CALIFORNIA!!!

i'm finally getting a chance to blog our trip to cali over christmas break. last year, we went to chicago so i think this is going to be a tradition. anyway, shawn and i were lucky enough to run away for a second and see our good friends emily and alden lawrence. they were fantastic hosts/tour guides, we had so much fun with them. we got out and saw a few things, but otherwise did A LOT of talking and eating. emily and i are both pregnant-o, and it was nice to have someone as hungry as i was CONSTANTLY. thanks, em. emily took us to this awesome restaurant (how the heck do you spell that?) called the beachcomber. it was right on the beach, so the above pic is of me in front of the restaurant, and below is shawn and i turned around with the ocean behind us. so not only is the location amazing with the ocean breeze blowing on you (you can eat outside on the deck), but the food was great too. we had breakfast which is my favorite meal anyway. i ate mine and the rest of shawn's.

this is in front of san diego zoo, which was the only park we wanted to go to. i'd been like 15 yrs. ago and shawn had never been. one of the best zoos in the world. alden had the day off so we all got to go, with emily's bro. jeff, who is a fine young lad and has some of the greatest dance-in-the-car moves you've ever seen.


they took us to balboa island, on newport beach, super cool place, and as we're walking along the boardwalk we saw a gang of segwes. it was a class/tour and it was so funny cuz they all had their helmets on and went everywhere together in single file. shawn wanted a part in the fun.

and this is the official new year's eve celebration. it pretty much went by unnoticed unfortunately because we all agreed that it is overrated. i don't think the martinellis even happened at midnight. whatever. again, a shout out to emily and alden. thanks and it better happen again. we love you guys.