Celebrating Thirty Years

So I mentioned in an earlier post that I would report on my "girls weekend" ...it was so much fun! Five of my fabulous friends from high school (and/or childhood) met in beautiful San Diego to celebrate the fact that we all turned 30 this year! We came from a total of three states, and stayed with Charlotte (the hostess with the mostess) and her husband Brady in their new home.

We did so many fun things, got very little sleep, and ate really well! I am so grateful for these ladies, and that I have had such amazing friends throughout my life! It makes me so happy that we have evolved from little girls, to high-schoolers, to mothers, doctors, and furniture designers! And through it all we can still call each other friends and have a blast together!

While Charlotte went to work on Thursday, Chelsea, Julyssa, and I spent our first day at the Maritime Museum where we got to explore several really cool historic ships right there in the Bay. We also had fun eating lunch and looking at shops in Seaport Village. Judy met us later that afternoon, and Nikki came in that night.

Dinner that night at Phil's BBQ (apparently it's famous in S.D. and so popular that they have a line outside with wait times posted on signs like at Disneyland!)

Breakfast the next morning at another San Diego hot-spot (Did I mention we ate really well?!)

On our hike at Torrey Pines (a trail overlooking the ocean...beautiful!)

Judy, Charlotte, Nikki, Julyssa, Maren, Chelsea
Since both Julyssa and Judy are fabulous photographers we had a fun photo shoot by the firehouse museum downtown in our matching t-shirts!

Another table shot...this time at a splendid find in Little Italy (downtown.)

We ended the evening with some karaoke back at Char's place. It got late and we all got a little loopy!

Thank you to Charlotte and Brady for letting us all stay in your home; thank you Judy for shuttling us all around in your classy van; thank you Chelsea and Julyssa for flying in from out of state; thank you Nikki for sleeping on the floor so my pregnant body could have the couch; thank you to my mother-in-law and sisters-in-law for helping watch the girls while I was gone; and thank you to my dear husband Aaron for taking care of the kids' needs and driving all the way to Southern California with them to meet me. I love you all! Wow...I feel like I just gave my acceptance speech for an Oscar!