ONE YEAR "IN THE USA" ANNIVERSARY

As of today we have been living in the USA for a whole year! We can't believe how fast the time has gone. Here is a quick run down of our past year, complete with twelve pictures....

MAY

 First time to San Francisco: Got our house and cars: Tour of California: Macintosh arrived!

JUNE

 Andrew's birthday: Our stuff arrived from England: First baseball match: Saw Fyfe Dangerfield: Went to Hollywood: Took Macintosh to his first dog beach 

JULY

Andrew went to Florida (again): Celebrated our first 4th July: Enjoyed the heat!

AUGUST

Keble's visit: San Francisco again: Lots of touristy things: Andrew came home from Florida

SEPTEMBER

Elisha was born: Saw AFI, 30 Seconds to Mars and Linking Park: Went to Sacramento 

OCTOBER

Went home to surprise family: Hannah's birthday: Said goodbye to our neighbour: Did some local exploring 

NOVEMBER 

Went to San Diego: Saw Switchfoot: Our friends got a beagle: Stayed at Big Bear Lake: Andrew grew a moustache: Celebrated our first Thanksgiving 

DECEMBER 

Got our first American Christmas tree: Watched Christmas parades: Saw Handel's Messiah in LA: Visited Santa Barbara: Celebrated our first American Christmas: Visited the Getty Centre

JANUARY 

Rang in 2015: Went snow tubing: Explored the Pacific Crest Trail

FEBRUARY

Watched our first Super Bowl: Saw Ben Howard: Explored more of the PCT

MARCH 

Woodruff visit: Did some touristy things: Travelled the entire West Coast by train: Saw Seattle: Watched the LA air show: 

APRIL

Visited Filmore: Dog sat a few times: Celebrated our first American Easter: Hiked to the Devil's Chair: Made it to a whole year in the US of A!

We genuinely can't believe how insane this past year has been. Writing this post and looking back at all the photos showed us just how much of this amazing country we have seen, whilst Andrew has been working full time too. We have many exciting things planned for the next three months so we know year two will be just as exciting. 

I think though we are just amazed at how God has blessed us in sending us over here for this period of our lives, providing us with such brilliant friends (both American and British) and sustaining us when we are homesick or just feel like we are missing out on life in the UK. We are excited to see what He has in store for us in the next year, so bring it on!

A&H