San Diego

Wow...I'm way behind on my blog entries!!

Okay, so right after Vegas, I drove with my parents to San Diego to see Sam, Ashley, Parker, and Lincoln (pre-February 11th birth). The terrible weather continued, but fortunately the great company did too.

We took advantage of a non-rainy afternoon to take Parker to the zoo. He loved the zoo, and I loved him at the zoo. Here's Parker and his grandpa. So cute.



Now stay with me on this one...it's going to get crazy. This is me taking a picture of a zoo worker taking a picture of Dad taking a picture of Parker.



Here's Parker with Grandma's present. Although the guitar played about six different songs, Parker kept the Police's "Message in a Bottle" on repeat. I'm not sure whether this means he's going to be walking the beat when he grows up or playing Sawyer on the 2030 Lost Re-make.



So Parker's obsessed with luggage. No...not legos, no, not dinosaurs, no, not cars...luggage. It's hilarious. He picked out a Disney roller at the luggage store and proceeded to wheel it around the mall, fast.



After my parents left, I stayed with Blair and Jo at their adorable apartment in downtown San Diego. I'm seriously obsessed with it and where they live. You can walk everywhere, including the Padres ballpark.



Although it wasn't warm enough to lay out at the beach, we were able to take a romantic walk along it.



Saturday morning we met up with Sam, Ashley, and Parker at an adorable little place called The Cottage in La Jolla for breakfast. Both the service and food were great. Loved it.

Jo and Blair...



Parker and Ashley



Sam and Parker



Before I took off Saturday night, we were able to see BYU basketball beat San Diego State. It was way too close of a game that kept us on the edge of our seats. The highlight, though, was the SD student section who fooled us into thinking they were missionaries. Look closely.



And after a long red-eye through Charlotte, I came home to this. Absolutely lovely.

Vegas

A couple weeks ago, I went to see my sister-in-law, Meg, my friend, Jamie, and sister, Meg, in Vegas. It was great to see all of them, especially (and not because I don't love you, Meg Schmidt) Meg Lingard and Jamie. They've both had tough years, and it was great to spend a little time with them just to check in and see how they're holding up. I snapped a ton of pictures of Jamie's adorable little kids, but I failed to take any of Meg Lingard, probably because little Tru was out of town, and Meg just isn't as entertaining:)

So here you go...amazing pictures on my amazing camera.

Little Joe is such a poser on his little bike. He really has got the whole cool image down. It was so fun to hear him talk about his first BMX race that weekend and how he was going to win. He told me he wasn't scared because he already beat all the kids in the pre-race and because all you have to do is peddle really fast.



It was a little hard to capture him on film as he was riding. In fact, when he got off his bike, he wanted to see all the pictures "of him" that didn't actually have him in the frame because he was going so fast. Like this one.



Fortunately, I caught him in action at least once.



Jamie had taken Sally to the store to pick out a prize for stepping up her toilet training skills. Smart little girl chose Strawberry Shortcake with a big head and lots of hair. Awesome. Even little Joe got in on the action. They totally tatted her out with stickers and had me clip in every single hair extension possible.



Wait for it...



That evening, the boys went to FHE and the girls (and Meg) went to Red Mango for a little treat. Let me just say, I can't believe I haven't personally discovered Red Mango or Pinkberry yet. I had it 3 times over the week, and it changed my life. When I got home, I checked where the nearest ones were. New York. Awesome.

After Sally got bored at the kids table, she headed to the sofa to catch up on the latest gossip.



Luckily, she let the pap snap a pic. (I, unfortunately, look like I had been up since 6. Oh wait, I was.)



It was sooooo fun to see them, even if it did rain on my parade, literally. Made me wish we lived closer.

And Tru, I'll catch you on the flip side.