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That time already?!?!

I can hardly bring myself to say this, but... Eliana has lost her first tooth already! How can my little girl be that old? Actually Jon and I were a little concerned when we first discovered that it was loose because we thought she was way too young having just turned 5. She had taken a couple falls recently where she hit parts of her face on a wall and then another time on the tile floor in our house... we though maybe one of those falls knocked the tooth loose. However it happened, she is now missing a front tooth. She LOVES it! She told me it was what she had always wanted so that she could be more grown-up. I need a freeze button because I don't want her to be more grown-up. She hasn't stopped grinning to show off her gap.:)

GO NAVY!!! BEAT ARMY!!!

Additional details...

I wanted to just fill you in on some extra details about our move that people have asked about:

Our house is still on the market in Danville. Our realtor was going to put a virtual tour of our house on the site, so that should help. We just keep praying!

We will be living in a rental house that the church owns. It is across the street from the church and is a nice open ranch style house. We are excited to get in there and make it a home.

Jon starts work on the 15th officially... so we have some time to get settled and do all of the stuff that comes with moving.

California is a wonderfully vast place to visit with all sorts of things to do... consider our new house as Hotel Uyboco... Come and see us!! We'd LOVE to have you!:)

Our cross-country adventure

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Here are some pictures from our cross country adventure. We left on Monday to head down to Atlanta to stay with friends from Hawaii, the Spayds. We had a wonderful visit with them and then headed further into Atlanta to have lunch and spend time with our friends, the Barbers. The kids had a blast playing with their kids, and it was hard to get them back into the van for the drive to Birmingham. We arrived in Birmingham and met up with my father-in-law, who had flown in from CA to help us drive the rest of the way. Wednesday we headed to Ft Smith, Arkansas, where our hotel reservations got messed up, so we not only got switched to a much nicer hotel for free, we got a gift card also! Thursday we headed across Oklahoma into Texas where we spent the night in Amarillo. We experienced the restaurant Big Texan there. They have a 72 oz. steak that you can order. It comes with a side salad, a roll, 3 breaded shrimp, and a loaded baked potato. There is a 1 hour time limit to consume all of that food and then your meal is free... otherwise it is $72. 2 people tried it while we were there... a guy in his 20's and a 7 year old boy. We left before either one's time was up, so we don't know how they fared. It was quite the experience though! While we were having fun driving and visiting crazy restaurants, our truck of household goods was arriving at our new house in California. The staff men came over to the house and got all of our stuff off-loaded and into the house in just over an hour. My mother--in-law said it was quite impressive. We are so grateful for their help!! Today we headed through New Mexico and into Arizona and are stopped in Flagstaff for the night. Highlight of today was visiting one of Guy Fieri's restaurants from Diner's, Drive-ins, and Dives. It was a Mexican restaurant called Salsa Brava's and I got the signature dish that Guy tried, Stuffed Soapapillas with Carnitas and a Cilantro Cream Sauce. It was YUMMY!! We are tucked into our hotel for the night, and going to try and get an early start tomorrow so we can get into CA at a decent time. I think that I still cannot believe that we are actually moving! Guess it will become more real tomorrow and in the days to come. Thanks so much for your prayers!!!

Boxes, boxes everywhere!!

I cannot believe that my last post was the middle of August. Shame on me! Well, since then A LOT has changed for our family. Right now we are in the midst of packing up our entire house and getting ready for not only a major cross country move, but also a major career change. Jon will start this next week at Grace Church of Glendora in Glendora, California, as the Young Adults Pastor with the Company 122 ministry. If you don't know the story about how it all unfolded, let me know and I will tell you... it is too long to blog about, but it is VERY cool and VERY much a God thing!! My Mom is on her way down here right now to visit and help with the kids and packing. We have gotten a lot of packing done, but still have the part I am dreading the most... my kitchen! I LOVE my kitchen and being in my kitchen... it is my "happy place." I love all my fun gadgets and cookery type things... I am scared to pack them myself... will any of them survive the trip? I just keep telling myself it is just stuff... and it is, but some of that "stuff" I am really rather fond of.:) The moving truck will be here on Saturday along with some hired loaders. The kids and I will be getting out of the way by them going to a babysitters and me going to a ladies Bible study brunch. Sunday is our cleaning day, and then Monday morning we will be on the road. We are heading south to visit some dear Hawaii friends and also our former pastor and his family. From there we head to Birmingham, AL where we will pick my father-in-law up at the airport, grab some dinner, and shut-eye and then the real fun begins. We will then travel west with 2 cars, 2 kids, 3 adults, and 1 poor kitty cat, who hates riding in the car. It should make for a grand adventure!!:) I seldom really care if I have the newest coolest cellphones... but for an occasion like this, I really am wishing that I had an i-phone so I could be sending updates and fun pictures while we drive. We are very excited and also a bit nervous and overwhelmed as we enter this brand new chapter of our lives. We know that God is in this, so we just rest in Him and look forward to being both the participator and spectator in seeing Him at work.