A little jaunt to Santa Cruz

Earlier this year, Will and I took a little jaunt down Highway 1 to Santa Cruz. Due to my crazy overnight schedule and Will's work schedule, we don't have a lot of time to spend together, so it was nice to get away for a few days and have some time just the two of us!  Unfortunately, we didn't break out the camera very much, so enjoy the few pictures we took!

Gazing at the boardwalk from the pier

Me being smiley in the sun

The boardwalk...how cool to have a mini-amusement park on the beach!

This was taken especially for Auntie Clare - gotta love lighthouses!

Hittin' the beach on our way out of town

Scary Devil's Slide (notice the paltry fence to protect from rockslides)

A few more pictures...

Will's Aunt Nancy & her husband, Alfredo

Will's brother, Nathanael, & his fiancée, Claire

Claire & I right after she asked me to be an usherette in their wedding (I'm so excited -  I've never seen an usherette in a wedding before!)

Some of God's glorious views on our plane ride back to San Francisco

And one more...

Let's get this party started!

Hello my beautiful family and welcome to our blog!  It is my hope that this will help to keep us all connected and feeling like we are all an important part of each other's lives.  

Since this is so new, I figured I would start it out with a little bit about why Will and I were sadly unable to attend Beth and Darin's wedding in August.  Will's grandma had been diagnosed with cancer a few years ago and had been getting progressively worse and happened to be celebrating her 80th birthday the same weekend as the wedding.  My presence had been specially requested as she knew she didn't have much time left.  Seeing as how Will's folks are the only couple in the family that had children, it was a big deal for her to meet who her grandson was planning on spending the rest of his life with (yes, we are planning on getting married; no, we are not engaged yet).  I am ever so grateful that we were able to make it down to Arkansas and that I had the privilege of meeting her, because she passed away about eight weeks after our visit.  Here are a few pictures from the trip - I hope you enjoy getting to know Will's family!

Will and his Aunt Yvonne 

Will and his Uncle Steve

Gram and I

Will and Gram

Will and Paw