Dad and Mom's Visit-- 6/29 to 7/6

Dad called us few weeks ago on a Friday evening (which is very rare) and proceeded to ask me if Cam had shared a secret. Mom and I had been kept away from this little secret since the middle of April, and I was overjoyed to find out that Dad had bought plane tickets to visit us for a week. Mom was less thrilled because she was scared of flying but slowly started getting excited about the trip. Cameron and I got very busy with preparing our guest room for them. Providentially we found a hide-a-bed couch very soon and moved it in with the help of KC (Did you hear that KC and Angie are expecting? Yeah!!!). We found storage place for our twin mattresses and also got rid of an old mattress....we were both exhausted when it was time for us to go to the airport...but we were so glad to see them both safely at LAX. On Saturday, we went to Canyon Country Park to see my friend Mandy (Roberts) Jafari, her two girls and her husband. We enjoyed going to church on Sunday with Mom & Dad and enjoyed a Polish meal with David and Rebecca...she is pregnant too :) lots of expecting friends!

Going to Grace Community Church on Sunday morning...

That evening, Timber and Georgia (again, also expecting!) came over and we all enjoyed Indian food for dinner and played 'Apples to Apples'. Early on Monday morning my friend Sarah called with the exciting news that she had already had her baby! (She wasn't due until the 4th!) Cameron and I visited them at the hospital. The day was very hot so we stayed home most of the day and then went to Point Mugu Beach in the Oxnard area bringing sandwiches, chips, and sodas (not pop!). Dad found a route on the map and it was a winding road up and down the hills but we tried to enjoy the ride while Cameron focused on driving. We were so glad that Dad rented a car rather than taking our stick-shift.

Point Mugu Beach

On Tuesday we took off to 100 Giants (Sequoia National Monument) and we ended up taking another long winding route (thanks to Dad, again!). We stopped at a park close to Lake Isabella and enjoyed our picnic lunch by a pleasant stream.

A cool stream where we stopped to eat our lunch...

Those giant Sequoias!!!

We finally saw those huge old trees by mid-afternoon. We stopped at In-n-Out on the way back and took our dinner home. With that road trip, we were done with long trips. We watched 'The Incredibles' that night and then spent the next couple of days at home. Mom taught me sewing and I'm doing some basic sewing these days. We visited Georgia's home, Nanci's home and also the Paradises. My cousin Elisha came for dinner Thursday night too. It was a very good time and we hope they will come back again before we move out of California.

We have at least one picture together!