San Fransisco Baby!!.... kind of.

We picked up and moved to Oakland, CA for my husband's job this summer. We will be back in Provo this fall for school. This has been such an experience so far! It's so different around here! Luckily I have my sister Kelley and her husband here so we get to hang out every day which is lots of fun! If you are wondering what it's like around here than I will compare myself to Julia Stiles in Save the Last Dance, minus the ballet, and black boyfriend. But thats seriously what its like here and how I feel! Kelley keeps trying to convince me that we don't live in the ghetto but Kelley, I have a LIST of examples:
1. Not only is the bullet proof glass around the counters at the bank, thats normal, but whats NOT normal is bullet proof glass at the post office and Best of all, Pizza Hut! There is a hole to slide your money through and a hole to slide out the pizza.

2. There is a security gaurd every where you go! Wal-Mart, the Gas Station, KFC, Trader Joes, In-N-Out.... EVERYWHERE.

3. I hear sirens and see police cars almost every 5 minutes down my street.

4. I can't understand what the cashier is saying to me, and she is speaking english.

5. A couple days ago, a man held his wife hostage in the building next to mine, with a big sniper gun. My street was roped off with cops, and no one was allowed in or out of my building because the guy was shooting at cops down below.

I feel really safe here... haha. No really though, I'm starting to see it as a great adventure. I just don't leave my apartment without my pepper spray! I think I've just been sheltered living in Utah. We actually live in a great location though because we are only a 15 minute drive over the bridge to San Fransisco! Kelley and I went on Saturday and had soo much fun! Here's Jonah trying on some sun glasses at the mall..
We ate the best food ever while there too!
Here is the view from my apartment patio.. and that's the building with the crazy man and the hostage.
Another view from my patio
Here are pics of our apartment.. It's very plain I know, but keep in mind we are only here for four months and it's awesome because the company hooks us up with the housing and furniture!