Easter Weekend

One of the perks of living in So Cal is that its just a short drive away to the beautiful, and FREEZING ocean. We got to be with family this Easter, which was wonderful. Shelby flew out from Utah and we drove down to Newport Beach to see Carme (mom) and Rick. This first pic is a shot of Jesse and Rick playing catch.



And this is the wifey, I mean Jesse. We tease eachother because I'm usually at work most of the time so he gets stuck with all the household chores. Actually mom made these delightful raspberry cream cheese filled muffins for breakfast before we went off to church!


This is a picture of the inside of the church we went to on Easter Sunday. It was called the Mariners Church and I have never seen anything like it. They had their own campus, complete with bookstore, cafe, auditorium, everything! The choir was amazing and the message was by Kenton Beshore, on the Resurrection of Christ. It was incredible. I'm so glad we got to experience our first Easter together with our new family. Oh, and they even had a helicopter come that dropped Easter eggs out of the sky for the kids to find.


So Rick had this board on a cylinder thingy and it is supposed to be similar to skateboarding. This is a picture of Shelby attempting to balance.


And of course I didn't want to be left out so this is me on the balance board thingy. What you don't see is Shelby holding his arm out next to me for me to grab on to each time I almost fall :)


And this is us on the beach at Newport. The water was even colder than Utah (haha). I lasted about 3 minutes in the water and I almost died of hypothermia. Rick was the only one who could stand the freezingness. Jesse, Shelby and I did go for a run along the shore though for some exercise. We ran from one pier to the next one. I think it was maybe a half a mile-ish. If you ask Shelby or Jesse it was 2 1/2 miles one way though. We're not real sure who's right. The cool thing though, was that a group of dolphins right by the shore followed us the whole way back. They were so amazing to watch. In case you can't tell by the background, I LOVE dolphins!!


The weather could not have been more perfect. It was clear blue skies and 80 degree weather. What a great weekend! Thank you mom and Rick! We love you :)