MLK Weekend

Basically anytime I can steal Spence away for large amounts of time, I make sure we make something/anything out of that time.

 I usually also make excuses for him to have large amounts of time so I can do that. 

Friday night, date night, was dinner and the temple.

The temple was SOO packed. Multiple stakes, multiple couples, CRAZY busy. 

We decided on sealings and did some names from our ward. 

The sealer was adorable and it was such and enjoyable time.

I'm was also so happy that my knees permitted me to.

We followed that up with a red box and a treat from the store. 

Have you seen The Words? 

I saw it with my mom after my surgery, I may have been heavy on loritab, but I was obsessed with it.

Spencer said it was "good" but depressing.

I loved it. I recommend it. Mostly so you can tell me if I was on drugs ;)

Saturday we went on a bike ride.

MY FIRST BIKE RIDE by the way 

(well I broke rules once and rode a tandem with my brace...)

We love cruising, but Buddy hasn't permitted me to do so yet. 

Permission was granted and biking was had and it was AWESOME.

The area we live in is super convenient for that lifestyle, so that's nice.

We proceeded with what is now a traditional Saturday for our pair.

We biked to the library for some returns and browsing. 

Always makes me happy and inspired. 

Then across the lot for picnic lunch date at Costco. 

We ventured inside, but did not have to worry about purchasing because I forgot my card, so we snuck in. We pulled a fast one on them! We played with toys, made up excuses why we needed everything, sat and love on "our couch" which we will someday buy, and sample to our hearts content.

Below - Spencer bumping to the Bose...he danced and made my heart smile <3 p="">

"CANNONBOMB"

We nail that everytime

We live right on the San Diego River. There is an awesome river walk/path there and we cruised it.

We cruised it to the grocery store and to watch the sunset.

Yup, I'm a sunset whore. Get used to it.

See the plane flying off into forever?

I held my breath the whole time it soared in front of the sun.

It had such a better view than me!

I MIGHT have pretended this was the duck version of Spencer and I watching the sunset...

Picked up some necessities at the grocer.

Saturday night I had this gem of an outfit on to stain some furniture.

At one point Spence looked away from the TV and said to me, "WOW Rach...you are a winner right now. You are just winning." He can say the right thing that cracks me up to the core. 

Sunday was stake conference. It was good, but mostly we were inthralled by the perfectly behaved children in front of us that were KILLER colorers. We just kept watching what colors they would do next, see if they'd stay in the lines. They were so spectacular. I mean...

49er's game was watched (I won't pretend I'm a die hard, but I represent for my boo)

I mostly watched him watch it intently. And soaked in all his reactions. 

If you know Spencer (even my family) you know he's pretty even tempered all. the. time. 

Not too many sudden passion outbreaks or loudness...

man I wish I would have recorded it - actually I tried to, but he was done by then 

(It happens that quick) He was so loud and so excited even I was shocked. 

He might have almost hit through a wall he was so stoked. He like high fived it.

It was a moment I'll remember and cherish forever

That night I got to work on a project that's been waiting for me for YEARS. 

I got a sewing machine for Christmas and am a COMPLETE amateur, but am excited to give it a go. 

Overwhelmed, but excited.

Here's just a little sneak peak.

SPY ANY SHIRTS YOU REMEMBER??

It's fun to go through them all and I'm overly sentimental, so it's great.

Expect pictures...probably in another 5 years...I'm not great at follow through.

Monday, in honor of the hard work Martin Luther King did....hold up - side note - He is the man and it's funny to me that the day is celebrated with no sort of tradition to him except people maybe looking up his beautiful words or something, I wish there was a tradition for it, I feel guilty thinking of it as a day of freedom...well, I guess that's my "tradition" answer...so, TO FREEDOM! I toast. And we toasted to that by beaching it. We had a warm week after some rain and will have rain again next week so the last couple weeks have been so nice. 

It was a sweet day.

Hope you enjoyed your holiday weekend (or just the holiday) in some way!

The Last/First Week

After our San Diego Christmasing, Spencer had 1 WHOLE MONTH off of school! 

You bet we lived it up.

We'll get to that month at some point, but for now I'll try to stay a bit more up to date. 

After Vegas, Utah, Vegas we came back home. 

It was real nice to be back.

My family was cute enough to recognize our Disney adventures & realize they were coming to an end

 (if you don't get it, just don't worry that we enjoy it so much. I get we don't have kids, but Disneyland makes me happy, ok :))

So Christmas came and season passes were gifted. 

Naturally we had to get use out of them RIGHT away. So the next day we headed up to Anaheim to enjoy. We did. We really did. AND we always meet up with our Disney buds Zach and Jana, but unfortunately never together and morely with Zach (WHICH IS GREAT) but we finally got a day with Jane (Jana) and dinner at Tortilla Jo's with the pair of them. 

Disney = Happy

no matter what, no matter your age

It's a mindset that I've decided to adopt and it ALWAYS works

As you see these pictures, disregard the fact that the mostly involve food...we have traditions

...or weaknesses

Beignet's from Ralph Brennan's ... Breakfast 

If you know Disneyland, you better know these Corn Dogs...gol

Picturesque California Adventure. They sure know how to make fake/man made views gorgeous!

Traditional swings pic. The most pleasant lil feeling, we love it. 

First time riding the new cars ride - Single Rider line got owned. #teenywait

Apparently there were some shocking or scary or, I don't know parts - see shocked face below.

We just...we...we think we're funny. I mean, we were really tired. 

It is a dream of mine to stay at the Grand California Hotel. Even if it wasn't connected to the Park and was randomly in the desert I'd want to stay there. It is so gorgeous. Frank Lloyd Wright inspired in American Craftsman style, the architecture alone would sigh me to sleep. Cozy nooks, old time glamour, the details are natural and subtle and I just love it. Early 1900's feel...just, yeah.

Also I can use this phone...so that's always a plus

That was our last vacation adventure. The next two days we were SUPER LAZY to end the vacay in style. I mean like lounge city on the couch, movies, naps, eating (no cooking), SUPER LAZEEE. 

It was awesome.

Spencer went back to school on the 14th. First day of his 2nd semester in his first year of law school.

I am so proud of him and so grateful he works so hard. 

AND I'm grateful he lets me be as corny as I am...

I went back to getting our life in order. 

I get spend some of that time watching adorable kiddos. 

It's so fun to have friends and playmates.

Ella draws pictures with me. Mine (left) is sad I know, it's of her, I'm a 5 year old when it comes to art. But she is actually a 6 year old and she kept saying of the picture she drew of me (right) "you look like a fish! you look like a fish!"

But she's cute, so it's fine. 

The best part is the Easy Bake Ovening...so lucky. 

As she says, "It's the yummiest thing and the sweetest, AND the easiest!!!"

She jumps for joy she loves it so much

We feed pistachios to beanie baby bears

We ride bikes

Or try to

I also get to take them all the places I want to go, but sadly don't have much of a kid reason.

So we played and enjoy and soaked up and LOVED Mission Bay Park. 

Mission Bay is my favorite and they have the best, biggest park and jogging/bike path. 

Ella spun and spun and spun and smiled in this little bucket spinner.

We swung while watching the sunset

The best

Ollie needed my extras for bundling

He really is just the CUTEst

Oh and I throw this in because it's a plug.

We ate at Burger Lounge last week because I crave it every day. 

They have the BEST grass-fed meat and neat drinks and freshest fries with the best oils and it's great.

The turkey burger is my go-to there. SO delicious and it feels good. (Below)

Spence went with the Buffalo Burger. 

We had our FHE there and our 2013 goals and planning session.

It was a delicious success.

A highlight of last week was prancing through the Antique District in Ocean Beach 

I got some finds. 

The best of all was finding my new spot for collecting.

The vintage post cards spot I came across at the Antique Mall was....

Breathtaking

I'll get into that obsession another time, but for now I'll just allude. 

After that heaven was the farmer's market. 

The haul there, avocados and California Kimchi. 

We had the Kimchi with dinner that night. 

It mad me miss Korea, which made me happy.

I would have hauled the whole lot of it, but I spent a large chunk of change on postcards and a gold rimmed mirror tray I'd been eyeing. 

Which is why I return tomorrow, this time with Spencer, and every Wednesday evening from here to forever. 

Ok. That was the last week or so. It was a success. The loveliest. 

Here's to hoping for the same now, weeks to come.

Next post MLK weekend.