Ski bunnies are back again, baby!

We went back to Mammoth again a few weeks ago and again we had such a blast. I'm so grateful I'm able to load up on my meds and ski...when I thought it was an activity possibly out of my realm for a while, I felt so much grief. It's awesome beyond words not to have to give it up, and Rob says I have a huge grin on my face the whole time...though I'm not surprised. I'm in heaven!

It was super sunny and perfect spring skiing conditions, the warmest weather and only like skiing in a warm slurpee at the very bottom. 

After two days of hitting the slopes hard, we were pooped and on our drive home, we had the bonehead idea to "drop by" the ancient Bristlecone Forest which we thought was just off the main drag. Well, little did we know it was a winding 45 minute drive off the main highway (when we had another 6 hour drive in front of us) and when we got there, the freakin' road was closed! Sorry, folks, moose out front shoulda told ya. 

 Then came bonehead move #2: we thought "oh, I'm sure it's not far to hike in to see the trees, we've come this far, let's just hike in and we'll be right back in no time". Um, didn't the Dahlmer party say that? Cripes. 2 hours of steep hike through snow and ice later, (and mind you, I can't even describe the crazy wind we faced...we were above tree line and it was madness how the wind would almost knock us over) we finally got there. And the kicker? Yah, the trees are somewhere around 4000 years old, so that's cool and all, but I don't even think they're that pretty. But after that hike, to be fair, unless they were covered in chips and guacamole and gave out massages, nothing would have been pretty. We're dum dums. But at least we burned some awesome calories. And saw some ancient trees. 

Illegally gotten, park is closed, we almost died from exhaustion plank. 

We live! Now get me a milkshake.

The storming of the Steitz's!

Meg and Bill came out to stay with us for several days in honor of Bill's big birthday and we were so happy to have them. We had such a great time, of course we'd have a blast with those two regardless of what we were doing.

Bill had arranged a private tour of th Salk Institute, it was really cool!

Nerd graffiti:

We went on an adventure trying to find Bill's childhood homes and we actually found thm! While they were nice suburban neighborhoods back in the day, they were pretty interesting now and we found a great treasure. 

Our treasure, and I was dared to go try it out for a photo op. 

Dare success! Beth never disappoints on a dare. I could have totally been shot for this pic but it was so worth it. 

For Bill's bday dinner, we went out on the beach and celebrated Bill-style with big ol' white mustaches. When in Rome...

Love you two!!!

My new office digs!

We moved office buildings to a block away (still in La Jolla) which is so exciting because it's larger. This means I've been able to expand my hours and see more clients and it's been wonderful. Here's a few shots of my space, it's gorgeous and very peaceful. In the lobby we have lovely zen music piped in and it's neat, we can even play it in our own offices if we want too. Here you go!

I just realized that's a shot of my lunch on my desk, haha!