get on the interstate! That turned into a four hour delay, but how grateful we were that it came off while we were only going 25 mph and not 60 mph on the interstate! God is sovereign over all things! We stopped and visited with some wonderful friends in Kansas and were blessed by their hospitality and fellowship.

saying goodbye to our home in Michigan  =(

loading the trailer

Somewhere in New Mexico.

We always stop for gas here when we are traveling on the 40.

At the Aho's. Our 4 + their 5 = 9 kids running around! Fun times!

All the girls...

All the boys...

Just had to include this one. Can you say "bored"?