Matthew & Anna

Joe's cousin Matthew invited us to his wedding in Palo Alto. We (I) was slightly intimidated by the duration of the car ride- 8 hours to Southern Oregon followed by 6 more hours to San Jose and another 5 hours to Anaheim (how could we resist ththe temptation to spend time in the Happiest Place on Earth?).  

It ended up not being as bad as I had imagined. The boys were sufficiently entertained by the movies we had downloaded to the iPad.  It was certainly a fortunate coincidence that Big Hero 6 had been released in time to add that to the boys' options. 

We took the opportunity to meet up with Julie- a friend from middle school. We worked together in high school for student council planning various events. I had last seen her at a wedding in Hillsboro and had the pleasure of meeting her husband Richard and oldest child, Devin.  She now has a daughter named Kaylee and it was so nice to see how much Devin had grown. It was a very nice reunion!

Here we are at the wedding. We sat with the bride's sister and her family.   Hannah and her husband turned out to be lovely conversationists. We learned about her husband's career from enlisted soldier in the army to Dentist reservist.  Hannah went to the University of the Pacific and earned a degree in Pharmacy. It's interesting because I've never actually known anyone who loves being a pharmacist. They all remark that the money is good, but that it isn't hugely satisfying. Her two boys, Caleb and Gideon got along famously with Joseph and Jacob. They spent the evening playing hide and seek and running around the beautiful estate.