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Easter 2012 - Part 3

The weekend after Easter, we made a trip up to Orange County/Los Angeles to visit some of our friends.  We began our trip by renting our car and heading out directly for Pasadena.  But along the way, we first stopped for lunch at Chick Fil-A to meet up with my brothers on their lunch break.  It was good to get one more chance to see them.  (Sorry, Nate, we didn't manage to get a picture of you before you left).




After our quick lunch, we battled the torrent of rain with thunder and lightening all the way up to Pasadena where my friend from high school, Kara, lives.  We had a nice evening catching up with her family and all four of our boys had a lot of fun together doing boyish things!  The next day, we went with them to Travel Town to see all the trains there.  Thankfully, the weather was back to its California norm making for a great day.









I love this picture of us!
On Saturday afternoon, we headed down to the Biola area to hang out with some of our friends from college.  Our friends, Dustin and Katie hosted us and invited some of our other friends over for dinner as well.  We were so busy chatting and enjoying one another that I didn't get many pictures, although the boys did have a lot of fun with their three-year old, E.  They especially liked the train set.




On Sunday, we were blessed to be able to worship in the same church we went to for the three years after we graduated from Biola.  We still miss it a lot.  We then had lunch with Dustin and Katie again.  However, by this time in our trip, our kids were starting to get overly exhausted.  Meltdowns were beginning to be a problem so early afternoon we left to go back down to San Diego.  We made a quick stop to see cousin A and S again before driving the rest of the way home.  It was a good trip, and we really enjoyed seeing everyone.

Monday was our real day of rest.  We slept and took it easy at Grandma and Papa's house for most of the day.

On Tuesday, we went down to see Phil's aunt, uncle and cousins in San Diego.  Sadly, we hadn't seen them in a while, so it was definitely time to catch up.  Buddy and Button had a blast with their older cousins.  They played blocks, did dominoes, and played games with them for a few hours.



See a resemblance?



And with that, we returned our car.  It was a whirlwind of visits and travels over the looong weekend, but totally worth it.  =)

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