Why does the weather hate us?

So full day #2 in So Cal, is just as cold and wet as the previous. We opted to stay close to Carlsbad and I pulled my romantic comedy movie card. ((Brent and I take turns picking movies)). I wanted to see Slumdog, but you can't find it anymore out here. I guess we are backwards and slow in the East! So, since Valentine's is close (gush), I thought it was time for a good chick flick.

Except it wasn't! We saw "He's just not that into you" and it was awful. I need at least three moments in a romantic comedy where I literally put my hand over my mouth and become teary-eyed. This movie only landed me one of those moments (Neil washing dishes) There was a close runner up when Neil but Beth's ring in his old nasty pants.
Although my husband was Neil and I was Gigi. That's the other thing I need to do in romantic comedies is assign who's who based on characteristics and familiar behaviors.
I also don't appreciate movies that portray marriage as a "possible" negative and adultery, um hello?? Where's my happy ending??

So skip the flick. Seriously. It's more for netflix or even on demand. The soundtrack however, not too bad. Might download some of those tunes.

We are off to LA for Valentine's Day........I want to see some paparazzi.

Greetings from sunny sometimes and cold always San Diego!

Brent and I are enjoying some time away from the usual hustle and bustle of life in Southern CA. The problem is it's cold, very cold! We arrived to find out that the rest of our time here the weather would be "unseasonably cool" and "wet". How perfect. The area of the country known for having a stable weather pattern has a blurp while we are here. Al Gore's right, global warming sucks.
We are making the most of it and have ventured out on some day trips. We are staying at the Four Seasons in Carlsbad, not too shabby but our room is hella cold. Enough whining about the weather. The picture above is the view outside of our patio. I have enjoyed doing some reading outside and listening to the fountain while drinking my morning tea. Not too shabby.
Yesterday we went down to San Diego. When we were here a couple of years ago I wanted to go to Seaport Village but we didn't make it so I wanted to be sure to go this trip. I was VERY disappointed. It was a tourist trap for sure. I was hoping to find some swanky shops to get some unique gifts and things and nothing. To make matters worse, you had to buy something to validate parking otherwise you had to pay to park. That doesn't seem right to me!


After Seaport Village, we ventured over to the USS Midway and took some pictures around the bay. The Military and Coast Guard were quite busy with their helicopters over us for what seemed to be every five minutes! (Am I whining again!?) Here's the picture of the most famous "kiss". It's a super big statue. We were also goofing off at the Bob Hope memorial. All in good fun!


After that we drove over to Coronado Island. On our previous trip, we had dinner at the famous Coronado Hotel but didn't really explore the island. So that's what we did this trip. The stores and shopping in Coronado make up for my disappointment in Seaport Village. After lunch we headed back to Carlsbad and took a detour to La Jolla. Brent's most favorite place in the world! We drove along the coast and took some pictures of Torrey Pines, sea lions sunning and the ocean. Those are mostly what you see here.




We are planning a trip to Laguna -- I gotta go!! And also to LA. I'm going shopping on Rodeo drive and I hope to see some famous people this time! :) I also want to go to Coto, but we'll see........gotta try and find some housewives!

I couldn't say it better myself! Really!

Allison and I went to the National Museum of Natural History on Monday with our friends Jen, Luil and Fiona. Jen also has a blog and she talked about the day and did a much better job than what I was planning on. So check out her blog on the right, Familia Santiago. I am going to post some pictures. We had a blast and Allison is still talking about the dinosaurs and telling me that they aren't scary!

Locked in the Potty

Snow Days

I realize that I am behind in blogging.......

About two weeks ago, we had our first snow. This winter has been a bust for the white stuff but we did have a little for Allison to play in! Okay, doesn't that picture capture all the wonderful feelings that kids have about snow. How awesome is that?
This also brought on the OBSESSION with her snow boots. I thought I was the only one in the family to go gaga for boots! Give the girl some lavender slip on boots with velcro on the side and she is in love. In fact, she wouldn't take them off. She wore them all day and wanted to sleep in them. We drew the line there. But the next day, she was back and asking for her boots. Hopefully we will get a little more snow before this winter comes to a close.

Luli's 4th Birthday

Allison attended Lourdes' (Luli) birthday party this morning. She had a lot of fun. She made a police man badge (that was the theme) and ate pizza (two slices) and of course birthday cake. Two LoCo sheriff's showed up to surprise Luli and show off their patrol cars, but Allison was too scared to visit. So, we hung out in the family room until everyone came back inside. Then for a few moments she became brave and we went outside, then the Sheriff's turned on the sirens briefly and we were back inside in a flash. Allison had a lot of fun and all the way home she talked about the party and blew her whistle. She was very excited to come home and show her Daddy all of the good stuff she got at the party.
By far the funniest thing for me was when she sat down to eat her cake. Please note in the picture, she has the ENTIRE piece of cake on her fork. It was too cute. I also enjoyed the fact that as she sat on the floor eating her pizza she was lady like and kept her ankles crossed.

Brent's Birthday

Brent had a good birthday -- as far as I can tell! We had originally made plans for me and Allison to go into the city to have lunch with him but with Obama's inaugration and all the madness we opted for a later date. Brent's mom, Connie, and my mom and Nick came up to our house and we all went out to dinner at Cantina d'Italia. Yummy! We hadn't been there in a long time, so we had forgotten how good the food was! After dinner everyone came over for cupcakes (of course!) and then we played with Allison's new game, Elelafun or however you spell that. Nick even got into the fun. I plan on uploading that video for the blog!