San Diego

I realized today that we only have about 2 weeks left in San Diego!

.....and that reminded me that I stink at blogging.

It is hard to believe that our San Diego adventure is almost over! I have been here for 3 months now, Lance - 4. Jade had just learned how to walk around on her own when we moved out here. Now she is an expert at running all over the place!

We live near the University of San Diego in a little 2 bedroom apartment that we share with Tyce and Mary. We don't have furniture. We sleep on the floor. We use plastic utensils, plates and bowls. We don't have air conditioning...but we do have a heater! (I can't figure that one out.) It can get a bit toasty in our apartment, but if we leave the windows open we can get a nice breeze in our apartment.

The weather here is beautiful, so we spend a lot of time outside. I usually like to jog around USD's campus with Jade, or work out on one of their practice fields. We like to go to different parks. We go to Sea World about twice a week, if not more. Sometimes on Lance's day off we'll go to the beach.

We love the ward here. There are so many babies that are Jade's same age. It is so fun to see them all together at church. We think the missionaries here are awesome. We just had Elder Costley and Elder Weidner over for dinner tonight. It was great to visit with them and to have them share a message with us.

Since moving to San Diego, I have accomplished some things:
-I can drive a stick shift.
-I can do standing back flips (with some assistance from Lance...but it still counts in my book!)
-I lost 5 pounds!
-I can make my toes touch my head.

proof!

Hopefully in 2 weeks I will add at least one more thing to that list.....I am taking my NASM Certified Personal Trainer Exam. I hope I pass!

So...thats a bit of what has been going on over here!

view on my run
there are a lot of steep hills here!!

workout with Jade at USD

flowers everywhere!!

palm trees!

USD's campus

USD's campus

The Flatulent Man and other adventures

The Flatulent Man

I was on a run with baby Jade in the stroller. We turned a corner right when a man stepped out of his vehicle and started to walk down the sidewalk in front of us. He was very slow, so I caught up to him quickly. He didn't hear me approach. I tried to make some noise to alert him of my presence (light coughs, loud feet, etc)....but he didn't hear. Suddenly, a loud eruption emitted from his behind. He looked around to see if anyone had heard....ooops! I am right behind him. (super awkward!) Startled, he stepped aside. I sprinted past and laughed all the way home.


The Ice Cream Man

Jade and I were walking back to the apartment with our mail. A man pushing an ice cream cart passed us. While reminiscing the days when I would hunt down the ice cream truck, a man with big muscular arms, tattoos and long hair came out of a nearby apartment. He looked at me and asked, "Was that an ice cream man??" I told him it was and he ran off to chase down the ice cream guy. Totally was not expecting that!

Farmer's Market

Last week, Jade and I went to a farmer's market all by ourselves! There are farmer's markets all over San Diego and there happens to be one just down the street from us. We got to sample different kinds of hummus and bought really yummy strawberries. It was fun to go to, but the prices weren't as good as I had expected them to be. This market was really small, so I am wondering if a larger market would have more competitive pricing.

I LOVE strawberries!!

Acai Bowls

In Ocean Beach you can get acai bowls! They are delicious. Soy milk and acai, granola, strawberries, blueberries, bananas, and honey. If you are in San Diego, you definitely need to try one.

Visitors!

I am the worst at blogging! haha. I don't know how other moms find the time to do it, but I definitely need to step it up!

Last Saturday I woke up to a surprise....Mary's family was on my doorstep! I had no idea they were coming or that they would be staying with us. Good thing I love the Wolfe family! It was fun to have them around. We don't have any furniture in our apartment, so there was plenty of room to lay out sleeping bags and set up camping chairs.

Lance's mom and Yellow Grandma also arrived on Saturday (an arrival I was expecting). We spent time at the San Diego Zoo, and of course, at Sea World.

Jade loved Yellow's walker

at the zoo

Hope and Roilan's
handbalancing/contortion act

with the performers
(they are from Utah too!)

sleeping koala....my favorite!

baby giraffe!

playing with dirt

Cirque de la Mer

Jade wasn't too sure about Austin,
but she's warmed up to him since then!

Stitches!

For the first time in his life....Lance got stitches.
Is anyone else surprised that this is a first for him? ;)

I happened to pick a great day to watch rehearsals!

I was watching Lance as the cast ran through the tramp wall act. I knew something was off when Lance stopped dancing/jumping and stood on top of the tramp wall wiping at his head. Then he climbed down off the structure and disappeared. That isn't like Lance to just quit in the middle of something important!

There was a slight bit of confusion as everyone was trying to figure out where Lance had disappeared to and what had happened. A boat was sent out to the structure to retrieve Lance. It turned out Lance had hit his head on a new prop that was placed on the wall.

Because I was there, I got to go in the "employee only" section of Sea World (woo hoo!) to check on him. (It wasn't as exciting to go "behind the scenes" as I had anticipated it to be....but at least my curiosity was satisfied.)

Anyway! Lance had a big gash on his forehead. We took him to the doctor and he got 12 stitches.

Harry Potter?

The best part of the day was that we all got a free dinner! The cast of Cirque de la Mer was treated to dinner by the head honcho of World Entertainment at Souplantion...and because I happened to be around that day, I got free food too! :)

Tyce and Mary on trapeze.
Lance and the other acrobats on the wall. 

Lance going off the wall while Tyce and Mary practice
their routine.

bandaged up

Family Update

A little family update:


Sam played violin in the Westminster College Chamber Orchestra.

Orchestra Concert

Sam got a balloon bouquet!

 We've enjoyed spending time outside.

at the park

family BBQ
w/ great grandma yellow

chillin in a hammock

Jade loves playing with balls

We moved to San Diego for Lance's new job!

we stopped by the Las Vegas Temple

We visited the San Diego Temple.

We found a really cool bridge in the middle of a neighborhood.

We ate a burrito that weighed almost the same as Jade. 

The grandparents dropped us off at Sea World.
We are going to miss them!

hanging out at daddy's work

Jade and daddy at Sea World

Cirque de la Mer Rehearsal

San Diego

We took Jade on her first ever road trip/vacation last week! We drove to San Diego so we could visit Tyce and Mary. They have been living in California and performing in Cirque de la Mer at Sea World, so they hadn't met Jade yet!

I was so nervous about taking Jade on such a long drive, but she was awesome! She mostly just slept and only got fussy when she was hungry (I get pretty fussy when I'm hungry too). We spent the first night outside of Vegas in a place called Whiskey Pete's.....oh boy was it whiskey!! .....holes in the walls and ceiling, carpet that must have been put in by Pete himself eons ago...


San Diego was really nice. The weather felt fantastic! We enjoyed swimming, exploring Old Town, going to the Mormon Battalion visitors center, watching the Olympics, and attending shows in Sea World.

road trip time

in the car

at the pool

Jade's first dip in the pool

Jade and Grandma

taking a snooze

Cirque de la Mer

Mary (in red) and Tyce (2nd dude)

Tyce on Chinese Pole

Tyce and Mary on Chinese Pole

Tyce

Mary

trampoline act

Lance, Tyce, Mary and Austin

I think it's funny how their hair kind of sticks up the same

killing time in the hotel

Lance, me, Austin, Mary, Tyce