{san jose}: the Sights... and a little shopping

J and I fell in love with San Jose. Why?

Venture Christian Church.
S&V go to church here and Sam is their sound/marketing extraordinaire

 Sam's office

 J helping set up

 the service

The scenery... green green green!!

 can I pleaseeeee live in this house?

A bride sneaking through the parking structure :)

 Downtown Los Gatos

i wanted one of these. [plane flight home+no kids yet] held me back.

i came across this store ran completely by volunteers - all profits donated to a children's organization

i WANT these ice cream tall cups in the butter paddle... all four colors please ;) 

when we went back to get them, the store was closed :(

J spotted an apple store in the center of the cuteness

he was pretty excited ;)

we took V's sis and bro-in-law in for their first time... Daryl was a kid in a candy shop :)

the Farmer's Market

 mastiffs at the park outside the farmers' market

Santana Row... aka most fashionable and fun district in SJ.

{a tiny bit snooty... hence the lack of pictures... but such a perfect date!!}

Apple Company Store.

enough said.

We saw so many fun places, picked up many trinkets {so many that we had to ship them home!},

and made some great memories with each other and with family.