The Lewis Family: San Diego

We returned late last night from our short trip to San Diego. Aaron had a National Prudential Convention to attend, and the girls and I went along for fun. He stayed in a downtown hotel right by the convention center with his dad (who was also attending the convention.) Grace, Eve, and I stayed with Aaron's sister Angela (husband Jared, and kids Julia and Dallin) who lives down there. They were such great hosts! We really enjoyed our stay.

While Aaron did his "conventioning" the girls and I played! On Monday we went to Birch Aquarium with Angela and her kids. We had a lot of fun seeing lots of marine life...Grace was amazed by all the different creatures that live under the sea! We picnicked outside the aquarium and took the rest of the day pretty easy while the cousins played. The next day there was a lot more playing and cousin fun! It was a cold, overcast day but we went to the beach anyway to let the kids dig and run around. Grace was so excited. When she found out we were going she exclaimed, "I've been waiting to go to the beach all morning!"

I also got to see my life-long friend (literally...since birth) Charlotte while I was there. She lives and works there in beautiful San Diego. Angela was awesome enough to offer to watch the kids for me while Charlotte and I had a girls night out. We had a blast! We ate wonderful sushi and later got ice cream sundaes at Baskin Robbins. We talked and laughed (almost constantly.) It was really fun to be carefree for a few hours...I felt like I was in high school again!

Tuesday evening the girls and I said our good-byes to Angela's family and headed downtown to pick up Aaron at his hotel on our way out of town. By chance, another childhood (through adulthood) friend, Chelsea, was vacationing in nearby Newport Beach. She, along with her husband Travis and kids Boston and Cassidy, had been there a few days. We met them for dinner on our way out of town and had fun catching up. Boston (2) and Cassidy (2 months) are so darling! All the kids seemed to get along really well and chased each other all over the restaurant (except for baby Cass of course!) I forgot to bring my camera in, but Chelsea got some good shots that I'll post as soon as she e-mails them to me.

It was a great trip! Now we are home, escrow closes today, and the reality of just how much we have to do over these next two weeks is really sinking in!