Welcome to LA

We're newly installed in our little one-bedroom a block off the beach in Venice, CA and despite missing our friends and family in Seattle, it's hard to miss Seattle itself toooo much so far.

In no particular order - life from the phone, weeks 1-4

Getty

Griffith Hike

first (cloudy) day at the office

sweet Getty grounds

stepped out for a lunchtime stroll

weather said it was currently 'partly cloudy'

Amazing outdoor Italian dining

parents for a visit!

more Getty museum..

Griffith Observatory

Downtown LA from Griffith Observatory

readin on the beach in front of the house

Malibu Hills hiking

Venice stroll

Abbott Kinney stroll

Venice Canals

move in cheers

move in weekend - amazing

Dec - March and Big (Old) News

Well, pretty sure everyone knows this by now, but for the sake of blog history, I'm going to put it out there. We moved to Los Angeles, CA.

I had been interviewing all over the country summer/fall of last year, ready for a new opportunity, and ended up with a great offer from PricewaterhouseCoopers to join their Consumer Finance Group - doing management consulting for the mortgage industry, and working out of LA.

Which led to a flurry of - Matt job hunting - figuring out how to rent out a house - looking at neighborhoods in LA - selling 2/3 of our belongings on Craigslist - Matt getting flown down 3 times for interviews - holding an open house and choosing renters for our place - figuring out how to get all of our belongings down to LA - contemplating moving from three bedrooms to one - me starting a new job while living in Seattle still - and, toughest of all, saying goodbye to our beloved friends and family in the Seattle area.

Whew.

So, now you can imagine
a) why I am so far behind on blogging
and
b) even if I was blogging, nothing all that 'exciting' was going on.

But, in attempt to not cut 4 months out of our blog life, here is a highly redacted version of December thru March (essentially, whatever pictures happen to find themselves at my fingertips currently, mostly from the phone)

Kiddos in the jackets we brought back from Ecuador

Russell Investments event

Last day snowboarding - Stevens

random hiking shot - Little Si with the Millers

Olallla with friends

vases were packed..

apartment hunting trip gone stray

silly @ the Chisums

Birthday at Brass Tack

Celebrating Matt new job, dessert & drinks at Canlis

Ryan & Jaime's wedding!! NYE

And a few moving snaps...

good-bye house..