So our visit to the West coast was a much needed restoration for us…well, okay maybe just for Kerry and the kids. Daniel was running around performing best man duties and I don’t think he rested as much as the rest of us! The wedding was beautiful, the bride was beautiful, the groom was….well I’m not gonna lie….bald. We had both kiddos with us at the 4:15 PM wedding (bedtime in the Eastern time zone) so I was a bit busy and neglected to take a single picture of the bride and groom. I did manage to capture this one of Daddy dancing with his little girl (Daniel looks a bit glazed over, but he wasn’t. I just couldn’t get a good pic of them moving around!):
Isaiah had lots of fun with our former pastor’s daughter, Sarah, at the wedding….I don’t think he stopped running except maybe long enough to down some cake (by the way, Mariel, that was delicious!)
We had a great week and got to visit with lots of old friends and meet their children! It was awesome and a little bit strange to see our kids playing with the children of our college friends (yes, I know there are a handful of you out here in Kentucky too….I just meant the folks we haven’t seen in awhile). I know there were some of you we weren’t able to see and we were torn, but we were actually only IN California for four days, so all the folks we saw mostly had something to do with the wedding.
We stayed a couple of nights with my (Kerry’s) college roommate Mary and her family. She and her husband Kris have two beautiful girls and we loved getting to meet them! We took a trip to our alma mater and it was VERY weird to have our kiddos walking around campus with Mary’s daughter (her other daughter is 3 months old…she isn’t walking as far as I could tell).
We loved getting to see everyone and even got to visit our old church in Norco, CA.
And last, but not least, we got some much needed grandparent time in Nevada! (And I’m sure they got some much needed grandkid time too!)
Final note: If you live in an area of the country with sub-freezing temperatures in the winter…DON’T visit California mid-winter looking to enjoy a break from the cold. You will come home and FREEZE! I thought my blood had thickened after living here for four years, but I have not been able to get warm since we came home. I am blaming it on the 74 degree weather in Cali.
YES!!! I’m the first one to post!!!! woot. i think i’m your biggest fan. i read this thing all the time. i forgot that you were headed to Cali. I’m semi Jealous. I can’t wait to see you. your kids are beautiful. I’m really looking forward to going back to sub freezing temps too. I love you.