Wedding, Family & Friends in CA

We recently had a packed trip out to California. Chris’s childhood buddy, AJ, got married in Santa Barbara. He and Tine had a really small wedding but they chose to include us so we went out. We took advantage of the time out there and stayed with my old friend Eddie and his new wife Margaret in Loma Linda. They just got a new puppy, Winston who was so much fun to play with!


We enjoyed the drive up to Santa Barbara though the weather was kind of crummy. It got really cold all of a sudden, we spent an hour wandering along the main street looking for tights for me so I didn’t freeze in my dress. The wedding was on the beach and just as the bride arrived, looking gorgeous, the clouds cleared and the sun poured down on the happy couple – their pictures will be awesome. They met at a language school and chose the school as the location of their reception. Tine is from Denmark and many of her traditions were incorporated into the party, for example they cut the toes off of AJ’s socks so he couldn’t run away and they chopped Tine’s veil to keep her from flying away. During their first dance they played a really sweet romantic song, then in the middle they switched to a hard core fiddling Irish jig and all the groomsmen jumped in, then after a minute or so they switched back to the slow song. It was fun.

We drove back to LA/Loma Linda that night. The next day we hung out with my friends Eddie and Margaret. We decided to take the dog, Winston, to Laguna Beach. We met up with Chris’s cousins Sondra and Ray and their new baby girl, Lucy. We at lunch outside and Lucy was so good! After a caramel apple and some icecream it was back to the house.

It was a busy but awesome weekend. It was great to see so many old friends. All picture are here.