California Vacation

Approximately 3200 miles in 12 days...lots of wonderful time spent with family, a surprise visit to a dear Auntie, catching up with an awesome friend, playing in the California sunshine including one bay cruise, four different family Christmas celebrations, taking the kids to the beach for the first time, a trip to the aquarium, tracking down ancestors at the zoo, and a birthday party for the boys.....only one word can describe such a vacation...

WOW!

What a way to spend Christmas Eve... wasn't it snowing or something in Kansas?

Four Generations



Birch Aquarium at Scripps with Mimi




Monkeying around at the zoo with Grandpa


First time the kids had been to the beach, La Jolla (Andrew slept)



Happy Birthday... 2 and 5... can you believe it?!

Along the way to California we also got to spend some time with a longtime friend of Salyna's and her family as well as another family who are missionaries. It was great to catch up, watch our kids play together, and witness the burdens of another's ministry. The Lord is doing amazing work on such a personal level that we can actually see and so much more we're never aware of.

Our kids with Elisha and Keira Kontz. (Paul & Sarah's kids)

Davis and Andrew getting a lesson from the "Sheriff" Brian