Life in California

Today is graduation day and we have a mix of emotions. We are excited to go back home, but at the same time we have really enjoyed our time out here. I thought it would be fun to share some of the pictures that make me laugh, but haven't made it onto the blog.
My good friend Vonnie sent us a care package when we first got out here and who would have known what a lifesaver that was going to be. We had some rainy days and about a week where Grace was really sick and we spent hours playing with the play-doh that she sent us. You can see here that all this hotel living is starting to go to her head.

There is a really great farmers market in San Luis Obispo on Thursday nights so last week we thought we better head up and see what all the fuss is about. We had a great time and the kids even got some balloon animals. Grace's is a cat and Will's is a dog. They were really thrilled!!!

One Saturday we headed out to the beach at low tide to see what we could find in the tide pools. We found all kinds of ocean creatures including starfish, crabs, mussels and some type of tiny fish. Here the kids have trapped a tiny little sand crab with their bucket.

Like I said we did have a few week period where we spent a lot of time in the room because of illness and rain. Here they decided to take up pajama table dancing. I think they might should take it on the road. Or if nothing else it was great entertainment.

So I don't think this was quite what the doctor meant when he said Grace needed to us a humidifier, but the picture sure does make me laugh.

Our time here has been wonderful. The outpouring of love and support from the people of our church out here has been such an amazing blessing. They really accepted us as part of their family and we will miss them so much. As you have been able to see we also were able to have a lot of fun and do a lot of really great things. Thank you for all of your prayers as we are going through this time of transition. We are headed to San Diego for a few days of vacation and then we will hit the road heading back home next week. Please pray for good weather as we head back over the mountains.