Vacay!!!

Last week we went up the coast with our buddies - we had booked this trip over a year and a half ago, so how's that for waiting for a good thing?  It was an amazing experience, the perfect mix of relaxation, laughter and friendship.

We drove up halfway the first day and stayed at a beautiful resort in Santa Barbara for the night..

 

We drove up the coast the next day and it was SO worth it for the view - gorgeousness through Big Sur!!

It was hilarious, we were cruising along and randomly saw zebras out of the blue?  There's something you don't see every day!

And while we were on the wildlife kick, we stopped to check out the elephant seals - adorbs!

And then we finally made it!!! Pebble Beach is absolutely gorgeous.  We were staying at the Inn at Spanish Bay, the northern-most property there.  It was so fun, we sat outside at the fire pits, cozied up under blankets, enjoying the scenery and listening to the bagpiper.

The 2nd day the guys golfed at Spyglass and that night we got all fancy-pants and went to a nice restaurant on the property, it was fun to get all gussied!

 The 3rd day the guys golfed Pebble and were OVER THE MOON about it!  They had so much fun, it was definitely a bucket list moment.  They had caddies and everything - had the whole royal treatment.  We girls hit the spa that day and got pampered - I personally think we got the better end of the deal - check out my view from the gym!  I would get a 2 hour workout everyday if this was my view!

Here's some shots from the course:

We all met up for dinner after our amazing days - happiness all around. 

 The last day, the guys hit the course at the Inn at Spanish Bay and we girls checked out Carmel - then we were onward to Monterey for the night.  Our hotel was great, right on the water, chock full of fluffy little sea otters - sooo precious!

 

 Here's a link to all our shots, if you're ready for overload - then we were onward and upward to Yosemite after that!  Enjoy:

Dog is my copilot

I miss driving SOOOOOOOO badly, I can't even tell you.  In fact, all of you go out and kiss your cars right now.  It's so funny how we take everything for granted until it's taken away, and man, balance, driving, working, equilibrium are all among those things I took for granted as things I'd always be able to do.  Funny how things we can complain about become things we desperately crave when they're taken away from us.  I'm still only able to drive to the gym or grocery store and back, and that's within a 2 mile radius, and luckily there's construction so it's 25 miles an hour (and I totally drive like a Grandma now anyway with 2 hands on the wheel staring straight ahead all slow - people get ALL sorts of pissy behind me because I actually *gasp* go the speed limit, it's hilarious).  I miss zipping around in my cute little Fonz, but at least I get little tastes of it, driving back and forth to the gym every day, and I know some day I'll be better and back to driving real distances...and probably bitching about being bored in a long commute and you'll have to remind me about this time in my life when I couldn't drive but 5 minutes total..haha!  Human nature - aren't we lame?

Anyhoo, I think Galileo has missed going on little trips in the Fonz because when he walks through the garage, he's always sniffing at my car, so the other day when I had to go pick up a prescription, I took him with me, and he was so freakin' happy!  I promise, I wasn't unsafe taking these, I still was staring straight ahead, just one hand on the wheel this time - I took a million, and only these 4 turned out - I have a ton of the sky, floor, stick shift, etc, ha!  Anyhoo, here's my little driving buddy, so precious.  And, as a side note, it was so fun to come out of Ralphs and see him sitting there waiting for me after my errand - my loyal little partner through thick and thin.  Man, I love this guy.

 This one's my favorite!!

First Padres Game!

We went to our first Padres game of the season 2 weekends ago with our friends Eric and Sara and their adorable little girl Cecilia.  It was such a nice, chill night and since we were with a baby, we got the park "seats" where you can sit on the grass, or walk around.  Funny, though - we started off in the park, then eventually somehow wandered into the fancy-pants VIP Omni Hotel area without anybody noticing, so that was an awesome, warm place to watch the rest of the game (plus they had a dessert buffet for $10 - I mean, woot woot!)

Before the game we met up for drinks/apps at the Blind Burro and funny enough, we ran into an old coworker of Rob's, Joe and his wife Mim who's now preggers!  So fun to catch up:

 Us at the park with little Cecilia, I mean seriously - that face!!!  I love that girl!!!

 We all think this photo is HILARIOUS because Cecilia is grabbing for Mommy's beer - hahahaha!