Wedding Weekend!

Kit officiated a wedding in Santa Barbara this past weekend for a sweet couple from our church. Kit had the privilege to do her dad’s funeral at the beginning of the year and they have such a sweet connection! I got to attend as Kit’s plus one and we had such a fun time!

Getting into town and grabbing lunch at a favorite spot:

They put us up in this really cool boutique hotel called Drift on State Street!

The rehearsal dinner:

Time in Santa Barbara as we stayed on State Street! We grabbed a tasty lunch, hit the farmers market then walked up the pier…

The wedding:(They had requested everyone be present and not use phones, so I didn’t really get many photos of their intimate event, but it was beautiful!)

Pre wedding elevator selfie:

Post wedding elevator selfies:

The morning after we took

it slow as made our way home:

What a special time celebrating this sweet couple and the love they have for each other!

A last hurrah!

Right before school started, my guys decided to take a quick trip to North Fork, outside of Shaver Lake! They met up with family and close family friends for backpacking and fishing and got back the night before school started. Here are a few snapshots.

It was such a fun last hurrah!

A new year begins!

 Yesterday was the kids first day of school!

Ryder had 0 period and had to leave early…

I can’t believe we have TWO high schoolers! They are so ready!

Back to school night!

 Ryder and Kit are away on their adventure, but Eden got to attend her back to school night, preparing her for her first day of high school…

I just can’t believe we are here already!

Last minute adventure!

 Kit and Ryder decided to do a last minute backpacking trip to North Fork by Shaver. They are meeting up with our Grandi and Monkey Papa. They also took Ryder’s best friend for the first time!

I can’t wait to hear about their adventure!

Back to school dinner 2026

 Over the weekend we had our tradition of our annual back to school dinner. I decorated with hand made yarn and paper garlands. 

We chose the verse Lamentations 3:22-23:

“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” (NIV)

 These were the overarching themes we prayed over our kids:

1.God’s mercy is never used up.

2. Everyday is a new beginning.

3. God’s faithfulness is constant. 

They shared excitements as well as any prayer requests for the year, then they each prayed for each other. We prayed for their friendships, our teachers and faculty, and that the Lord would go before them in the school year ahead. 

We are so excited for what this year holds! We’ve done this since Ryder started preschool and it’s a highlight each and every school year!