Josh sees all things San Diego

Well, kinda...

Josh and I just arrived in St. Louis, MO after he spent a week visited my family and I in Escondido. We had a great time hanging out with family, seeing some sites and celebrating New Years. I shall tell the story with some pictures.

We played some Super Munchkin with Sasha after eating Alberto's. Super Munchkin is a card game where the goal is to gain 10 levels by fighting monsters and making sure everyone else loses their fights. It's good times. Sasha had a tendency to try and sneak a peek at Josh's cards.

I showed Josh the Pacific Ocean at Oceanside Harbor and he chased the seagulls, after a little prompting from me... : )

I took Josh to eat his first In-N-Out burger. He liked it.

We hung out with Christian and Alicia one night and were very bored so we decided to go to Vons and buy some sparkling apple cider. We then decided to go take a picture of us drinking it on a planter in from of Calvary Chapel. It was cold and pretty much awesome.

Happy New Year! We had a party at my house and just ate and talked and played a little Ruckus. Megan, Nate, Kayla and Nick were able to join us and we had a good time.

We even got to walk the dogs so Josh could see the trails behind our house. Sasha took Sammy and I took Bailey. We left Bubba at home...

I love DollarTree... We went to the dollar store and I got 5 gift bags and tissue for $2.18. Good times. Sasha bought a white board and drew a pretty picture of me and for me while on our way to the mall.

While at the mall I tried on dresses for Kimi's wedding and Ring Dance. Sasha meade me try on this one...

And Josh thought it was pretty hilarious. Don't worry, I didn't buy it.

I did get this one for Kimi's wedding though. I love it soooo much and will be trying to make up some excuses to wear it a few more times.

We had a good time goofing off at the mall.

Star Trek Experience! Mommy, Daddy and I took Josh to Balboa and decided to check out the Star Trek Experience at the Air and Space Museum. It was awesome and completely nerdified. Needless to say, Mommy and I were pretty excited.

We walked around Sea Port Village and all its many stores. Before that we were a little hungry so we went to The Pier Cafe which sits right on the shore. The scallops were delicious and apparently we had a visitor who thought so too. A seagull sat outside our window almost the entire time we were eating. I wanted to feed him but it would have been a little difficult.

After church on Sunday, where Josh was able to meet bunches of people, we took another trip to In-N-Out with Meagan and Sasha. This is what happens when Sasha gets hold of my camera.

On Monday Josh and I boarded a plane for St. Louis, Missouri and here we are. Tomorrow we will set out on our 15-ish hour drive back to Richmond. We will be taking two days because we have to be back in the early evening on Sunday so hopefully that helps with the fatigue that comes with sitting for that long.

Picture story of the trip to Missouri to come soon!

Auto Show

Today the family and I headed downtown to the San Diego International Auto Show. Mommy's looking for a new car so we checked out a few and were impressed by the Kia's. Melissa and I liked them because the seats were nice and cushie. And of course Melissa had to sit in all the big trucks which there weren't that many of.
We also checked out the concept and themed cars. I liked the Barbie 300 and the car with the hot tub.
Works for me!
Then for dinner it was off to the Hard Rock Cafe where I had a delicious pork chop with garlic mashed potatoes. Yum... And luckily there was a birthday so we got to see all the employees do the YMCA. That was cool.
Now its only 8:30pm and I am so ready for bed... Even though I didn't wake up until noon today...
I love being on vacation.

I Have Now Officially Left My Kimi in San Francisco

And it was sad. But we had a great time watching movies, shopping and of course talking and being silly girls.

Wednesday I caught an earlier flight and came in at about 8am. Kimi picked me up and the fun began. We went to the movies with Kimi's friend and saw Enchanted. A very cute movie starring some unknown actress and McDreamy. Good times.

Then we had some tasty pizza and headed to the Stanford mall. If there is ever a day I can actually afford to go shopping in that mall than its because either a) become famous or b) married rich. I did manage to find a bracelet (going to be a gift) and a pretty necklace for myself at one of the lower end stores, Macy's... And Kimi and I bought matching chenille scarves at a store I had never heard of called Lucy. And, of course, we took a trip to Starbucks.

We had dinner with her family. That was some tasty-ness. Then more movie watching, Stardust this time. Also a good movie. And some sleep.

Kimi took her final th next morning so I slept in until about 10am which was nice since I had woken up at 4am the previous morning... Then there was some more shopping more in my range, the Thrift Store. More movie watching, Rent and Mean Girls. What a combination. Then even more shopping but this time at Borders and Barnes and Noble. Then more food with the family (minus a younger brother) and then a brisk walk (it was freezing) down a well decorated street. My favorite house had no decorations except for a giant blow-up Grinch. Go rebels.

My flight home went well and here I am. Since I came home there's been more shopping, some hanging out and general merriment. Today I didn't wake up until 11am.

That's what I call a vacation!

San Diego Fires

First of all, my family and house are okay as of right now. My parents have been told they may need to evacuate and they are ready to leave if they need to but so far that has not had to happen. When I talked to them last night they said the winds had died down and the smoke had cleared. While they can see the fire from the house on roughly three sides, the fire has stayed in a "C" shape around Escondido (said Mommy and Daddy). Some of southern Escondido has been burned and through e-mails from friends I have learned that many people have been evacuated but no word on anyone I know personally losing their home.

So my family is safe for now but this fire is very unpredictable so please keep them in your prayers! I will try to update when I can.

Here are some maps courtesy of Google and KPBS (I'm probably violating some copyright laws here...).

The general area. The white info bubble is on Escondido High School which is a few miles from my house and is being used as an evacuation center that is now at full capacity. The Witch Fire is what is the biggest problem for Escondido right now, its on the lower right. The Witch Fire has burned over 164,000 acres and is 1% contained according to an article in the New York Times this morning.

A closer view. The info bubble is directly over my street.