saturday...

Saturday morning Kim had a work function for Lindamood-Bell. She had to be there at 6AM for a video conference that was suposed to go from 7-9:30AM. She was suposed to meet Brent afterward for an end of the school year celebration at church. Around 10:30 when the video conference was still going she called Brent to let him know she would be late. He was being fishy on the phone and when she asked him about it he just decided to tell her that he was coming to her office. She was confused but got no answers until he arrived. Around 11 the conference was still going when Brent arrived at Lindamood-Bell. When Kim went out to meet him he handed her a bag to check the clothes he had packed for the day. Inside was a card and a brand new camera!!! Kim has been wanting a new camera, a little one that can fit in her purse. She was elated. He then turned on the camera to play a small movie. It was of Brent saying that we were going to SANTA BARBARA for the day to celebrate her birthday! Kim was SO excited. She loves Santa Barbara. So we hopped in the car, said good-bye to Shan and Sean and got on the road...












Kim was not hungry since she had eaten at the video conference but Brent needed lunch so we stopped at Chiptole to get him a little somethin... then back on the road...

And then this happened... TRAFFIC... it was horrendous. We sat on the 405 and the 101 for over 3 hours. (As you can see Kim tried passing the time by playng with the new camera).

So... we stopeed off for a treat in Camarillo. We thought maybe it would clear up if we got off the freeway for an hour or so. We enjoyed drinking yummy treats, cheacking email and playing...

...Whack-a-Penguin... one of our favorite past times!







When Brent was a happy man again we got back on the road. We went about 20 minutes with smooth sailing and then...

Traffic AGAIN!!!

Finally we made it to Westmont around 5PM. We wanted a peaceful place to just "be" for awhile before going to dinner downtown. It was nice to walk around, there were no students anywhere and it was very quiet. We walked all through campus and stopped at the pond to pray for awhile. Brent is heading out for Africa this week so there was lots to lift up!
Beautiful Westmont...
We had fun with the new camera... taking photos all over campus!

We stopped at the pond for a while to pray and relax. It was a really nice afternoon and we forgot all about the horrific traffic. Then we headed downtown for dinner at...We had a lovely dinner at "Something Fishy" The hibachi was yummy, sushi was okay. After dinner we walked along State St. and then went to dessert at...