Pacific Coast Highway

After two days in San Francisco, we drove down the Pacific Coast Highway to LA. With all the stops to jump out and enjoy the amazing views, bathroom and lunch/dinner breaks, it took us nearly eleven hours to get there, but the kids were really great! As you can see, the views were unbelievable and so worth the trip!

Biola Graduation

Chelsea did it! She's the first of our children to graduate from college and we couldn't be more proud! It was a beautiful day for graduation and the ceremony was awesome...James Ingram sang and Joni Earekson Tada was the keynote speaker. After the ceremony, we met lots of Chelsea's friends, had a quick lunch at In 'N Out then helped her move. That night we celebrated with dinner at Buca di Beppo! Chelsea will be working on campus for the summer and hopefully will find a job for the fall...she's hoping to work for an adoption agency.

San Francisco

We spent a week in CA for Chelsea's graduation from Biola. After a long delay, we finallly arrived in San Francisco and had a great visit there! The first day started out rainy, but cleared up to a beautiful day!

We spent several hours hiking through Muir Woods enjoying the magnificent redwood trees!

We all loved Pocky! A yummy cookie dipped in chocolate!
Lombard Street

Alcatraz

Full House!

Variety Show

Isabella performed in her school's variety show with her friend, Madison. They did a ribbon dance to the song Fairytale.

Tooth Fairy Central!

Teeth have been dropping like flies at our house lately! Jonah seems to lose a tooth (mostly molars!) every week and Isabella finally lost her two front teeth...without help from Mom!

Vow Renewal Ceremony

Bruce and I have been married for 15 years on March 17th so we decided to renew our wedding vows at our favortie place on earth...the beach at Anna Maria Island at sunset! We surprised the kids with a limo ride from home to the beach! They thought that was the greatest thing ever and the boys had to push every.single.button they could find!
Unfortunately our older kids couldn't make it down because of work and school, but how cute are these three?


Bruce's parents drove over from Ft. Lauderdale

Our pastor and his wife (and good friends!), Jeff and Robin
We wrote our own vows and Bruce surprised me with a gorgeous and VERY sparkly anniversary ring! He almost never catches me completely off guard, but this time he did for sure!
Our friend, Joel sang a beautiful love song that he wrote for his wife and their wedding last year.
After the ceremony, we had a yummy dinner at another favorite place on the beach, the Sandbar restaurant. It was a perfect evening and exactly what we had imagined it would be!