Colorado getaway

We recently stole away with my parents to a 

vacation house near Fairplay, CO. 

It was wonderful!

Around California

A sampling of our California travels this summer:

Griffith Observatory, 

Los Osos/Morro Bay, 

Manhattan Beach, 

Pasadena,

San Gabriel Mission

Find more photos from Cali here.

The Huntington & Beyond

The Huntington & Beyond, a set on Flickr.

In addition to our coastal adventure, we also spent an day in LA & Pasadena before Matt & Chris had to leave.

We met up with our friend Jen for a delicious Greek lunch where we dined just a few tables away from one Dan Aykroyd & his adorable parents. Then we made our way over to The Huntington Gardens.

Unfortunately we didn't have near enough time to get through all of the gardens covering the sprawling grounds, much less make it into any of the indoor art galleries. But I completely fell in love with the gardens, so Z & I will definitely be going back to spend more time there.

It was a bit chilly, so we stopped by Intelligentsia in Old Pasadena to warm up over coffee & tea. We noticed a cupcake shop nearby and could not resist picking some up. Then we followed the signs to the Rose Bowl (Z loves stadiums.) and had an awesome cake break while watching the sun set over the stadium. Even after the cupcakes, we were hungry, and thankfully we found the Oinkster...so good and so much fun!

Don't forget to click the link under the photos to see the whole set on Flickr!

Kerri!!

My BFF since 4th grade 

brought her sweet little guy to 

my folks' new place while we were in NC.

Typical.

Love them so much!

I only wish we could have had

boatloads more time to hang out :(

A brief Clemson respite.

In the midst of our crazy/busy week in NC, 

Z & I decided to take a mini vacation

from our vacation

& visit Clemson for a day.

Fun Fact:

Z proposed to me in the bank parking

lot that's just up those stairs behind us.

It was very romantic.

Ahh. Spring.

We mostly just met up with our

dear PC to have some lunch & catch up

while walking around campus.

Z reminisces about his engineering nerd days.

The stadium was open, 

so we were pilgrims to Howard's Rock.

Quick stop at the ice cream/coffee shop

to do some sermonating.

Then we felt very old as we attended

Lutheran Campus Ministry

where we used to spend every Wednesday 

evening during college.

We spent the night & awoke early to

eat at the fantastic bakery in Pendleton.

We picked up a delicious baguette, snapped

a few photos after breakfast & 

drove north, our mini vacation come to a close.