Getaway to Oakland!

It was a long awaited vacation with me being out of school for the summer and my work schedule syncing up with Charlene's. Put that together with a visit to my bro in law who was leaving to China for a month long work trip, and it turned out to be a much appreciated getaway!

We stopped by my cousin's in Valencia for lunch (and for this selfie).

My 33rd Birthday Vacation

Hey everyone thanks for tuning back in. Took me awhile to post about this, and it took me awhile to post in general. I've just been so busy with school, church, work, and also just figuring myself out. All that to say, I sorely needed a break. Luckily, for my birthday we were finally able to get out of town to 1) celebrate and 2) really reset my brain and my heart. So Charlene and I decided to getaway in San Diego! Shoutout to +DoubleTree by Hilton in Del Mar for making our vacation super relaxing. Their rooms are super comfy and we took full advantage of their resort style pool area~! Anyways here are some pics:

Nerd Life: Finally, a Vacation, Stay-cation, and a Retreat All Rolled Up Into One

This week was the week that I have been waiting for since half way through fall semester, a legitimate time to rest and relax. Last semester was filled with changes in job status for Mrs. Nerd and medical treatments amidst school and ministry. Even as winter vacation came, we were busy with getting the youth group kids ready for their Christmas program, finalizing the winter retreat, going to winter retreat, family functions (which sometimes tend to be more of a chore than something one does on vacation), New Year's Eve service, and finally the New Year's vision early morning worship (that's a mouthful even in my head). Which brought us to this week. Finally, true vacation, and I did not hesitate to retreat myself from the world, praise the Lord. Here were a few things I enjoyed this week:

Thanks to Young and Elise for this Star Wars edition Moleskin! So thankful to the Lord for thoughtful friends.