Earthquake!!!

Nate and I experienced our first Earthquake today...which is really weird feeling. It was a 5.4 and the epicenter was about 50 miles from us. Nate was on he computer and I was sitting on the floor getting my shoes on. I felt the floor moving and I said, "What is that?" thinking that a truck might have gone by or something in the building. "No, really what the heck is that??" And then we felt the peak of the quake which prompted me to pick up Twiggy and sit under the door frame instead while Nate and are both saying EARTHQUAKE! LOL Yeah, Nate was still at the computer....he says that when he is working on the plane at night his chair is always shaking from the lazer firing so he didn't think too much of it. Then he laughed at me for moving......hey, if that was just the start of a big Earthquake, I would be glad to be where I was! Plus Nate is known for getting injured so it doesn't surprise me that he stayed put :) It wasn't really scary at all, just a weird feeling cause the building is moving so it makes you feel kinda dizzy. Luckily there is not much damage even near the epicenter and I haven't heard of any injuries! Nature always makes me think of God's awesome power-in the same way that the quake is powerful, unexpected and mysterious so is God!

I also have been hired as a substitute teacher :) I will be subing for Bethel Christian School (1-12) Seems to be a really great school, very nice people and appear to be a family. Also hired by the Westside school district (1-8). I hoping that I will be able to have enough job opportunities that I can choose my schedule. I think that if Bethel offered me a full time position, I would consider it just based on the characteristics of the administration and the opportunies it could present for me to grow. We'll see, if God leads me back into full time teaching...it would surely make me laugh!

We are looking forward to a visiter next month-Papa Walters is planning a trip out here :) We are going to check out 2 of the National parks that Nate and I have wanted to visit: Sequioa and Yosemite...I probably spelled those wrong but you know what I mean!

I know that many of you have heard either from myself or from Malia regarding her ministry/career. Please keep her in your prayers. I believe God has confirmed that she IS supposed to be doing this and she is getting more support slowly. Pray for patience and endurance as she really wants to be on campus but is most likely going to have to wait a little longer than initially hoped. Thank you!!

Random Update

Family picture :) This is at a friends house for dinner-he loves Twiggy so we always bring her over to visit him.

We took another trip to the beach last weekend with a group of friends and Twiggs made it too. "IIII wanna soak up the suuuuun" -Thank you Sheryl Crow

So not too much has changed recently but I am officially job hunting. I am looking into substitute teaching here mainly so I have flexibility in my schedule-if I don't want to work one day-I don't! Of course, I'm ready to be contributing to the income. It's nice to hang out at home but sometimes I get bored. On Sunday I taught my first Children's church class and it was pretty fun- the kids are getting to know us better (3rd week) so they are answering questions more.

Story of the week: Nate and I had to run an errand on Saturday night after dark, he had to return a friends keys and I had to go to the store. I was gone about 35 minutes. When I pulled up to the apartment I noticed his car wasn't here, "That's strange he was just supposed to drop off the keys" I thought. I proceeded to gatherer up all the groceries which by the way was just enough that I could make it in one trip-not without setting down the bags to close the trunk though-dang it. As i make my way up the stairs, a thought enters my head....I wonder if he parked somewhere else and is hiding in there, waiting to scare me. In I walk suspiciously and determined not to get scared when I walk into the bathroom or bedroom if he pops out at me. Well, i turn the corner heading into the kitchen and that lil monster is jumping off the kitchen floor.....Oh don't worry, I whacked him and then yelled sassily I KNEW you were in here. It really wasn't very nice to scare your wife, at night, in a new STATE where she spends a lot of time ALONE in the apartment you are crouching in!!!! Best part-he was filming it....I'd include the embarrassing video but it takes so long, you see Nate was filming the whole time I was struggling to gather those groceries so the video has a lot of dead time that I don't know how to edit out. I can say my husband is quite clever and despite his sneakiness, I love him :)

Beach Day

We were able to go to the beach for the forth of July weekend, NGC gave Nate the weekend off. So a friend who is military was able to get us onto the base which is located on the beach. I'm not a surf expert but this spot is wanted by the local surfers...if only they could get on base! It is VERY different from our beaches at home....getting in the water involves a wetsuit in July. I was so cold so I nestled into the rocks to block the wind and pretended I was in Florida :)

One thing that is pretty cool is the sea life even if it comes with danger, great whites AHHHH! There are also seals and dolphins. The seals pop their heads out and check out the surfers or surf along with them....there was a 'totally rad' dolphin there too who decided to ride the wave down and jump through the air before the wave broke-I wish I had that on film.

Here is a video of Nate messing around in a barrel :)

Our Apartment

Here are the pictures of our lil dwelling space :)

This is the bedroom with unique bedding for adults especially newlyweds!

The dining room and kitchen

The living room/computer room with Twiggy sitting on the couch

Today's temperature-YIKES!

California Curbs 7-1-08

Soooooo this is bad. We bought a car for me, a 2001 camry...I drove it twice and then today we went to do the insurance and registration.Get everything done except I we had to show the insurnace place the car so they could see the condition.Nate gets in his car so he can run an errand afterwards and I take the new car.....The insurance place is at the end of the street, make a left and I'm there....When I pull in Nate and the insurance guy are standing in the parking lot, here it comes, I HIT the curb, knock a hubcap off and then run over it , in front of my HUSBAND and the INSURANCE guy......."I'm a safe driver, insure me!" Holy embarrassing! I've never hit anything in my life....My excuse? The curbs in Cali tapper off at the edges wheres in FL they are blunt ends so how the heck was I supposed to know there was a fancy Cali curb sitting there!