a trip long over due

WE finally have arrived....we have been wanting to make this trip for some time now out to San Jose. Kyle served his mission out here and we keep in touch with quite a lot of people from out there - so we were able to finally come out! I was so excited to see the area since I hadn't ever been to northern cali before and also to meet the wonderful people that Kyle talks so much about and ones I have spoken on the phone with before. This trip was so great for Ky and I to go on together and we enjoyed every single minute! Of course, Kyle had the trip planned down to every minute for every day. It was busy - but it was great because we got to do some awesome things, see so many people, and go to some amazing places!!

The first day we got to go around and go down the coast line. We left SJ after having a yummy breakfast with Jim & Olivia and headed down to Santa Cruz, on to Monterrey, then on down through the 17 mile drive to Pebble Beach and to Carmel Beach. The drive was beautiful and it was so fun to see all of these places!! We also got to stop over to Gilroy and have dinner with the Kumars. It was so fun to catch up with them and finally get to meet Jennifer. Her girls are the sweetest and they both love Kyle so much! It is so cute! :)

The second day, we took a scenic drive on up to San Francisco which could not have been more perfect! We took a drive up through some of the redwood trees, which was really cool. Then we got to stop at San Gregrio State Beach - AWESOME! Then headed on up through Halfmoon Bay and finally to the city - San Fran!

The city was really cool. We first went over to the Golden Gate Bridge, then went down "Lombard St." then over to Coit Tower - where we could see just about everything. It was incredible. The views were amazing - luckily we were there on a very clear day. It was really great! We went around all down town and then got to meet up with a very awesome family - The Schoellers. They are so great - Mark and Iko have 3 super cute girls that were a lot of fun and are seriously the cutest girls ever! We love them! Brenda also got to come - we all went to dinner together and it was so much fun because we went out for Sushi! So GOOD! We got to go back into San Jose and got to hang out with the cutest couple - Philip and Bridget Lloyd. We met up and went bowling and then decided to go out for pizza at like midnight! Ha Ha it was a lot of fun!

On Saturday we decided to spend some time in town and go and visit so many people after Kyle got to go and play a few games of basketball! There was a big group of guys that used to play while he was on the mission that still play - so he was definately excited to fit that into his schedule while we were in town. IT was really great - and so much fun to be able to finally get to meet all these wonderful people Kyle got to get to know from his mission. We got to go all over the area - some people we planned ahead to see and others we just dropped in on. I was impressed how well Kyle had remembered where people had lived. They were all so excited to see him - he was/is loved by so many wonderful people. It was really neat to see that. That evening a couple families - The Carmacks - The Pireira's - The Mourtisens all got together with us to have dinner. It was lots of fun! We really enjoyed ourselves with all of them.

Sunday we went to church with the Abrams and once again got to catch up with more people that Kyle knew. Everything has been so much fun - we are truly blessed to have so many wonderful people in our lives. Kyle had such a wonderful experience while out on his mission and has so many wonderful people that helped him and influence him so much - even today. We are grateful to have them in our lives and hope to be able to make this trip to visit often!

Kyle & I with Jim & Olivia Abrams

Jim took Kyle and I out for a real ride in this awesome car - "Shelby" There was only like 250 of these made in the world! Aweomse car!!


Kyle and I @ The Abrams

Phil & Brooke Carmack with Kyle and I

Kyle and I with Dale & Marta Mouritsen

Us with the Pireira Family

Sister Morgan and Westly with Kyle

Sam Fanua with KY and I

Sammy Jr. with Ky

Maureen, Glen, Terry and her baby with Kyle

Brenda and Danny boy with KYle

Phil and Bridget with KY and I

Us with the Schoeller Family - Mark, Iko, Anna, Kate, Sara

Down @ Ghiradelli (chocolate factory)

Up at Coit Tower

Lombard St. - The "crookedest" St.

going over the Golden Gate Bridge

@ Golden Gate Bridge

I loved this beach - San Gregrio State Beach

The Kumar Family - Umish, Jennifer, Jasmine & Isabelle with KY and I

us in Seaside

@ airport in SJ

@ the warf in Monterrey

Ky with the rental Jeep - it was so much fun to have and cruise around. This was at the start of the "17 mile drive"

headed to Carmel Beach

What an awesome trip we had out there - we made a lot of wonderufl memories and hopefully we can make this trip more often to go and visit the many people we love so much out there! Thanks to everyone who made our trip so much fun! xoxo