Sweet Surrender: April 2009

Jon and I had ourselves a little Spring getaway to San Diego, California. We decided to tag along with my Dad to his auction down there, which afterwards my Mom decided to go too. It was nice to reconnect with them, it feels weird not living at home anymore...sometimes I forget to call and I know that makes them feel bad. We were only gone for 5 days but it felt like we were gone for ages. Those are the kind of trips I like, I hate it when they fly right by. It was neat to see the auction process and I was able to spend some good quality time with my Mom, browsing thrift stoors and the neat malls they have in Cali. It was nice for Jon and I too, we haven't done much lately, we've been saving our wad of cash flow (I wish it were truely a wad) for the summer months and home updates. We ate some really good food and Jon got to see the ocean again which I think is one of his favorite things. Dont tell him I said so though ;) I am amazed by different culture-even experiencing it just two states away. The people there were so friendly (unlike Utah)my mom and I got several comments on our nails, outfits, just personal outerappearance etc. Lots of people said their "hello's" too which isn't a familiar trait here in Utah unless you know someone. There we were complete strangers but still received what we called "special treatment". Which is sad, because it shouldn't be special treatment at all, it should just be the norm. But anyway even the vegetation in California suprised me, their landscaping is so beautiful and not only are their palms something we don't get, but they had several different trees that I noticed as well. Here we have our pines and quakies, it's just natural to us here, but I'm sure to visitors they notice the difference the way I did within their environment. Needless to say we had a wonderful time, here are a few pictures to share our experience.

Where we stayed our first night...

Mom and I on our day of shopping....