Hmmm..where do I begin?

Well, I'm not sure where to start............ On May 6, 2009, Reverand Paul Blatto, my husband's uncle, passed from this life due to lung cancer. He is greatly missed by his wife and sons, as well as other relatives. I have heard from many that he was a wonderful man and won many souls to God as a young man in the service. Please say a prayer for his family, they will need it. Rusty and I, along with his family flew out to California on sunday may 9th for a week to be there with the family during this very sad time. Bro. Blatto's funeral was packed out and very sad.

Even though it was a sad occassion, Rusty and I were able to celebrate our 2nd year anniversary in Newport beach before we flew out of LA. Here are some pictures from our trip.....

My grandma let us stay at her house during the trip...she made us a very yummy breakfast every morning and let me use her nice car (and I accidentally put her keys in my purse and brought them home with me! Haha),thanks grandma, we appreciated it!

I visited my best friend Dana from forever ago. Unfortunately, I didn't get a pic of us together. I finally got to meet her twins, little Preston and Lexi. They are adorable!! Love ya Dana. And I missed you Lyn! Too bad we couldn't have had a reunion!

Driving down the Pacific Coast Highway to our hotel in Newport beach.....the veiw was gorgeous, I miss the beach!

Woo....finally arriving to our destination, the Hyatt. It couldn't have been better!

Here is the veiw from the balcony of our hotel

A pretty veiw from the pier at the beach

We spent the afternoon at Balboa Island and you have to take a ferry to get there. Here is a picture....

Balboa Island was really neat! It had a cottage atmosphere in a way and also had some REALLY neat shops. The houses on the island were SOO cute and quaint...

Another neat picture from the island toward the beach

The gorgeous sunset from the pier.....that is one of Rusty's favorite things about the beach

We ended up eating at Joe's Crabshack and the seafood was awesome. The atmosphere was pretty cool too, the waitresses would come out and dance to an old song every so many minutes with a disco ball...it was neat!

And of course, As soon as we flew into LA and when we flew out, we HAD to stop and get and In-N-Out burger. Oh we MISS it soooo much...I do believe that In-n-Out is the other love of my life!
Well, That's the short version of our trip to California. We had a great time, but we're both so glad to be home in Independence. Again, I ask that everyone please keep the Blatto family and their church in Lamont, Ca. in your prayers.