we made it to california!  we’ve been here for about a week so far and things have been a little bit crazy and eventful.  i am so happy to be back here, though!  it still hasn’t sunk in that we aren’t just on vacation here.  we still kinda feel like we will be flying back to the HNL in a few days.

we moved into our little cottage in redondo beach on saturday and we love it so much!  our neighborhood is adorable, we live about 2 blocks from the ocean, AND we have HARDWOOD FLOORS!  ah!  dream come true for this girl right here.  it has a whole lotta charm and i am currently in a major nesting phase.  i can’t wait to get the whole place furnished and feeling like home.  as much as i want this to be instant, i realize it does not happen overnight and is actually quite a long process.  we have spent the past few days trekking all over LA chasing craigslist finds and hunting for good thrift shops.  reis is slowly getting his bearings driving in the big city!

we miss hawaii and our friends + family over there, but we are really excited for our new adventure here in the golden state!  there’s something about starting fresh that is really refreshing and exciting.  we can’t wait to explore and adventure more in our new town!  more to come!

*we had heart-shaped sparklers at our house that we hadn’t packed so we lit them on our last night in hawaii!