First few days

Amazing 
Caleb was not so thrilled with the forest. 
Walking the trail...one of the few moments Caleb was walking...can you see the baby belly!
Kaden on the forest trail. He LOVED running through the forest and exploring, a true adventurer at heart.
Inside a Redwood! 
On the Boardwalk...yes, the boardwalk from the song.
Chatting on the beach

Finally getting around to posting some pictures from the first few days Jennie has been in California...actually these pictures are all from one day but you get the idea. We took a trip up to Big Basin up in the Redwood forest. It is indescribable how amazing and awe inspiring these trees can be. Redwoods are the tallest trees in the world and it's just astounding to see their height and width and to realize how long ago God made these trees and all they have lived through. There is a cross section of one of the trees up by the lodge that shows all the rings and that tree has been there since like 200 A.D.!!! Incredible. Needless to say we were all impressed...well not all of us. Caleb was actually terrified the entire time we were there. When we first stepped on the trail, Kaden innocently said something about spiders in the tree and not wanting to get to close. Next thing we knew, Caleb was screaming in terror...and didn't stop for about 30 min. Best we could figure between sobs was that he thought the ground (which was damp and covered with pine needles and leaves) looked like worms and spiders and he was afraid to walk on it. Needless to say, the serenity of the forest was broken but it was still enjoyable and once he calmed down we coaxed a few smiles from him and he eventually even touched a tree! :)

  After the redwoods we headed to the beach and showed Jennie the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. It was shut down for the winter but still fun to walk through. Since then we've done shopping days, the aquarium, Big Sur, Carmel, and San Francisco! Fun times. We've got some great pictures thanks to Matt's new camera so I'll get those uploaded sometime this week. He's getting really good at photography! We're just going to enjoy every minute we have until Jennie has to head home!

  Hope you all are have a great start to your week. Jesus loves you.