Saturday evening, we followed Tom's sister and her husband, Dick, back to Santa Barbara since they had so graciously offered to put us up for the night after Mark's memorial day. They live in Montecito,which is less than an hour away from Lisa's.
They live a beautiful home in a gorgeous neighborhood in one of the most lovely areas of the whole country! Such accommodations! We went to church with them the following morning. Diana is the associate pastor of Montecito Covenant Church. I was curious about how the church looked since they had built a new sanctuary a few years previous and I had seen it at the framing stage. Diana had also told me about some lovely stained glass window to be installed.
It's a beautiful, airy space. I've taken a few shots of the windows, in particular. All of it is just stunning. The windows reflect the woodsy nature of the neighborhood. The leafy parts are represented by two-layer glass ("flash" glass), into which leaf shapes have been sand-blasted. There's a large platform made from sandstone, which is particularly nice.
I took a quick picture of Diana and Dick standing in front of the sanctuary after the service. So cute!! Afterward, we met their son, Eric, his wife Rachel and adorable three-year-old Grace for Mexican Food (what else?). Should have remembered to take another picture, then. We greatly enjoyed our time with them and always wonder why we don't do it more often. Of course, distance plays a bit of a part. We left from lunch to drive home, which turned out to be about 470 miles away, pulling in around 9:30pm. It was a really nice visit, though, and well worth all the driving!
