Back in Cali!

Ok, so Ben has given me a little bit of a hard time, since he's pretty much the only one who ever updates our blog. I finally have more time, since I finished teaching (yay!). My last day of teaching was May 21, my last teacher's day May 22, and we left May 23 for Long Beach. The roadtrip was really fun (though really uncomfortable, being 6 months pregnant!)- we saw lots of fun sites. We stayed in Flagstaff, AZ, which is a really cool little town. We got to spend Memorial Day with Ben's mom and dad, Lorelle and Denver, and Ian and Serena, and we moved into our new apartment the next day, which was the same day Ben started his internship with ConocoPhilips. So far, Ben seems to really enjoy the job- the culture of the company, the people, the tasks he's been asked to do. I've been busy trying to get used to having free time. I've decided on a few projects- I just bought a fixer-upper hybrid bike to fix up and ride around- I'm excited about that. And I'm working on writing some more songs on my guitar. And... I'm doing the whole cooking thing. Good thing I'm past the nauseous stage, right? We also went to these neat gardens in Torrance on Sunday and walked around. Here are a couple of pics of our trip out here and of Ben's first day on the job, as well as the cool koi ponds at the gardens.