Santa Barbara and more...

It is an unwritten rule that you must go out of town for President's Day weekend. So, we went to Santa Barbara! We had never been and wanted to cross something else off our list before we move. Of course all trips are well-planned and always cross-checked for proximity to missions. Naturally, on the way down the coast we stopped at a mission in Bullerton--La Purisima. It was very large and very spread out.

The girls by the mission bells...

A long walk...

Thanks for posing, Logan...

When we arrived in Santa Barbara we walked along the Harbor and went to Stern's Warf. It's a very pretty place, but we were chilly all weekend.

Maren @ the harbor...

Downtown Santa Barbara was very cool. We also did a little shopping and we ate at...wait for it...CPK!!!

Carsyn and Logan outside of CPK...

We also went to the Santa Barbara Mission and even attended mass there. That was the first time that we went to an actual mass at a mission. The mission was super-pretty, but very crowded.

Old Mission Santa Barbara...

Knock, knock...

What a sweetie...

On the way home we also stopped in Solvang, which is a very quaint Danish town. The streets are lined with shops, eateries, and windmills. There is also a mission in Solvang--Santa Ines. It's funny because we were the only people at that mission.

The girls at Santa Ines mission...

Logan's always up for a picture...Maren doesn't mind a snapshot either...

Overall we enjoyed our (chilly) weekend--seeing much of the coast and adding to our Missions mission!