San Diego Continued

Our trip to San Diego was great! We didn't end up doing a whole lot besides the wedding. But spending time with family & great friends was a lot of fun. The Toblers were able to make it along with Chad & Joseph. It is always fun to see the Toblers, great laughs and stories are always shared.

We started off at the wedding on Friday afternoon at a cliff side to the beach/ocean. It was beautiful. We had a really nice day considering how cold it was projected to be that weekend. After the wedding pictures were taken, I don't have any of us but I'm sure I'll get copies sometime from Trace. The reception was at the church in the courtyard. It was decorated very simple yet beautiful. We had a delicious dinner with pasta and chicken cordon bleu along with salad and steamed veggies. Then the music started and the party began. Pretty much everyone danced- lots of activity was going on while the music was playing. It was structured in a way that everyone participated. It looked like a lot of fun. I was feeding Michael and putting him to sleep when it all started. When I came back outside the music was so loud Michael wouldn't sleep. I've included a video of him so sleepy after eating. It cracks me up to see him so tired. He actually kept his schedule with the time change so he was waking up at 5. We'd try to take a nap with him when he did.

On Saturday we went to Balboa Park where there is tons of stuff to do. We went to the Natural History Museum. We saw the video for Pompeii & some of the artifacts. It was time for Michael's nap so he became restless during the video and cut the museum short. We did look at Photography at the Poles- an exhibit on display. There were some really great pictures of penguins, polar bears and more. This was one of the pictures. Later we went to Ely's sister's house for tacos made by a taco truck. They were really good. The bride and groom opened their presents also.

Sunday my mom and I went to church with Shelby while my dad took Joe to the airport. He had to work Monday but I stayed another day, plus it was cheaper to fly back Monday. We pretty much just sat around and talked the rest of the day.

Monday we were able to sneak in a couple of hours of shopping before my flight. My mom and Ely came along. I love shopping in CA. There are lots of stores to choose from but I'm not quite sure which ones I can afford to shop in. We'd walk in and look at a price tag and realize it was not the store for us. We did manage to find a few stores we could afford. I found this super cute dress and skirt on clearance at Express. When we went to go to the airport we put everything in the car. I had pulled out all the things underneath the stroller in JcPenney's before we went outside. Then at the airport I realized I never put my shopping bag in my suitcase, in fact I don't remember pulling it out from underneath the stroller. I called Trace to have him check his car. He didn't see it anywhere. Dang! My mom said they would go back to the mall if they had time to see if they could find it. I didn't think they would so I told her not to worry about it. They went ahead and did anyway. Low and behold there it was right where I was sitting in JcPenny's unloading everything before we got into the car. I was so glad when Trace called and left a message letting me know they found my bag. Now I just have to wait until May when I go home to be able to wear it!

Over all we had a great trip seeing friends and family. Trace being married is wierd now that I'm not the only one. It's fun to have a sister in-law on my side of the family, now only three more sister in-laws to go, plus one brother in-law. My flight home with Michael was pretty good. This was the first time I flew without Joe with Michael. He only fussed a little for a few minutes until I was able to get him to sleep. Then he slept the rest of the flight, now if only I could have slept too.