Santa Barbara!!!!

We got to go and a very spur of the moment trip with Kyle's dad and family to Santa Barbara!  It was such a blast!  We left Thursday night to go to Auburn and got a very early start on Friday to beat the traffic.  We made it in really good time, but we took the worst way through a mountain pass, I was super car sick the whole way.. no fun.  But Luke did so well on the drive, we turned his car seat around so he wouldn't be miserable.  

The town we stayed in was actually like 30 miles from Santa Barbara it is called Ojai, and it was soo pretty!  It reminded us a lot of Auburn.  It was so close to the coast, and it was just perfect!  We stayed in a little guest house with the whole fam bam in one room, but it was fun.  That first night we went to the beach for a couple of hours, and Kyle got to surf again.  It's been about 7 years since he last surfed but it was just like ridding a bike.  I have a sexy husband.

This is the amazing little stretch of beach just off the highway.  

Luke's first time in the sand

Kayla and Katera

Luke absolutely LOVED the water.  We had to watch him like a hawk!

But it got a little chilly..

My sexy husband surfing

After that we went to get some tacos in Ventura at a food truck.  They were sooo delicious!

Mmm first time for me

Luke and Kovlin chowin down on some watermelon!  

The next day me, Kyle, Katera, Kayla, and Luke went into Santa Barbara.  We didn't get to stay long but just enough to fall in love with it!  We wen to a farmers Market and then walked along a pier and went to a couple of surf shops.  One called J7 and the owner is a good friend of Kevin's, Kyle's dad.  It was a beautiful city and I kinda fell in love with it!  Plus Psych is set there so we loved it even more!

On our way to Santa Barbara we came across this lake, which made us love Ojai even more.  

The farmers market.. and the brat Katera :)

All of us

Just off the pier 

Luke wore these sun glasses all day, people could not get enough of him.  Everyone we passed made a comment about this cute little guy!

Me and my boy

Luke and his daddy

Love my boys!

After this we headed back into Ventura to go to the beach again.  We stayed there until like 9:00.. it was crazy!  But so much fun.  

Can't get enough of these two!!

The next day was Sunday and we got up went to church, which was lots of fun.  They don't get to many young people in their ward, as it is a pretty pricey area to live, so everybody came up to us and asked if we were moving in.  It really is one of the only places in California that I would want to live.  But then we went back to the beach, and we got to meet up with Rick and Sara who were on their way back home from visiting Erin and Rob.  

Papa

Eating a handful of dirt.. Mmmmm

Grandma

Checking out the situation with grandpa 

Kinda love this picture of Luke!

Man I am one lucky woman!

We do love the ocean!

The next day we had to leave, we took a different route home, it took longer, but I wasn't sick the whole last hour and a half.  We got to stop and Wahoo's fish tacos.. mmm and a really amazing road side fruit and veggie stand with the best oranges ever!!

It was quite a trip!!  We already are dreaming about going back!

Elder Sorensen leaves

Well I'm playing catch up here so it's been about two weeks, but here we are anyways!  Cameron has been in the MTC for two weeks now, and he is doing so amazing!  I love getting his letters!  He sounds like he is doing so well!  And we are beyond proud of him!  His farewell talk and party were really good.  I don't have many pictures from it because they are all on my mom's camera, but here are just a few:

Spending time with uncle Cam

Elder Sorensen being set apart!

Family picture

The boys 

Easter/ Colorado

We had a really wonderful Easter and Trip to Colorado to visit the Lewis family!  Luke's first Easter egg hunt was the  Friday before Easter at grandma and grandpas house out in Fallon.  We had it before we headed off to Utah with Rach and her kiddos!  It was lots and lots of fun, and we had a yummy brunch to go along with it!

Grandma letting the kids know what the true meaning of Easter is before they go off on their hunt.

Cora and Luke after he found all his eggs.

The 13 Sorensen grandchildren! 

Kyle has more pics of Luke on his phone!

Then after this we were off to Utah to stay with Tonya and to see Bill, and Karly!

I sadly did not take any pictures when we were in Utah, but we had a lot of fun while we were there.  We got to Tonya's at about 10:00 and Bill came to over and we had a big sleep over in the living room!

The next day Karly came over and we all went to Deseret Book, and then to Cafe Zupas to eat before we headed out to Colorado.  

Luke and the rest of the kids did really well on our first 8 hour stretch, but the second was not so successful... but we got through it!  Kyle flew in earlier on Saturday, and Luke was very happy to see his daddy! Kyle had to leave on Tuesday to get back to work... We missed him until Saturday.  But we had soooo much fun being with the Lewis familia!!  

Easter Sunday we had another Easter egg hunt, and then went to church.  After that we went over to Steve's parents house to have Easter dinner, and just hung out.  

Luke's cute Easter outfit Grandma and grandpa Tetzel gave him

I went and ate lunch with Cora at her school one day

Rachel, Carson, Luke, and I went to the Denver zoo.  It was so much fun!

Luke kept this hat on for all of 2 minutes... 

Braylon, Cora, and Landon were sooo good with Luke! We never had a dull minute!

Before I left I got to have dinner with my friend Emily Dantiz(Donaldson) from our college volleyball days.  I didn't get a picture but we had a really nice night catching up!  After that Rachel, Steve, and I went and played volleyball at their church building with some of their friends.  That was soo much fun. Then at 10:00 that night Rach and I went and saw The Host, which I was a big fan of! 

Then sadly the next day we had to leave, I was happy to see Kyle and so was Luke!!

Our flight home was amazing, 2 hours compared to 16... no brainer for next time!!  Luke did so well on the flight home.  We sat next to some younger girls that played with Luke when he woke up.  It was nice to be home!  When Luke saw Kyle he got the BIGGEST smile on his face and got sooo excited to see his dad.. it was probably the cutest thing I have ever seen.  There was even an older lady who came up to us and said that that was the sweetest homecoming she's ever seen... I love Kyle soooo much!!

9 MONTHS OLD!!!

9 Months old

I can’t believe my baby is 9 months old already, the time sure did fly by!  He has brought so much joy into our lives, and he brings a smile to our faces no matter what! We sure feel blessed to have such a sweet little spirit in our home.

D Luke now crawls forward! He looks like a little robot, but he is so much happier!

D His sleeping pattern is all out of whack.. boo

D He loves finding the smallest bits of anything on the floor and putting it in his mouth

DLuke is 29.5 inches long 85^th percentile.  Weighs 23 Lbs 87^th. And His head is 43 cm 10^th  

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9 Months old!!!!  

Can't believe how much he's grown!

Kyle reading to Luke while we're waiting for the Dr. 

The night he turned 9 Months he scared us by waking up with this nasty cough, and a tough time breathing.  We ended up taking him to the ER, where they found nothing wrong with our little guy... I'm soo happy it was nothing, but it bothered us he sounded so weird.  Oh well.