Peja LOVED Jen. I have never seen him laugh so much!

Peja and Joe

We decided when we moved back to California that we would be better about exploring this awesome state since both of us had seen very little of it. Last month we went up into the Sierras to Twain Harte and this month we drove up the coast 3 1/2 hours to San Francisco. It was so fun, relaxing and beautiful. We love exploring together and we got to do just that. Our wonderful hosts were Steve and Jen - friends from school at BYU. I must say Ilija and I were both a little jealous - we would love to live in the city. Who knows if we ever get to, but we had two days of pretending! Thanks Steve and Jen!

I did a crappy job packing so I looked like a bit of an imbecile, but the beautiful Golden Gate Bridge is in the background. What a fun walk about the city we had!

Unfortunately I have no good pictures of our sweet host family...

I got to try out the Wii which was way fun. Maybe I'll add it to my Christmas list. Jen and I boxed and even though I lost I was sore the next day from all the arm flailing I did.

We had a great brunch at Squat & Gobble (who thought of that horrible name?). The atmosphere was beautiful and the food delicious. We highly recommend it to anyone going to San Fran.

Peja was making the funniest faces in the car the other day - this is the closest to getting it on camera that I got.

So I got my fabulous jogging stroller a couple of months ago and promptly decided that I wanted to train for a half marathon (a full one sounds like rediculous torture). I have been finding lots of nice places to go for jogs including this great beach (Cayucas). It has been simply amazing down there these days. I wanted a picture of the beauty and unfortunately this fence in front of where you park your car was in the way so the picture is tainted, but you get the picture. I recently decided that training for long distance running goes against my most important work out goal (to get back into v-ball shape) so I ixnayed that idea and now I am just going to run a cool 5K somewhere. Anyone know of any good ones that aren't on a Sunday?

Peja loves his great-grandpa Baca

I am overwhelmingly grateful to be around so much wonderful family. We have been so blessed.
Ilija came home from his parents house (where he was lounging next to the pool in the perfect 90 degree weather) last Saturday and said, "I don't know why I complain about anything. We have so many blessings - what do I have to complain about."
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I agree. Our life is wonderful.