so, as unfortunate as this was, it allows me some blogging time this morning to write about my fun easter weekend last weekend!
last saturday, we took a group up to santa barbara and its surrounding wine country--a trip long overdo for me, since i'd missed the last couple tasting trips that my friends took. the weather was perfect and the countryside was so beautiful. yet again, california's natural beauty astonishes me! we started the trip off with a stop at stearns wharf in santa barbara, where we had a picnic of bay cities italian deli (a famous deli in santa monica scoped out by planner justin!) which was YUM!
roomies
justin and seth
chowing down on some "godmother" sandwiches
after lunch we made our way farther north to our first stop, sunstone winery, a quaint gardenesque vineyard overlooking lush green hills. we tasted a few wines and soaked in the scenery.
justin stealing me from parker
then we went to gainey vineyard, where we enjoyed the scenery and exploring the winery. here's a pic of the whole group of us!
we had another big day, because sunday was obviously easter, and we had decided to encore last year's successful day at manhattan beach. we had a wonderful easter church service at ecclesia and then went to the beach! here are some pics of our bEaster-day antics! the second annual bEaster was just as lovely as the first!
parker riding the cooler down to the beach
a greek god, i tell you!
matty
zak and his polaroids
cute ali
josh
jon
pete and puffer giving a glimpse of the gun show
fun group. fun day. here's to next easter!
Your blog is awesome, Lauren! I love all of your pictures and I watched the video of your Dad from a previous posting (I think he was commenting on the weather being breezy at Venice Beach). Good luck with everything and I'll keep checking in from time to time! - - Meredith Plant