Jason posting

So here is the deal. Usually Erin posts, and she has great pictures and all that. Well, Tonight I am posting because Erin is busy being productive. She has us almost completely unpacked in our new home. I just though t that you all might like to know about this new home. It is something else. God saved a sweet and gnarly, even insane and sick house (those all mean very good in Santacruzian). It is a very short walk to the beach, it has a creek in the cool back yard, it is on an alley with a small cliff across the street (meaning no traffic over five miles an hour). It has a fire pit, horseshoe pits, a huge deck, a garage, big living room, and "sunroom". We are "stoked" (which is apparently an English derivation of the the Anglo-Saxon word for stirring up a fire, though the slang means, - excited, pumped, awesome, psyched, cool, rad, jazzed, sick, happy, thrilled, boisty, sweet, awesome, boisterous, amped, chill, gnarly, surf, socal, fun, wicked, stoned, revved, high, anxious, rad dad - at least according to urbandictionary.com)
So tonight, this is what we did. We had a great meal that was dropped off for us (thank you Bartletts) then I chopped down a couple of tree that had died and tipped over but had not fallen, but had instead propped perilously against one another waiting for a Farley Child to walk beneath them unsuspectingly so that they could fall on someone, and the children helped me haul the trees, as well as an apparently two or three year old Christmas tree that was severely in need of some water and/or a burial service, then we walked along the creek down to the ocean (about a five minute walk) where we played on the beach before walking home and tossing the chopped up Christmas tree in to the fire pit and setting it ablaze so that we could roast marshmallows and make s'mores. Erin popped a bottle of wine and we toasted to our new house and our new city.
So, as you can see, we are still wondering how in the world this all happened. God sort of just grabbed us by the ankle and dunked our heads into a swimming pool of goodness. We realize that we probably had more people praying for us that the Pope (which we expect to continue, nudge, nudge) and we just want you to know that we are thankful and that God answered all of your prayers. Now we just need everyone to come see it. Please leave a comment with the dates of your visit so that we can begin coordinating. Thanks so much and we will see you all soon.
Jason, on behalf of Troop Farley