Pismo Beach Seestor's Retreat!

The Seestor's Retreat was held July 8th-12th in Pismo Beach California.  Maureen was a very wonderful hostess!  Sunday when we arrived, she and Kevin had prepared a delicious barbeque. We stayed at their trailer by the dunes two nights.  We walked across the dunes to the beach, up the beach and home through town (we figured about a 6 mile walk in all). We bought fresh strawberries, raspberries and blueberries right from the field. We toured old Arroyo Grande and had dinner at a fun Italian restaurant. We had lunch on the beach. We stayed at the Pismo Beach Lighthouse Suites hotel for two nights.  We walked to Pismo pier, saw dolphins, pelicans, an otter and some surfers. Toured the town of Pismo Beach and had dinner at the Ventana Grill.  We did a lot of visiting, exchanged gifts, watched a movie, sat in the hot tub and just relaxed.  It is great having your sister's as your best friends.  Love you Seestor's!  Please enjoy some of our pictures!

Trailer by the dunes

Hiking the dunes

On the beach

Seestor's Retreat 2012

Our walk through town

Strawberry Fields Forever

On the beach

Our hotel is on the cliff above

At the pier

Surfers

Ventana Grill

Pismo Beach

Lighthouse Suites

Big News!

Hello family, I have some big news…Lindsey and I got married on July 9^th in Chicago! We took off the next day to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands for our honeymoon. I’ve attached some photos from the trip including one from our hotel room view and one from the sail boat we spent a day on. There is also one from one of the "safari" taxis we took to get around. Basically a pick up truck with benches in the back and a canopy over the top. Jump on jump off, 2 bucks a person, super dangerous, and a great way to get around and see the island. I was planning on renting a motorcycle for the week, but when I saw how people drove, the mountain roads, driving on the left side of the road, and the fact that everybody told me it was way too dangerous, I opted to take the safari taxis.  Lindsey has most of the pictures from the wedding and honeymoon, so I’ll have to get those.

The only sad part of the trip was when Lindsey got on a plane to Chicago and I got on one to New York. We’ve still got some things to work out with the courts before we can get her and Parker out here. In the meantime, I am a married man, living in a bachelor pad with my roommate.

Lindsey is a SICU nurse at Northwestern in Chicago and has some good opportunities for nursing positions out here. We’re looking forward to getting her and Parker to NYC. It took me 29 years to find her but it was well worth the wait. She is an amazing woman and I am totally in love with her. I didn't know if I was ever going to want to be a family man, and now I want nothing more than for us to all be together.

We still need to get plans finalized but we’re hoping to have an open house in Utah during the Christmas break. Due to my work schedule, we can’t really come out before then. We’ll send out announcement/invitations when we figure out the date.

Hope everyone is well and I look forward to seeing you in December!