We Love San Diego!

Neil and I had the chance to take a quick trip to San Diego.

We LOVE San Diego!

We flew into San Diego on Tuesday and found out it was Fat Tuesday and that San Diego has the second largest Mardi Gras celebration.
We have never celebrated or thought about Mardi Gras but thought we would give it a try.

There were over 150,000 people there but it was really tame.

There were fun floats they made snow with bubbles.

Wait Christmas?

We didn't see anyone do the "usual" things for beads.

San Diego is pretty conservative.

Look how cool this sand castle is.

This was at Coranado Beach. We loved Coranado. 

The guy who created this cool sand castle says he comes to the beach a couple days a week and creates a new sand castle. 

Amazing detail. What talent.

My cute fella checking out the water. Way too cold.

You can see the Coranado hotel in the background (red roof).

I would love to have a summer home in Coranado. Loved it.

The sun felt so good. It just warms you inside out. So relaxing!

Some sun and some tunes. Vacations in the sun during yucky end of winter weather is so renewing.

The bay side of Coranado has a beautiful view of downtown San Diego.

Love this cute fella and his smile!

San Diego Old Town

Our only purchase in Old Town was some girl scout cookies.

Thin mints of course.

There was a cute girl pulling a wagon and selling cookies.

La Jolla Beautiful water and cliffs.

It was windy and cold this day but still lots of fun!

In La Jolla there is this small beach area where the seals have made a home.

The seals were so cute. There were even babies.

It was fun to see them come in and out of the water.

House of Blues

We were excited to see J.R. and his band.

We got invited to sound check. So much fun. It was like our own private show.

J.R. and Ryan came and gave us hugs and talked to us after the sound check.

They were so kind and generous.

An amazing show. This concert was with the whole band.

I have to say it was great but I still liked our show here in Utah the best.

Neil and I at the concert. We had front row seats and were right next to the stage.

The concert was an end to a beautiful trip.

Thanks Neil for always being so much fun and for being my best friend.

Thinking of her...

I was deleting a bunch of old emails today and came across
an email my sister had sent me with this picture.

It's a picture of my mom.

She is the one in the middle wearing pants.

It's been 33 years since I have seen my mom.

I have very few memories of her.

But oh how I love her.

I have felt her in my life...even from heaven.

She has been a big influence in my life.

I want her to be proud of me.

I want to be like her. I want to honor her.

Photo Shoots

Kinsey loves photography.
She has a real talent and loves to take pictures.

Sometimes she takes self portraits.

In fun and unique ways.

Kinsey you are a beauty.

But usually Sammy is the model. 

Kinsey will dress her up and do her make-up and have 

her do crazy things.  Sammy loves it and is a 

really good sport.

Somehow she can take photos and make them into art.

Snow angel in your nice dress and new boots. 

I guess anything for the photo. 

You silly girls!!

Sometimes the photos are normal glam shots 

no wait isn't she on a snow plow?

You somehow capture the beauty around you. 

Check Presentation

Neil presented the Laursens with their check from
The Second Chance Foundation. 

Hannah was very excited about the big check. $10,000.

Thanks UVU Athletics and eveyone who helped with all the events to help raise this money.

I am so proud of Neil and all his efforts in making a difference in others lives. 

Working with the Laursens was so much fun. They are kind and humble and were so willing to do anythng we asked of them. We all enjoyed all of the activities that led up to this night.

My favorite moment was at the J.R. Richards concert when J.R. called Hannah up on stage. 

See post here about the concert.