What we've been up to...

Today we met up with Nate in LA to celebrate his 30th birthday, which was May 1st. I can't believe all that Nate has done and seen in his 30 years of life- he has been around the world and experienced so many amazing things...so glad to be his sister. We all went to church together and then headed to Santa Monica for lunch at The Counter (a cool build-your-own-burger place and I have to mention that Jennifer Love Hewitt was eating right across from us...crazy!!!) and then made a pit stop at the beach to put our feet in the sand. It was a nice day...

Nate's life-long friend John West was with us for the day- he had flown in from Vegas to spend the weekend with Nate. Here's the 4 of us at the beach.

This is a picture of the flowers Jared and I planted a couple weekends ago. I've never been a green thumb, but I decided I want to get into gardening more and this was my first attempt. :) In the middle we have herbs (spearmint and cilantro) and since this picture I've also planted two tomato plants because we go through tomatoes like crazy down here with all the pico de gallo we make. This is all the space we have for now...but someday we would love a house with lots of flowers in the yard and a large garden!

Last weekend Jared and I took a hike/walk into the Loma Linda hills to enjoy the incredible view of where we live. This is a picture of the Loma Linda hospital- which is known around the world. The view was incredible and we talked up here again about how thankful we are to be on this adventure down in Southern California and specifically how thankful we are to be at Loma Linda. This place is pretty amazing...

Jared showing you the city

Me showing you the city. By the way this was at about 8:30 in the morning and on this day it was already about 80 degreees. We had a major heat wave that weekend- 4 days at over 100 degrees...in April

One thing we haven't gotten tired of yet is the palm trees. They are just so pretty and there are so many different kinds. This happens to be the street right before you get to our house.

Jared met Nate for coffee a couple weeks ago in Pasadena. He took a couple pictures on the way and then once he was there because Pasadena is such a pretty place. Of course known for the Rose Bowl, but besides that it has great shopping, eating and the beuatiful back drop of the San Bernardino mountains.

Here they are...roses from the city they are so well known for.

This is City Hall in Pasadena- the architecture here is old fashion Spanish-style-you feel more like you are in Spain than Southern California here.

Here are the brothers at the italian cafe they went to for breakfast and coffee. Nothing like having a morning with your brother over a good cup o' joe!