A Return to Spring Break- Oregon Coast

I never did finish posting about the rest of our spring break adventure. After the Redwood Forest, we headed up the Oregon coast which was a feast for the eyes! What beautiful country!!
The Sea Lion Caves




A little wildlife along the trail








The view I had most of the trip. JD is a fast walker!


In my first lighthouse






Note me wearing both mine and JD's coat.


On our way back to the car, a quarter of a mile walk down a trail, it hailed on us.


No wonder it was the off season!




This picture is made from human hair. Creepy!!


A lot of the lighthouses have living corridors below.




Mo's famous clam chowder!


Yum!






Another lighthouse!








So beautiful!

Good Things to Come

My New Obsession

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Graduation

I realize that I have not gotten around to posting the rest of our trip, but I had to slide this post in.

I thought that JD had finished finals a week ago, but we discovered graduation day that there was one more test left- how to put the dang hood on! We left for graduation with it still messed up, but I guess a buddy helped him out in line.


JD walking up to receive his diploma.


I LOVE this picture of JD!


JD and his good friend Nathaniel. Our families went down the law school journey together. It was fitting to have them side by side.


Us and our husbands.


The whole party.


JD and his proud parents.


JD and his proud in-laws.


James D. Santini, J.D. and James D. Santini, J.D.


JD and a very proud wife.


A celebratory dinner at P.F. Chang's




Sunday night we all met at our house for dinner and FHE.


The parents shared stories of their ancestors so we could get to know each other's family better.


Dad telling the hilarious story of how my parents met.


You amaze me, Sweetie.

Spring Break Part 3- Redwood Forest

But before we get to that- check out these random cool houses.

Looks like this one should be in a scary movie.


The drive up the coast was lovely.






Look at how GREEN everything is. Maybe we were so mesmerized because we've lived in the desert for the past several years, but everything was breathtaking!






When there's a tree you can drive through, you can't pass it up.


This is the inside of the tree.




Welcome to the Redwood Forest. It is near impossible to describe how amazing it was! We tried to get pictures to show scale, but there's nothing like actually being there.


Look at how long that tree is! It goes on forever it seems.


This is the root system of one of the trees. This tree has fallen over and JD is at the bottom of the roots. Crazy!


Our car looks like a toy.




Here is another picture of a tree that has tipped over. Our car is "driving" into the roots. Hard to see- it was getting dark.


This tree looks like it's about to fall onto the car.


Everything is super-sized at the Redwood Forest!