Beautiful San Diego

It's always nice to go on vacation when someone else pays for it!!! So that's exactly what Cole and I did....without kids....even better!

The wonderful Dentists that I work for planned a trip for the staff members of both offices to go to the Pediatric Dental Convention in San Diego. Each employee was given a stipend to use on their expenses for travel, lodging and food. I chose to use some of the money to bring Cole along with me. We decided to fly since Cole couldn't get any time off work and we would only be there for 2 1/2 days. After all was said and done we only had to pay for our food expense while we were there. It was AWESOME and a much needed break!

To make it qualify as a work expense we all had to attend at least one class at the convention. So we did it together the first morning of the trip. Here are only half of the crazy group of people that I work with. The other half didn't join us for the fun.

After our morning of listening to speakers and walking around 100's of vendors booths we were free to spend the weekend doing whatever we wanted!

So Cole and I went here:

And ate this :

Or at least attempted :)

(don't tell him, but I don't think it's all going to fit)

 

This place was featured on Triple D aka Diner's, Drive in's, and Dive's. Cole's favorite show on the Food Network. I'm pretty sure his life goal is to someday own a restaurant that makes it on this show.

Then we headed up the coast to soak in all the fresh sea air we could find. We ended up here for about 2 hours!

This is La Jolla Cove. The Sea Lions come right up onto the beach to sun bathe for hours. What a Life!!

It was really windy while we were there and cold for us Arizonians that are used to 100 degree weather, but one of us thought it would be fun to see how close we could get to the water...

and this was the results...

Thanks Amy for being lovely photographer!

We ended our day with a ride on the old Bellemont wooden roller coast, which was fun and jarring. I think we all needed to see the chiropractor after that ride.

The next day was spent driving around with no plans or destination in mind. We did find time to stop here:

What a perfect way to end our trip! We didn't have time to do a session like we had hoped, but enjoyed being on the grounds to take in the beautiful view.

Overall, it was a fast, relaxing trip that we both loved and needed. We missed the kids tons and saw lots of things they would have enjoyed, but it was nice to spend time together as just husband and wife....and not mom and dad:)

Kindergarten Promotion

I know that now summer is half way over, but I finally have a few minutes to sit down and share the pictures of Addison's Kindergarten Promotion. This is a BIG event for her school. They have the kids practicing for about a month and then have the performance at the Queen Creek Preforming Arts Center. It was alot of fun to see all the kids sitting up on stage trying their hardest to stay calm and not play with their friends.

All four Kindergarten class preformed songs to Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. It was really funny to watch them try a hand at acting and know when to be on que :)

Grandma was even able to get a picture of Addison with her teacher Mrs. Laidley. She did a great job working with Addison this 1st year of school and we came to know each other quite well. I think it was a learning experience for all of us.

Addison with her friend Briton. They were the two smarties of the class that Mrs. Laidley had to continually send home extra work for since they finished every else in 5 minutes.

Addison loved her 1st year of school and is anxiously waiting for school to start again! I've never met a child who has a count down to school starting, but Addison asks me everyday just how much closer it is until she goes back. She will be attending a new school this year closer to home and is extremely excited that she will now be able to walk or ride her bike everyday.