California for the weekend!

It has been three years since I've been in California! Not that I like Cali that much, but I have many friends there and its always good to see them! I flew into LAX Wednesday afternoon. After getting my rental car, I drove to Moreno Valley, or MoVal as we call it. Stopped in for the services at Lighthouse Baptist. That night I stayed with my wonderful, artistic friends, the Wilsons. They have a beautiful family and it's great to spend time with them... even though their kids didn't really remember me. Guess I should visit more often. :) 

Donna, Violette and me

with big boy, Ian

I stopped off at Lancaster for a day and half. Just happened to be Youth Conference time at West Coast Baptist College. Which actually was pretty cool, since more of the people I went to school with four years ago were actually there. Got to say hi to many people and even scared a few. Seems I did that frequently with I was there at school, so decided to keep my reputation. haha

known these girls almost all their lives! Man I feel old. :) 

From there, Jaime and I drove north and then west to the coast where she has family. It was raining when we pulled out of Lancaster/Palmdale, but as we drove on, it cleared up a lot and turned into a beautiful day! We saw some very pretty parts of Southern California (I know, surprising, huh). 

It was very windy on the coast and kinda cool. We were hoping for nice, hot, sunny days, so we could enjoy the beach. Well it was sunny, not so hot (in the 50s), but still nice. We walked a nice trail, spent time at the beach, ate at some good restaurants and overall just had a good time. It was nice to just relax and not be in a hurry for anything. Oh, and of course, we went to this amazing ice cream shop... :) oh yeah! we've both been talking about it for the last 4 years, since the last time we were there. 

waiting for the sunset on pier

at the beach

Also, met up with brother and sister-in-law on Sunday. We attended church together, had lunch with other WCBC friends and then drove south. We stopped at another church that night north of LA, saw more people... some we knew would be there and some we didn't. That was a nice surprise! 

Flew out early Monday morning. Flight was supposed to be just after midnight, but didn't end up leaving until almost 2am. So, got back into Dallas much later than planned... made it back to BBTI, changed clothes and headed out to Jungle Camp.