December in San Diego

This is what we pay the big bucks for.... 

Christmas trees for sale in hot air balloon weather.

Totally worth it.

Trips Within Trips

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Utah holiday vacation to bring you...(*DRUMROLL*)

FAE & JOHN'S WONDERFUL WEDDING!!!  ***

...and too few hours of blissful, warm, redolent, fabulous, euphoric, happy, (did I say 'beautiful'?) hours of San Diego sunshine and warmth.

And now back to the snow.

***Beautiful photo courtesy of (my genius cousin) Wendy of Blue Lily Photography

We're HERE!

Let me start by covering the most important aspects of our San Diego trip thus far:

We've eaten chicken shishkebabs at Armenian Cafe, had a yummy picnic at the beach, gotten a Peanut Butter/Hot Fudge/Banana Shake and onion rings from Ruby's, and celebrated my mom's engagement with $1 Rubio's Fish Taco's. Picking up on a theme? I'll give you a subtle hint: It's food. Many of my favorite San Diego activities revolve around food. And we have many more favorite food places left to visit. But believe it or not, when we're not eating, we're still having fun. Here's some proof:

Tonight's sunset. Photo by Doug

Finally, we get to see the sun setting where it should...over the ocean.

Cousins: Max, Dania, Ashlin, Gabe, Kirra, Makaila, Sam

My sister Laura specializes in girls, I specialize in boys.

Max and Dani are two months apart and a LOT alike.

Sam likes to get dirty
Friends Sam and Maggie are exactly 1 year and 1 day apart.

Ani and Max met and fell in love in San Francisco.

Our great dental school friends the Akins hung out at the beach with us on Monday. The boys love our hotel. It has a pool and free breakfast. Both older boys are getting gnarly tans. (Notice I didn't say "wicked"? That's 'cause we're on the west coast.) Did I mention I'm happy to be here?