We had the most amazing time in California! It's hard to put into words how wonderful the whole trip was!! It had so many firsts for the kids: airplane ride, seeing mountains, hot tub, seeing a lake, fireworks over a lake, seeing the ocean!, swimming in the ocean, and hiking just to name a few! I wanted to post a few pictures to get a glimpse of our trip:
Lake Tahoe. We spent the afternoon at this gorgeous beach our first day there!As you can tell, Jarod and I are just taking it all in and enjoying the scenery! Nat played in the sand with those buckets for 2 hours and was happy as could be!
The cousins playing miniature golf in Squaw Valley, an absolutely gorgeous place and also the sight of the 1960 Winter Olympics.
We also took some pictures while walking around Stanford University, the Alma mater of Patrick, my brother-in-law. Jarod thought it would be fun to propose to Kaitlyn and get her reaction :-).
My amazing sister and her family! Love them and so proud of them!
Kaitlyn and Brooke were best buds! After spending the first half of the week at Lake Tahoe, we went to Mountain View to my sisters house. They danced over and over again to music from 'Rio.' I love this picture! I love how girly they both are!
Our family picture my sister took. I love these people more than I can express! I am overwhelmed by God's blessing with these 5 people!
Later I will post pictures from Santa Cruz where we went to the beach. It was beautiful! It was hard to leave the beautiful scenery. I understand why it would be hard for my sister to ever move back to the Midwest after being out there for a week. We came back so thankful for such a trip, and we plan to go back in a few years! What we loved most was spending time with my sister and her family. We love them so much and miss them a lot, but I am excited about what is going on in their lives. I will continue to pray for God to become more and more meaningful in their lives. Thank you Kerri and Patrick for such and unbelievably great week! We love you!!
