My Dad's amazing pics of Sage =)

It has been far too long since I last updated our blog. My parents were recently here to visit and in addition to having a great time, we also scored some wonderful photographs from my dad. I truly believe my dad is the best photographer in the world and I am SO LUCKY that he loves to take photos and give them as gifts =) What a talent he has! I wanted to show off some of his greatest photos but I simply can not pick out my favorites - I love them all!!! But for the sake of this blog, I did manage to narrow down a nice sampling. Thanks Dad for helping us capture all the moments with Sage and in life that we'll always treasure.

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Jesusita Fire in Santa Barbara

Once again Santa Barbara is on fire, it's exhausting and dramatic and so very sad to see homes going up in flames. Here are some pics I took this afternoon when the winds kicked up and the fire broke loose toward town. Please pray that the winds would die down soon and the temperatures would cool. (p.s. much happier pics are coming soon from when my mom and dad were here, check back in a few days)!

Jesusita Fire in Santa Barbara

Easter, He is Risen!

For Easter our church has a service outside at the lagoon at UCSB. Dan played a song during the service while Sage and I hung out on a blanket. Afterward we went to Ben and Lauretta Patterson's home for great meal with lots of friends.

Arizona!

So I finally have found some time to post pics from our trip to see Dan's mom and grandma out in Green Valley, AZ. We had a blast and are so grateful for our time out there. The week started off with Sage having a bad cold and fever and ended with Great Grandma having a fever as well =( But other than that we had a fantastic time! Thank you Great Grandma, we can't wait to see you again!!!

Random pics from our AZ trip

Hiking at Madera Canyon, Green Valley, AZ

It's definitely not a vacation without a hike up in Madera Canyon. The weather was so beautiful that we ended up going on two hikes. The first one was to an old abandoned mine - too cool, and the second was a more scenic route with a view of snow up on the tops of the mountains!

The Tucson Zoo

What fun we had at the zoo in Arizona, Sage loved watching the animals and listening to the whooping monkeys =) I think his favorite moment though was being able to feed a giraffe just like his mommy and daddy did in Kenya =)