New Orleans, Day 1

Our hotel near the French Quarter

Bourbon Street!

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Look who we found from Los Angeles in New Orleans?! Mindy, from our church family! I love this girl :)

Representing...

 Getting wild in New Orleans...J/K!

 Delish...one bite is enough for the year!

 Known for their french beignets

 The great Mississippi River!

Doesn't it look like Disneyland? Saint Louis Cathedral of New Orleans, established in 1720.

 PJ was excited to see this...whatever.

 Where we stayed. Beautiful and cozy. Great service. I gotta give them Yelp props.

Despite PJ having a fever for a day, he forced himself to meet up with Mindy, because of the randomness of us being in New Orleans together.

We walked through Bourbon Street which was uhm...crazy! We got some interesting stories. Our time there was great and a huge blessing! NAMB, is amazing and so kind in giving PJ and I (and other couples) an anniversary vacation... Well, it wasn't for that, but it sure felt like it!

We had so much fun. We hung out with our good friends, the Choi's and the Nguyen's. God is kind in giving us good friends in Christ.

Roger Williams, Founder of Rhode Island

Rock named his teddy bear Roger Williams. It's great to see his Classical Conversation education coming alive! Speaking of Rhode Island...

Last month our friend Travis came to L.A. from Rhode Island and brought a mission team to bless CrossView. These people were amazing, helpful, full of grace. I'm so very thankful for what they did for our family and CrossView.  

Thankfully, they got to experience Sprinkles! Twice! They also got to feel the breeze of our sunny Cali beach, Santa Monica... Good times!

Maybe one day we'll head out there :)

Thank you Travis, Dan, Andrew, LauraBeth, Melissa, and Hannah! Grace be with y'all in Providence and may He continue to bless you and grow you closer to Christ.

Sights and Tastes of Thanksgiving

Blessed time with friends and family. It was my first time hosting! It was hard work, but much fun.

• Used mom's recipes for Turkey and stuffing
• Baked my apple pie again and cookies. Recipe from Children's book "How To Make An Apple Pie and See the World"
• Set up dinning table in living room-- spacious!
• Bing and Melo (our USC friends) walked in and said "Wow, romantic."
• Writing down "5 Things I'm Thankful For..." and sharing is a family tradition :)
• Rock and Key's "5 Things..." were so cute 
• Playing Ultimate Uno is super fun! 

God was kind in showing himself through the blessings of our friends and family. Thank you Jesus for making sense of all our blessings!