Monday, April 26, 2010

My 30th birthday

I am so behind on blogging, but I'm determined to not miss a thing. My 30th birthday was a great day (month) of celebration! I spent a week in Spain with a friend--I will definitely post about this later! I also had some friends come in to town to celebrate with me during a weekend that I will never forget.

The weekend before my birthday Chris surprised me with a trip to Santa Barbara to the Bacara. We spent a few days at the Bacara after our wedding so this place has a lot of meaning to us.



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On Saturday we visited the La Purisima Mission. For those of you not familiar with California history, missions were built by Spanish Catholics between 1769-1823 to spread the Christian faith to Native Americans. There are 21 Franciscan missions in California and I hope to visit them all eventually. La Purisima was founded in 1787 and what remains today is a few restored buildings and some animals.

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This is Brea!

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This black and white turkey was so beautiful!

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That night we had dinner at San Ysidro Ranch which was delicious! The next morning we had breakfast in bed--my favorite!

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2 comments:

chesley said...

Sounds like a great birthday! Your pictures are beautiful!

Jenny Parish said...

Hope your birthday was extra wonderful! I always love seeing your gorgeous photos!