What the new year will bring!!!

Man it has been a while since I have been on here, between finishing up school and then I did a Bible study at church (that was amazing, More on that in a bit), starting my externship, and the Dr's visits in-between has kept me on my toes! Not to mention the holidays in there too!!

I am officially done with my class work for school!!!! The months really passed by quickly! I am currently out on my externship, I have to complete 200 hours before I can take my RDA (a nice 4 hour long test) but after that I will be a Registered Dental Assistant!!!!! I absolutely love where I am doing my extern at!! I'm at an Oral Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. Dugan in Hurst! It is super exciting, and we see something new every day!! I love it! He does a lot of surgeries in the office, but he  also does about 400 surgeries at Harris HEB hospital. He is already talking about training me to take my DAANCE (Dental Anesthesia Assistant National Certification Examination) this will allow me to go assist him at the hospital!! So much fun!!!

Like I said above, I did a Bible study at my church, we did a Beth Moore study on Daniel, let me tell you, that was an eye opener!! I learned so much and I'm super excited for the next study that is coming up in a few weeks, if you have not done one of her study's....do so!!! You will not only learn about our amazing God, but you can begin to see and open your eyes to a lot of what you can change in your own life to be the person He wants you to be! Simply life changing!!!

Back in November (early December) I had another HSG test done, and am very happy to say that it came back great and we were given the green light to try again this cycle!!! God has really been guiding my heart and my thoughts when it comes to us trying again, and I truly feel like this is really the path He has for us, and He is walking with us every step we take. I cam across a scripture as I was doing the Bible study, I had prayed before opening my bible, that God would show me something I needed to see. I had been feeling down the day before and just needed some of His wonderful encouragement, I opened my bible and saw this passage- Psalm 113:9 "He gives the childless woman a family, making her a happy mother. Praise the Lord!" How much more encouragement do you need after seeing that?? The Lord is always showing me in little ways that we are on the right path, and I am praying, trusting, believing, and ready to receive the wonderful gift He brings into our lives! We are currently in our IUI cycle, just started the medications- I ask that you please pray with David and I for good, plentiful and fertile eggs. For a fertile and good uterus, for David's counts to be the highest ever in all aspects, for the egg and sperm to meet at the right time, and place, for the egg to be fertilized and implant in the best possible place in my uterus to get the proper nutrients that it needs to have for the 9 month pregnancy.That we get a wonderful big positive pregnancy test, and the pregnancy not to be in my tubes, but in my uterus.  For a happy and healthy 9 months for me and baby, the medications I am on do their job and do it well, we do not have a miscarriage or any other complications,  and we welcome a happy healthy alive baby in September/October 2013. The Lord says for us to pray specific, and I think that is quite specific!

I feel such a peace with this round, and as a friend told me, that alone is a blessing in itself! Oh how true that statement is! No matter what the outcome, I will praise our Father in Heaven, for this is His plan, I am just along for the ride! :-)

Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas, and will have a Happy and safe New Year!!!

God Bless,
Randi

A story worth telling!!

I wanted to share with you all a truly uplifting and amazing story. I started this year saying that this was our year, that we would get pregnant and have a baby. As many of you know that we did get pregnant this year, and that pregnancy ended, but we were able to get a lot of answers to move forward with. We have been praying the past month or so that God lead us to the path He wants us to take, and to speak (loudly) to us the perfect timing for us to try IUI again. About a week ago I had this overcoming feeling that December was the month we needed to try again, I sent messages out to my prayer warriors to pray that if this was not the timing that God has for us, for Him to intervene, before we start the process.

I went to the community food bank on last Thursday afternoon to give some of my time, and help them out wherever they needed it. It was my first time there, and I was a lil nervous walking in, but I was greeted with smiling grateful faces, welcoming my help.  A woman by the name of Regena Taylor the CEO of the place, she said they had some clerical work that I could help with, she lead me down the hallway and apologized because the room I was going to be working in was kinda warm, then she made the statement that it was ok that I was young enough to not know what a hot flash was, so I should be ok. This made me giggle a lil bit and I told her that I had been on clomid (one of the fertility drugs I take) long enough that I knew EXACTLY what a hot flash is! LOL she said she too had been on clomid to have their now 21 year old son! We go to talking and such and I told her we had been trying for a year, but still no baby, she immediately took both my hands in hers and started to pray over me.  She prayed for health, and prayed for me to get pregnant this year, and prayed for a healthy pregnancy and a happy and healthy baby to be born to us. I was in shock that a perfect stranger would pray for us with out us asking or anything!

I went about my business, and doing the task that she had given to me....she had moved me to another room so I wouldn't be so hot :-) as I was doing my work....it hit me like a smack in the face...
 I had never told her when we were going to try again.....I had not mentioned to her that we were going to even try again this year......and here she was in prayer, praying specifically for us to get pregnant THIS YEAR!!!!
 I immediately started to praise God for sending me to this place to help and give back....and praised Him for the wonderfulness ways he works.
 This was the answer we were looking for, the  "green light" that December IS the time we need to try again!!! I was crying when I realized what had just happened, God works in mysterious ways my friends!!! Here I was wanting to help them, and she helped me more than she ever knew!!!
This is just something I felt the need to share, to give praise to the Lord above!! How great is our God!?!?!
The next day as I was doing my bible study homework, I came across this scripture and I thought it was oh so fitting!
Daniel 2:20-23

"Praise the name of God forever and ever, for He has all the wisdom and power. He controls the course of world events; He removes kings and sets up other kings. He gives wisdom to the wise ad knowledge to the scholars. He reveals deep and mysterious things and knows what lies hidden in darkness, though He is surrounded by light. I thank and praised you, God of my ancestors, for you have given me wisdom and strength. You have told me what we asked of you and revealed to us what the king demanded."

Thank you God for giving us the strength and wisdom, you have told me what we have asked of you!
I can not praise God enough for the blessings He has given to us, and the wonderful ways he has brought them. I'm loving the path He is leading us down, and the wonderful people he is placing in our lives!!!
I hope you have enjoyed this as much as I have. I just stand in awe of Him!!!

God bless
Randi

Praising Him thru it all!!

Wow, it has been quite a while since I last blogged!! This one will be a long one too so bare with me.......


With school, IUI treatments, and my 30th birthday, it has been quite a busy few months!!! Well in June we did our 4th round of IUI, this one sadly did not take, and we got a negative pregnancy result back. David and I quickly pushed past this and were ready to move on to the next round. Within a few days we were starting our 5th round. I prayed and prayed for this one to stick, I had dropped David off at the airport the same morning I went in to get my blood drawn for the pregnancy test. I had such mixed emotions, I wasn't really anxious, just really didn't know what to think. That evening I got the call from our Dr. My HCG was only at a 7. This was not unfamiliar territory for us....we went thru this last October. I kinda started to prepare myself for another ectopic. I went to church alone that weekend, and cried thru parts of the sermon. I went that Monday for another blood draw, not expecting anything, that afternoon they called and said my number had gone up to a 27, and that it was an acceptable rise in my # and to come in on Friday for another draw. I was not as optimistic as others, really was trying to protect my heart from even more pain. Thursday while I was at school I started to bleed....I immediately called my Dr and they wanted to do a sono to see what was going on....Thankfully David had flown home 2 days prior, and he was able to go with me. The Dr said that she really couldn't tell much from the sono, I was only 4 weeks and 6 days along, she said she did not see anything that alarmed her, and they drew more blood and sent me on my way....I got the call the next day telling me that my HCG had only gone up to 48. We knew then that this pregnancy was not going to come to term. I went in the next Monday to see where my levels were at, they had dropped to 23. At this point we were thinking that this was possibly a miscarriage, I was still bleeding during all this time....so I was guessing that my body was actually going to pass this one on its own, something it had never done before. I went in a week later to make sure my levels had gone below a 2. I was shocked to say the least when the Dr called and said my numbers were up to 88!!!! He stated that it could still be a miscarriage, but it could still be an ectopic as well, and my health was his first concern, and wanted me in the next day to do a scan to make sure he did not see any damage to my tubes. So thankful for my Mother, David had flown out that same day, and I didn't think I could go to this appointment alone, it just so happened she was going to be near my Dr's office at the time of my appt, so she was able to come with me!! My prayers going into this appointment were for protection over my body, that there would not be any damage to my tubes, or any other reproductive organ that would cause more complications going into any future pregnancy we are blessed with! Praise God for answered prayers!!!! Our Dr did not see any damage to anything!!! But he also didn't see anything in my tubes either.....but this is not uncommon for me, with our last ectopic we could not see anything either. So he drew more blood for another HCG, 2 days later we get the results that it had only dropped to a 66. So I went in that afternoon for shots of Methotrexate- the same drug I was given last October for that ectopic- this drug stops rapidly dividing cells (and that is what a pregnancy is) I went in this morning for another blood draw (I really feel like a pin cushion lately!)and I will go in Friday for another one, to make sure that my levels have gone below 2.


 My prayer for the next time we try- I ask God to heal my body from all this, so the next time we do the IUI that it will be successful pregnancy that is not in my tubes (or wherever it goes) that it will be down in my uterus. That the blood thinners I'm on will do their job and no colts form, that my body will absorb the folic acid properly with the help of the folgard I take, for David's counts to be high, and for the pregnancy to come to term, and we get to meet our baby alive and well.



 Seems like a lot of girls I know are getting pregnant. This is something I guess you can never prepare yourself for the feelings you have. Don't get me wrong, I'm so very happy and excited and love the fact that these women are pregnant, and in awe of their situation, but I would be lying if I said that a lil part of me just cries every time I hear someone else say they are pregnant, I know our time will come, when it is God's timing for us....I guess this is something within me I need to work on. I don't like the sadness I get from a friends joy....I honestly feel guilty when I let it upset me....I know I'm being silly...just some days are harder than others to keep every thing together.....


 A friend of mine shared this on her Facebook page today, and I thought it was just amazing, and so very true about our journey this past year, and for so many others I know still waiting to be parents, or for their 2nd child...Really hope you like it as much as I did, and get the message that I got from this....so amazing...

♥ WAIT ♥ Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried; Quietly, patiently, lovingly, God replied. I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate . . . And the Master so gently said, "Wait." "Wait? you say wait?" my indignant reply. "Lord, I need answers, I need to know why! Is your hand shortened? Or have you not heard? By faith I have asked, and I'm claiming your Word. "My future and all to which I relate Hangs in the balance, and you tell me to wait? I'm needing a 'yes', a go-ahead sign, Or even a 'no' to which I can resign. "You promised, dear Lord, that if we believe, We need but to ask, and we shall receive. And Lord I've been asking, and this is my cry: I'm weary of asking! I need a reply." Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate, As my Master replied again, "Wait." So I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut, And grumbled to God, "So, I'm waiting for what?" He seemed then to kneel, and His eyes met with mine . . . and He tenderly said, "I could give you a sign. I could shake the heavens and darken the sun. I could raise the dead and cause mountains to run. "I could give all you seek and pleased you would be. You'd have what you want, but you wouldn't know Me. You'd not know the depth of my love for each saint. You'd not know the power that I give to the faint. "You'd not learn to see through clouds of despair; You'd not learn to trust just by knowing I'm there. You'd not know the joy of resting in Me When darkness and silence are all you can see. "You'd never experience the fullness of love When the peace of My spirit descends like a dove. You would know that I give, and I save, for a start, But you'd not know the depth of the beat of My heart. "The glow of my comfort late into the night, The faith that I give when you walk without sight. The depth that's beyond getting just what you ask From an infinite God who makes what you have last. "You'd never know, should your pain quickly flee, What it means that My grace is sufficient for thee. Yes, your dearest dreams overnight would come true, But, oh, the loss, if you missed what I'm doing in you. "So, be silent, my child, and in time you will see That the greatest of gifts is to truly know me. And though oft My answers seem terribly late, My most precious answer of all is still . . . Wait." ©Russell Kelfer. All rights reserved.




 In other news this past Saturday I turned the big 3-0!!!! I am actually excited to see what my 30's will bring!! But I will save that for the next blog!! God bless Randi

What a year it was!!!

Sorry to just now be posting about our anniversary trip- but once we got back home it seems like we hit the ground running and haven't stopped since!!! We had a pretty awesome trip if you ask me!!! We started off by making our way south and stopped in Waco at the Dr. Pepper Museum. David's late Grandfather (his Mothers Father) did some advertisement artwork for Dr. Pepper years back, and they have some of the artwork he did up in the museum on display, how cool is that?? Here are some pictures of the artwork and one of David and I behind an old delivery truck!

Our next stop was to the Natural Bridge Caverns. It has been forever since we have been to them and wanted to take another trip down-under...was pretty amazing if you ask me...except for the fact that it had a humidity level of 99%!!! This did WONDERS to my hair! LOL

We finally got into our hotel in San Antonio around 5pm that Friday evening, after the GPS took us thru the "hood" LOL- The next morning we were off to Sea World!!! Man how things have changed since David and I have been there....But we still had a blast!!!

That evening after we got back from Sea World, we went down to the river walk for dinner and a stroll.....here are a few pictures...

The next morning we were back on the road again, heading down to South Padre Island!!!! Oh what fun we had!! Dinners out on the water, deep sea fishing, laying out by the pool and the ocean with our books.....just complete relaxation!!!

I have to say, nothing is more amazing then going out to the beach in the morning and listening to the waves crash and reading your devotional while seeing an amazing sunrise over the water.....

This was our 1st anniversary trip (taken a month early due to me starting school) We have a special connection with the beach, we were engaged on the beach in Cozumel Mexico, then we were married on the beach in Playa Del Carmen Mexico- so we would like to take our anniversary trips to the beach every year (if we can). Throughout our first year of marriage David and I have had huge ups and even bigger downs when it came to our quest down the IUI road to become parents. But, our faith in each other and our faith in our Lord has gotten so much stronger thru all of this!! That is the true power of our Lord at work!! Here is our anniversary picture we want to continue to do this every year on our anniversary....thought it was a pretty cool idea I got from pinterest!!

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This one I put together on my phone....starting with our first date picture, to our professional engagement photo, to our wedding picture, to our 1 year photo!! :-) quite proud of myself!

As for other news, I'm in school now (just finished day 3) and still trying to get the hang of everything while feeling like an idiot most days....but I know I will get the hang of it soon! Until next time!! God Bless

A mutating what??

Just want to start this blog off by saying just how humbled I am in front of our Lord for all the blessings he keeps to give us. Last Friday as I was having lunch with a good high school friend, I noticed I had a voice mail.It was from my normal OBGYN's office Dr. Howell- the last of the test results had come back in and they had some slight abnormalities with them, they would not tell me over the phone what they were, but when I called them back they got me squeezed in for an appointment yesterday (Monday) because he wanted to talk to me face to face about the results. Needless to say I was a lil anxious and was ready to just hear what they had to say- but I knew that this was all in God's hands and whatever it is, He would see us thru it! I'm going to give you all the medical explanation of the blood work- then explain it the way it was explained to me LOL- We went in yesterday and he explained to me that the MTHFR test they had done came back with a mutation on one of the 2 parts there are- this has to do with my body's ability to absorb and break down of the folic acid,and as you know is very crucial to the fetus. The way they treat this is to give a medication that is called (I think) folate- this drug will help with the absorption of the folic acid so that the fetus gets what it is needing. He also told me that in the Antithrombin antigen as well as the Protein C Antigen, my levels were elevated- these are blood clotting detecting test. The way they treat them is by giving me blood thinners, for probably the entire pregnancy, instead of just my 1st trimester. I'm so thankful for our Lord for answered prayers, for the answers we were searching for!! As well as an affirmation that we were already heading in the right direction, in going to have the blood thinners given. Just now we know that it will more than likely be longer than expected- but that is OK by me!!! I will do anything they tell me, to be able to meet our healthy and happy lil baby!! On another note- Please keep my Mom, Grandmother, Uncle Ted, Aunt Sandy, Cousins Teddy and Corey in your prayers- we lost my Aunt Pam on Saturday. She is loved and missed by many! Until next time! God Bless!!

Staying POSITIVE!!!

Hi there again!! Where to start....well they did all kinds of test on me as well as the fetus after my D&C- sadly we did not get any answers from those test that would pinpoint why this keeps happening. They brought me back in last week to do a whole mess of blood test- here is a picture I took of all the tubes of blood that she was about to fill with MY blood!!!

That is 8 blues and 6 of the purples!!! Crazy! This blood panel is to check for all different blood disorders and clotting disorders.I did call the Dr's office that did the blood work (my normal OBGYN) and asked if they had gotten any of the results back yesterday- she told me that they had gotten all but 2 of the results back, the ones they have gotten back have all been normal. So again, no real answers there. I suspect that the last 2 test that have not come back yet will say the same thing. David and I met with our fertility Dr today Dr.Elkins, She works with Dr. Kaufmann at Ft. Worth Fertility, and She has been the Dr I have seen since our first round of things back in August. She is so wonderful, with such a good attitude and compassion for her patients. We went over some things and talked about moving forward. She stated that when we start our treatments up again she will start me on a baby aspirin as well as a injectable blood thinner. They have seen a lot of women that have had multiple losses, but no really clear answer as to why, then they will start them on a low dose of blood thinner and it has resulted in a full term baby!!! So as of now that is our goal, they did have to start me on a 5 day medication starting today to jump start my cycle since it has seemed to stall out.....a lil bit of TMI I know LOL. On an even happier note I am starting school May 24th for dental assisting!! I'm pretty excited about it!! I should be finished in January! I'm happy that I will be able to have the schooling to be able to get a good job and help our family's income! David and I are also about to take our anniversary vacation!!! I would love to go back to the same resort we were married at, but with everything we really couldn't do that on such short notice. So we are leaving out May 11th for San Antonio, where we will stay 2 nights and do some fun things down there. Then we will get up on the 13th and head south for South Padre Island for a few days of fun relaxing on the beach!!! This is just what we need right now, with what we have dealt with the past few months, it will be great to get away and relax and enjoy each others company for a few days!!! I will let everyone know now, before anyone asks, we are not going to be telling anyone when we start treatments again. We feel like it is just to stressful on us, so, I will be updating my blog about other things and when the Lord blesses us again with a pregnancy, we will wait until we feel it is right, and then we will tell everyone our great news!!! I want to thank you all for all the kind words, or checking in on me, and all the prayers. I will ask that you continue to pray for us and our family, that the Lord will bless us with a healthy pregnancy on our next try, and that in 9 months after that we welcome a beautiful healthy baby into the world. Until next time God bless!

Best 8 weeks!

We started our 3rd IUI treatments on January 24th. It started with me being a lil out of sorts since they were going to be starting my medications a day later in my cycle than my other 2 IUI treatments. After a small freak out and a lot of praying it came to me, for this to be able to work this time, things had to be different.

Thru the whole 2 weeks of medications I kept my faith strong and was not afraid to reach out to my family and friends when I needed some extra prayers. We did the insemination on February 6th- then had a LONG 2 week wait that we had to go thru to find out if it had worked. As I went on the trip to CA to see David I still wasn't feeling any symptoms of being pregnant. I had some heartburn, and that was very uncommon for me to have, but I did not thing much about it. As I was going into the Dr's office for my blood test I prayed before I got out of my car (as I had done before every other appointment) and told God this was his, and I was just along for the ride. I was pretty sure that I was not pregnant and expected that to be the words that I was told when my phone rang at around 5:30 that afternoon. To my surprise my Dr was on the other end of the phone, she was so excited to tell me that we were VERY pregnant!! My counts were very high and I was scheduled to come back in 2 days later for another test, those results came back great and my counts were dubbing as they were supposed to (actually were higher than normal). I cam back in a week later and again my counts were higher than expected!! All was going well!!! We were scheduled on March 9th to come in for our fist sono!!! We were so excited to see our lil blueberry!!! We arrived to our appointment and what seemed like the longest wait of my life the Dr came in and started the sonogram!! There on the screen was the most wonderful thing I had ever seen in my life!!! Our lil baby and their heart just beating away!!!! I was on cloud 9!! We decided that since we had gotten a good heartbeat we would let the world in on our great news!!! We were scheduled to come back in 2 weeks for another sonogram.

March 21st we came back into the Dr for our sono, that is when our world turned upside down. Looking up at the screen I could tell our baby had gotten quite a bit bigger and our Dr said that it was measuring right on schedule of 8 weeks. As I was staring at the screen I was searching for the flicker of the heart.....sadly our sweet baby's heart had stopped beating the few days prior. We came back into the Dr's office 2 days later, and it was confirmed. Our baby had passed on.

I know our baby is playing at the Lords feet, and I'm happy to be able to give David's mom a grandchild to look after until we are called home and I get to hold our sweet child. It is truly heartbreaking, that words can not express. But, I know that this is all in the plan that our Lord and savior has for us, I know that I can not get down and dwell on this, because I know it will not change the facts. It will not bring my baby back to us. So I praise the Lord for the 8 weeks I got to carry our baby. What a gift he gave us, telling us not to give up hope!

I was scheduled with Dr. Kaufmann for a D&C for March 28th, but I felt that it was too far away. I called my normal OB Dr. Howell and he was able to get me in Monday. They did the procedure, and they are running all kinds of test on my blood, the fetus, and all the tissue to see if we can get some answers as to why this keeps happening.

I feel in my heart that the Lord was in total control over this, and he sent us this baby knowing that it would pass, knowing that they would run test on it, so we are able to get some answers. The 8 weeks that I was pregnant were the best 8 weeks I could hope for. I know that the Lord will bless us again with another baby, and this time we will have all the knowledge that we need to make this a successful pregnancy, and we will be able to have a child here on earth with us to love, cherish, and teach about our amazing Lord and His unfailing love for each and every one of us. When we started this treatment, I learned that things had to be different for this time to work....and things still have to be different for things to work. As this is all in God's hands and will happen in his time, not ours.

I ask you to pray that we get some answers from all the test and we can start to try again soon.

Until next time.

March for Babies

Hi everyone!!

I’m walking in March for Babies and raising money because I care about healthy babies. I know this cause is important to you, too. Can you help me reach my goal by making a donation to my walk? It’s easy, just click through to my fundraising page.

Your gift supports March of Dimes research and programs that help moms have full-term pregnancies and babies begin healthy lives. And it’s used to bring comfort and information to families with a baby in newborn intensive care. I'm walking with my friends team "Watts of Sunshine" her daughter was born 9 weeks early, but is now a thriving lil lady!!

Here is a link to my website you can go donate at! Every little bit helps!

http://www.marchforbabies.org/RandiChancellor

Thank you all for your donations in advance!

California 2012!!!

WOW!! What an amazing trip I had out to see the hubs!!! It started off with a delay of my flight due to mechanical issues....but we made up time in the air....only to circle the airport in LAX! LOL But we made it there safe and sound and I thank our Lord and savior for that!! I'm not the best flyer- but it was ok.

Friday morning is when I was able to see my surroundings since I had landed after the sun went down. I was blown away when I opened our shutters and saw beautiful mountains right outside our window!! David had to work that Friday so I was on my own, I walked up and down Colorado Blvd in downtown Pasadena. I met up with David for lunch at the Yard House....all I can say is I think North Texas needs one of these!!! Such great food!! Friday night after David got back from work we walked to a restaurant called Roy's- it was an Hawaiian fusion restaurant...translation....very expensive and almost all fish! LOL But David was happy so that is all that mattered....I on the other hand was not too thrilled with my main course, I ended up getting some short ribs from the appetizer part of the menu (nothing else looked good) and some mashed potatoes...can't take the small town out of this girl!! But what I was thrilled about was our dessert!!! We ordered a Chocolate souffle...and OMG it was amazing!!!!! After dinner we walked down Colorado Blvd, it is quite a sight to see with all kinds of street performers trying to earn some $$ and then as we passed by this couple David was handed the is piece of paper....

Yeah.....so they I guess have these "recruiters" walking around handing people these things (not really by choice either as David didn't have his hand out) for Scientology.....CRAZY!

Saturday we got up bright and early and got ready and headed to HOLLYWOOD!!! We saw the Chinese Theater and right next door the Kodak Theater- they must have been setting up for the Oscars because they had all kinds of things blocked off and other stuff set up. After we had walked up and down Hollywood Blvd, we drove down to Beverly Hills!! What a difference it was from grungy Hollywood....we walked up and down Rodeo Dr and looked in all the windows....so many pretty things! We also walked to the Beverly Hilton where Whitney Houston passed away in- I took some pictures of the memorial set up outside the hotel. Then we drove down to Santa Monica! We had lunch at the Ivy at the shore- it wasn't the best...but it was ok, not worth the $$$. We walked down to the Santa Monica Pier- oh how pretty it was!!! We went down to the beach- I put my feet in the water....by the way, that water was FREEZING!! We saw some people out in the water....no thank you!!! I gathered sand and some pretty rocks from the beach and brought it home with me! We then got in the car and drove north on the PCH and watched the sunset in Malibu! I got some pretty awesome shots of the sunset while we were on the pier and some even better ones on our drive in Malibu!!

Sunday we drove down to Long beach and went to the Aquarium of the Pacific- it was pretty cool to see other sea life that you don't normally see here at the Texas aquariums. We saw a Sea Lion and Seal show- a Sea Otter show- saw some pretty scary sharks and all other kinds of sea life!!

Over all it was a wonderful trip- I could never live there though.....there was so much smog and traffic 24 hours a day!! CRAZY!!! But it was great to go out and say I have been there! :-) here are a few pictures from our trip!!