April 2014

So, April will be split up into several parts.  It was a very busy month.  Lots of things went on.  Here's just an overview of a few happenings.

First, Steve and I went on a date!  We're trying to be better about getting out together more often.  We need that time to spend together just the two of us.  This date was a geocaching date.  There's a nearby park called Coyote Lake-Harvey Bear Ranch Park.  Steve found a couple of geocaches in the area, so we headed over with a couple of Subway sandwiches.  Oh, April is beautiful in California!  The hills were so green and there were wildflowers everywhere.  We hiked all over, thinking we were close, but then just having to go a little further.  We hiked up this huge hill trying to find the cache.  Finally, we found it at the top under a gnarled tree.  Surprise, surprise, there on the other side, was a trail.  We didn't have to go cross-country, we could have walked easily along the road. Oh well!  Below are some of the pictures from that date.

One of the biggest changes to happen to us this month was our move.  We moved April 17 and 18 from our rental on Mira Bella in Morgan Hill to a house 7 miles south in San Martin on the corner of Middle and Center.  This was our 4th move in 18months.  Ugh!  We decided to hire movers to pack us up and move us to the new house.  It was so nice!  I don't think I'll ever go back to packing myself.  They packed all day April 17 and then moved us on the 18.  Apparently, we have so much stuff they had to do two trips!  They men were very nice and the only thing that got broken was Anna's pink piggy bank.  The mover felt so bad about it that he refused his tip that night.  We ordered her one that evening on Amazon and got it two days later.

View of the house from across the street.

We spent that night at Steve's parents' house.  They watched Anna and Matthew both days so that Steve and I could concentrate on getting the houses taken apart and put back together.  Thank you, Mom and Dad!  Later that evening, they brought the kids back so we could all spend our first night in the house together.

View from the back door of the house.  Yard is in front of the fence, hayfield behind.

The house is old- built in the 1950's, and smaller than the one on Mira Bella.  It's surrounded on 3 sides by a hayfield, so no next door neighbors.  We're far enough in the country that we had to get satellite internet, which we hate.  In fact, we've decided that this is just a little too country for us.  We miss having neighbors that we know and kids playing in the neighborhood.  So, when the lease is up in April, we will be moving on.