Anniversary

Cara and I had a beautiful anniversary last weekend. Our anniversary is Sept 25. We have been married 23 years. Every year I plan a weekend away with the one I love. She is definitely a gift from the Lord. She is the most precious gift He has given to me.

Last weekend, we went to Dana Point. I made reservations for our hotel 4 months in advance to the day. Our hotel was right across the street from Doheny State Beach. We could see the fire rings lit at night and the waves illuminated in the light of the fires. We spent 3 beautiful days together. When we checked out of the hotel we found out that people who were registering that day for the hotel were paying more for one night than what we paid for 2 nights. Jesus is so good!

On Saturday, we went to the San Juan Capritrano Mission. It was great to take the time to spend 2 hours at the mission just observing everything, taking pictures of everything, and not having to worry about the what the little ones were getting into.

I am already plannning a couple of ideas for our 25th anniversary. I want it to be espcially special for Cara. She works so hard and means so much to this family and to me. She deserves to be blessed.

King Tut

We went on our first school field trip of the year. We went and saw King Tut or should I say the in-laws of his father. As far as seeing Tut it was kind of a disappointment. The majority of the exhibit was dedicated to the Golden Age of the Pharoahs which was in the small print of the brochure. The sarcophagus wasn't there and neither was Tut.

We arrived around 10:30,which was a good thing because it was crowded enough at that time. When we left around 12:30, it was really crowded with lines. It would have been really tight within the museum.

After the museum trip, we went and had lunch at the Farmer's Market of L.A. We then walked around the Grove. It was a lot of fun. The family had a chance to ride the trolley up and down the Grove. It was a double decker so we rode up on top.

Then later in the evening, we had a pool party with Shiloh Academy. There were about 5 families who came to the pool party. It was a great time sitting down and having fellowship with the other families. The families who didn't come missed out on a really great time of fellowship. The strength of Christianity is in community. We need to be there for each other to hold each other up.