brent turns 30!!

we had a fun filled weekend in santa barbara to celebrate brent's 30th birthday...

on friday afternoon we headed up the coast and reached our little rental house in montecito around 4:30. after having to hop the fence to get in, we were happy about what we found...

brent and i went to peabody's in montecito for dinner... yummy as usual! then we headed out to goleta to pick up cheryl adn casey from the airport. brent really wanted dessert pizza from woodstocks so we made a small stop there before heading back to the house. we were SO excited to see our friends from dallas and to be in sb for the weekend.

on saturday morning our friends beth and eric arrived (they drove up from orange county to spend the day with us). we went to breakfast at xanadu (yum... again) and then for a quick tour of westmont. it was fun to be there with cheryl. i felt so old being there with the college students in session and being with cheryl. it was surreal. but the campus was beautiful as usual. and it smelled wonderful. we caught this little turtle sunning himself on the rock in the middle of the pond.

after westmont we went back to the house to change and did some playing in the backyard. one of the birdies from our badmiton game was sent sailing over the fence. brent attempted to get it by sitting on casey's shoulders. but in the end it was actually in the neighbor's yard on the ground. brent went around and got it eventually.

we went to beach in carpinteria for the afternoon. cheryl and i had a small walk down memory lane as we pulled up to and parked in front of our old apartment building. as i remembered, the sand at that beach is one of a kind. i still can't believe how soft it is. casey, brent and eric went swimming while beth, cheryl and i hung out and talked. it was such a beautiful day there.

sadly we ALL got tar on our feet. brent got it on his leg!! he was making a sand castle and somehow it ended up on his knee. casey made an emergency trip to the store for baby oil and we were all free of the nasty tar.

we headed to stacky's in summerland for lunch. we ate hamburgers and fries in the old boat. casey told stories about the time he chased a car there and we were joined by marci!!

after lunch we drove up near the top of gibraltar road and climbed out onto the rock. the pictures never do it justice, it is truly amazing up there.

after a VERY windy and motion sick drive back down the mountain we got ready and went to the Palace for dinner! it was fun and yummy as always. we enjoyed sharing our favorite place with beth and eric and celebrating Z's 30 years.

brent and i shared our favorite chocolate souflee. awesome as usual!

on sundaybeth adn eric left early in the morning and we headed out to isla vista for church. it was so fun to be at our friend's Jason and Holly's church. brent had been once before, but cheryl and casey and i had never. jason gave a really good word and we were all blessed by being there.

after church we went to jason and holly's new house and had lunch. the boys played disc golf at the course right across the street. brent loved that after his practice with it in idaho!

since sunday was brent's actual birthday we went out to dinner again, this time with just cheryl and casey. we went to piatti in montecito, just a few mins from our little house. we had great conversation and yummy food.