Happy 4th of July!!

Well we made it to California! It was a long trip to say the least and very glad it is done. 40 hours of driving, 7 days in the car and 11 states later. We have been here for 2 weeks but stayed in a hotel for 1 week of it. We are still unpacking but making good progress. The trip went as well as could be expected. I can tell you every nasty bathroom from the east to west coast. The kids and I will not be making that trip again, we will sell a car first!! Monterey is great although we haven't had much time to enjoy it yet. Emma and Taylor will have lots to do, soccer starts next month and tee ball in the spring. We are experiencing our first California fires. There are several fires here, we had a couple days of ash/soot falling like rain. Gas is $4.69 here, guess we'll see that $5 gallon soon!

We celebrated the 4th today by going to the parade here in town. They had music and games for the kids afterwards and then we watched the fireworks from our neighborhood. They shoot them off over the bay, you can see the water from the neighborhood!! Our other bit of news if anyone didn't know, baby Decker #3 is coming in Dec. It will be a California Christmas for us this year!!

Emma and Taylor waving their flags..

What is everyone looking at??

The National Anthem. The excitement was too much for them! That is our friends little girl, Jaslyn