Do you remember the 21st night of September?

September in California is sure pretty

for labor day we headed to Ventura to spend the afternoon on the beach and then we played tourist and walked on the pier and ate some pretty good tacos :)

This is our relocation/ 

"what are we doing" pose :)

Ventura Pier flanked with american flags

Then comes Patriots Day aka Chester's birthday...it was a low key family party

he asked for thai food...he got thai food

later in the month Henry joined the hiking club and they hiked Vasquez Rocks which is where a bunch of Star Trek episodes were filmed and lots of other films. California has a variety of terrain and weather so for our stay here, I want to explore all the parts we don't know!

We have been to Burbank almost every weekend for a tournament for Lucy, so we found this fancy bakery on the way. 

gold flecked cake pops for winning the game

Homecoming is thankfully different here.

 It is no pressure fun which is what we all needed/

( thank you universe!)

 It was casual and had carnival rides galore and a dance floor outside. It was awesome! They had so much fun.

 Ahhh, to be a teenager on those kinds of nights? 

Do you remember the 21st

(technically the 22nd but oh well)

night of September?

September 26th was a great day, we got the keys to our house!!!

2 days later the movers showed up

we are up to our eyeballs in boxes and paper, here is a cute compactor for it all :)

We got to work right away and started painting the bad colors away.

I think that's all the remodeling we'll be doing for now.

thank you benjamin moore white dove

Clay likes to do this to me.

 He says, "I'm ready to paint, pick out a color" meaning he wants to buy a 5 gallon bucket for the house within the hour and get started.

 I had been looking at swatches for weeks via pinterest. So, I went with white dove which was recommended to me by Sarina who told me not to think about it since this move and selling the milkbarn business has taken it's toll on me. So as much as I want to take credit for a perfect color, I took her great advice and it looks fantastic!

As you can see the lighting might have to be switched out as well. I mean, it's bigger than Lucy!

We had a fall break so we just spent time here in the back and trying to unpack the kitchen :)

Being back in California has been, quite honestly, a big blur. 

It took us 3 weeks to get used to the driving again(i felt like a country bumpkin at first), I don't know if we'll get used to the heat out here or the lines of people and cars everywhere we go but...the produce is amazing. 

Silver linings in September.

 We will take them!