It's Different Up Here

Well, as of yesterday I heard that there are between 800 to 1000 fires burning up here in Northern California. The fires that were threatening our immediate area have been contained, but the air quality is really bad. It's so smokey!! We've pretty much been confined to the indoors since we've been here. Needless to say, we're all getting a little stir crazy. We went to church today and everyone is nice in our new ward, but it's very different. Most of the people are older--just a few young couples--and almost everyone is white! Not that that's bad--just very different. Bo and I have never lived in an area where 99% of the people are white. We do have one token hispanic guy named Julio in our ward, but that's about it. We went out to eat at a little Mexican restaurant here in town on Friday, but guess what--no Mexicans working there--just white people and oldies playing on the radio. When we were walking out, we passed the kitchen where there were two Mexican guys cooking and listening to salsa music. That's where the real party was. :) I do have to say that it's nice to be sitting here looking out our window and see a squirrel sitting in one of our trees as opposed to looking out the window and seeing the parking lot. Anyway, enough of my ramblings. A big shout out to everyone at South Coast Ward back in Santa Ana. We miss you and love you all!