California - Matt and I

Venice Beach Pier

The bride and groom on the night we flew in.

Matt wanted to see the Hollywood walk of fame

Matt and I at an awesome crab place in Santa Barbara

a 9 lb crab

Solvang, CA  --BEAUTIFUL

the group that went on the wine tour

Matt at Curtis Winery (the winery by the Bachelor Andrew Firestone!!!!)

Groom, Tom and Matt

I went shopping while Matt did wedding stuff, the whole town is beautiful and quaint with windmills and cobblestone everywhere

Bride and groom getting married

Matt and Brian, high school friends

All decked out---Mommy and Daddy look HOTT!

After Party at the local brewery

Matt was blessed to be asked to be best man for his high school friend, Tom.  Tom and Candace live in Los Angeles but got married in a small town that is known for vineyards called Solvang.  The wedding was Saturday but we flew in Wednesday and mett the bride and groom out for supper.  Thursday we went to LETS MAKE A DEAL, yes the TV show that was SUPER cool back in the 70s.  Its back and is hosted by Wayne Brady and Matt and I got tickets and dressed up as 'Salt & Pepper'.  We did NOT get to win a prize BUT we were on TV throughout the WHOLE tv show which is still pretty cool.  After the taping of the show, which took forever - like 5 hours, we leisurely drove up the coast to get to Solvang.  Friday morning, we went on a vineyard tour of 3 winerys.  It was so much fun learning about the wines and getting to know Tom & Candaces friends.  The wedding was beautiful and the bride and groom got married overlooking the hills and vineyard.  Matt and I were so blessed to have my sister and Kyle watch the kids while we were gone.  It was nice to be away from the kids and reconnect with Matt but we both missed Nora and Jackson. It was the best sound driving into our garage and hearing their little excited voices waiting to see us.