A Few of our Favorite Things

There are a lot of things we miss about L.A:
*friends
*weather
*amazing prices and variety of produce
*our own space - even though it was tiny, it was ours
*being able to walk most places - I only used the car probably twice a week compared to twice a day here.

I have been rather bummed about our in-between stage of life and wondering how long we will be stuck in it, but there are lots of great things about living here.  Here are a few of our favorite things:

*traffic - doesn't exist.
*being outdoors- the mountains and trees are beautiful, even if they are turning brown due to drought.  It's nice to have it be quiet and breathe fresh air all the time.
*parking spaces - they feel monstrous
*every store has nice, clean bathrooms with diaper changing stations and lots of them even have small sinks for little kids.....everything is so child friendly.
*shopping carts - they feel gigantic after the ity bity ones in the city and most stores have fun carts for kids with steering wheels or something of that nature.
*so many parks - although I feel like we have to drive to get to most of them, there are tons.  I guess there's a large supply because of the large demand!
*so many kids.  SO MANY KIDS and PREGNANT women.  I still haven't gotten used to how many kids there are around.  I used to get stared at for having 2 and a baby on the way.  People thought we were crazy.  Now, we are in the minority....we don't have nearly the average number of children.  :D