Double Rainbow

Well you can't really see the second rainbow in this photo, but yesterday we had the prettiest rainbows outside my window. The most amazing part... you could actually see the end of the rainbow.

Vegas Baby!

My sister's family had invited me to meet them in Vegas for the USA Rugby Sevens Tournament. I was able to stop by Vegas on my way back to San Diego from Arcata. I hung outw/ my niece and nephews while my sister and her husband went to the Blue Man Group. And what better thing to do while hanging out in the hotel room without any parents around? Well jump on the bed of course! We also had to make a trip to In-n-out since they don't have one in Colorado.

I've fallen in love with Northern California

Since I work at a flower company, Valentine's Day and Mother's Day are pretty big deals. The week prior to Valentine's Day I went to one of our 3rd party flower distributors in Arcada, CA to make sure everything went smoothly. It was awesome to see all of our flowers being packaged up to make everyone's Valentine's day special :)

While I was up there I made sure to do some sight seeing. I enjoyed some awesome runs on the Samoa beach and drove up the coast to see the Redwoods. It was amazing!

Staycation w/ Konnie

Konnie came to visit me last weekend. It was so great to see her and have my own little staycation in San Diego. We took the ferry ride to Coronado, walked around Balboa Park, saw the Seals in La Jolla, went to a bonfire on the beach (Konnie thought that was really cool esp in the middle of winter. :) ) Unfortunately the sun didn't come out much while she was here so we never ended up going swimming in the water. Although every time we went to the beach Konnie pretty much got soaked from going too far in the waves.

On her last day we went after church and she pretty much stood like this in the water for about an hour and didn't want to come out. It's fun to see how much other people love the water too.

Something you may not know about California

I don't know why, but since moving here I've noticed a lot of beautifully painted electrical boxes. They're all over the place and with different paintings. I'm not sure who owns it, or if the city actually commissions people to paint these things, but either way, it's highly entertaining, and I always enjoy seeing what they'll come up with next. Near my house, there are a set of 2 perfectly square boxes that someone has painted to resemble rubix cubes. If you're ever visiting, check it out.

Merry Christmas

Since I work at a company that's very seasonal, Christmas, Valentine's and Mother's Day are big ones for us. I decided it would be best to NOT ask for any extra time off. So... my parents decided to come see me for the holiday. My mom was glad since it had been since college that she got to spend the holidays with her mom in her home town. It has been super fun to have them here. On my last day of work my boss let me leave early, and I actually got out before the sun went down, I was super stoked. We went down to the beach where I went on an awesome run on the beach and then we enjoyed one of the prettiest sunsets I've ever seen.

An MBA reunion

This past week Connie came to visit, she's my friend, previous roommate and MBA classmate. I've been trying to get her to move out here and she agreed that SD is a great place. So she finally came to visit with some companies and play while I wasn't at work. We went to Sea World where we saw the Polar Express in 4D, it was pretty awesome when they started singing about hot chocolate and you could suddenly smell hot chocolate. Then we went to December nights in Balboa Park. Hopefully one of her connections will pan out so she can move here and we can have more fun together!