santa barbara

Happy summer! We're finally both settled here in california, and have adjusted to the work life again. For the 4th of july, we took the 4 hr trek down to Santa Barbara to visit our good friends Jesse and Kerry. We haven't seen these cool cats since they got married two yrs ago, and they showed us a good time!

Watched fireworks at the park...

How cool is it to live in a beach town all year round?

They had this parking fee system that I've never seen before. You shove cash into these little slots that coincide with your parking spot.

Here's Jesse demonstrating for us...

After a fun day at the beach (ask the Smalls about our v-ball game), Jesse and Kerry took us to have wine and cheese right on the pier. What a view!

It was hard to capture on camera, but we enjoyed some awesome scenery on our drive home...