Cali's Christmas Present

For Cali's Christmas present this year. I used her last year's gift ($100 gift card to Broadway SD), to purchase some great seats, for her and Hannah to go see "Dear Evan Hansen".  I made it extra special with an 18th birthday bonus by booking a fun hotel downtown to make it a Girls Getaway!

WooHoo!

On Thursday, January 2nd, I got off early and off we went!

 We checked into the fairly new Intercontinental Hotel and this place is fancy!  I told the guy at check in that this was Cali's Christmas/18th Birthday present, so he gave us a 14th floor suite upgrade!

 The room had the most amazing floor to ceiling, embarcadero/bay views!

 We were going to have sushi for dinner, but couldn't find it.  So, we hit up the Sugar Factory instead!  It was perfect!

 After dinner, I dropped the girls off at the show and I went back to the hotel and had a "me" party.  They were so happy and so tired when I picked them up, that we all just went to bed.

We woke up to the most beautiful day on Friday (1/3).

 And I made them pose in the cozy robes...

 We ate breakfast at the hotel, because we got comped!  But it was kind of fancy and gross.  Then we went for a lovely stroll along the waterfront...

 Climbed some trees...

 And wandered through Seaport Village-

We shopped, ate, rode horsies and relaxed!  Cali loved all of it!  I am so glad we could make this happen and that I got to enjoy it too!

Happy 2020!!

We woke up to the most beautiful day on January 1st~

 The kids were all tired from being up late and stuff.  But I needed to get out and feel the beauty!  So, Jer and I headed down to the beach for a New Year Walk...

 It was the best way to start the year.  2020 is going to be a BIG one!  Can't wait!

And look at the sunset on that first day of the year...

Hoping it's a sign of more beautiful things to come!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year & Decade!

We spent New Years Eve with friends!

The Fellars invite us over for food and games-

 That party ended around 9:00, so we joined the Bronsons and headed over to the Jones for an after party!  We were going to play games, but ended up talking instead.  We watched the Paris countdown (which was prett, but weird) and luckily I brought party favors so that we could take these awesome pics at midnight-

 Everyone left as soon as it turned midnight.  We came home and found that our kids had quite the party with their friends while we were gone.

I'm so glad they did!  We finally got to bed around 2:00 AM.  2019 was a rad year for our family.  The whole decade was a roller coaster!  So excited to see what the new year and decade bring!

Happy 2020!

PNYP

Monday 12/30-

We had some cousins in town, so of course, we threw a "Pre-New Year Party!"

 We feasted on Carne Asada and Polla Asada and Pork tacos!

Mark & the kids came, Gammy & Papa, David & Lynds & their kiddos and Dusty and Joslin & their kiddos!

 Everyone just hung out and ate and played and visited!  I love these cousin parties and so glad we could have one to close out the year!  I love my family!

Jeremy's Present

We got home around 7:30 PM from Arrowhead on Dec 27th.  I had such a bad migraine.  But Jeremy and I basically dropped off the kids and threw some things together and drove up to Dana Point.  I got him a weekend with me!  It was dark and we were so tired from the day and my head was killing me, so we just passed out as soon as we got to the hotel.

Saturday Dec 28th - 

Good Morning!

Jeremy got up early and went looking for surf.  He didn't find any and came back for me.  We walked across the street to Stacks for a yummy breakfast.  Then we walked up the hill to a nice park overlooking the ocean and marina.

 We fell in love with this place.  Dana Point has always been a place you drive through to get to San Clemente or Laguna Beach.  But we found out that it is so much more than that.  We spent all day Saturday walking the Marina...

 We walked all the way to the "Dana Point", where we went down to pretty little cove.

 We walked ALL the way back to the hotel and got freshened up.  We had an early dinner at JFAT...(yum!)

 And then we discovered this!

 The Harbor was all lit up for the Holidays!  It was absolutely beautiful!

 After seeing all of the lights, we went back to the hotel and watched Clemson beat Ohio State to advance to the National Championship against LSU!  Go Tigers!

Sunday Dec 29-

We slept in and checked out.  We had breakfast at another cool little restaurant, The Shwack!  Then we went on an adventure to explore more of Dana Point.  We parked at the Strand and walked down the hill to the beach walk and followed that until it ended at Monarch Beach.

 The beach ended at the cliffs, but we kept going to see where we would end up...

 We followed the rocks that hugged the cliffs...

 And then we found ourselves another beautiful private cove...

We found a bunch of pretty shells to bring home and watched a few little teeny bop teen boys get busted by a security guard that was guarding a private community up on the cliffs.  We hung out for quite a bit.  It was so pretty and peaceful.

We walked all the way back to the car, in a round about, uphill way, because I thought it was a short cut.  I was wrong.  But we did make it back to the car and then headed home to our kids.  It was a perfect way to the end the year.  We love the time we get to spend together.  Merry Christmas Honey!