So Pete and I went to San Diego last week. Alone. Without kids. None. It was awesome! Just to not have anyone hanging on me and crying and saying "Mom! mom! mom! mom! mom! mom!" 900 times was a much needed break. Pete was presenting a research poster on the effectiveness of a boot camp-style training course they did last fall for the new otolaryngology residents at a conference down in San Diego, so I tagged along. Pete's parents were nice enough to fly out and watch the kids while we went. I knew the kids were in good hands and having a great time, so I didn't worry a bit. About 20 minutes after we got to the airport and I had been reading a book while we waited at the gate I thought, "I feel so refreshed." Just reading a book without interruption and being away from the kids for like an hour really helped! Let alone having the whole weekend to myself. :) Pete and I had a great time together. We went to the San Diego zoo (Of course. Pete is a zoo junkie.), a Padres game, Old Town San Diego, the Mormon Battalion site, La Jolla Cove (beach with sea lions just hanging out. So cool!) ate some great Mexican food, and had the biggest plate of yummy breakfast food I've ever seen (the pictures don't even do it justice). We had a great time.
Here is a panda at the zoo. It was really cool. It was laying back, just eating a bunch of bamboo, maybe 10 feet from us. After living near the St. Louis zoo, which is awesome and free and cool, it is hard for me to get excited about zoos. But the San Diego zoo was cool because you could see all of the animals really well and most of them were quite active.
Here are some pictures of La Jolla Cove and my super hot husband. :)
Here are some pics of Pete's parents with Jake. I couldn't get pictures of the other two because they were busy running around. The kids had a great time with them here.
Well there you have it. Our trip to San Diego.
In other news, my children were driving me crazy today! Argh!! They were so naughty and were ignoring me and whining and screaming and sticking their hands in the toilet and scratching the paint on my new van, and not minding, and escaping time out, and making me crazy. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. It's gotta be. Right??
My sister Shannon cracks me up. I seriously look forward to reading her blog to see what she's up to. She's just such an interesting person with an interesting life, which of course she doesn't think is interesting, but that's partly why it's so interesting.
Okay, I think I'm going to go to bed and start on life again tomorrow. I'm done for tonight. :)
8 comments:
Yeah!! Good for you getting a much deserved break! It sounds like a lot of fun. We need to catch up! I don't think I knew about your new van!...did I?
Nope, I don't think I told you about the van. It was SO HARD to sell my Saturn! But the kids were getting squished and Jake likes to pull the girls' hair and it was a disaster. So this is much better. We got a 2000 Toyota Sienna. So it's not new, but it's new to me. ;) It has been really nice.
It is so nice to get away!! And to San Diego!! We had to go to gross Las Vegas. I hear ya about zoos. Glad you had fun. Hope your kids are better tomorrow.
Woohoo for a vacation without kids! Those food pictures are AWESOME! Those plates are a little more like platters!
Ha! Your life is much more interesting than mine... you were in San Diego! I didn't even know you were going. Glad you got a little break. Sorry about the naughty kids. They must take after their cousin Lexi.
We love our kids - but man, what even an hour alone can do for a mom! Glad you guys had fun in CA.
It must be in the "kid job description" for them to be naughty - mine are perfecting the skill.
Yeah for you guys! Sounds like an awesome trip! Isn't it fun when you have a chance to breath and remember why you married that person in the first place:) That sounds bad...you know what I mean. Totally hear ya on the naughty kids. good to hear mine aren't the only ones:) did you seriously go to bed at 7? good for you, if so!!
I'm so jealous. I was in San Diego in Feb. but it was just me WITH the kids so that is not the same at all as your lovely experience. I'm glad you got that fun time.
Hope all is going well despite being harassed by your kids. I'm harassed by mine too. They literally climb the walls. We go to the park a lot! It saves my sanity.
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