Serenity Now!!

Received the best present from my parents...a weekend away sans kids.  My hubby and myself joined a few good friends and flew off to San Diego for a much needed rest and relaxation weekend.  We all had a blast just being us again.  It's amazing how just a little bit of time to think of only yourself and be silly without having to plan and worry about little ones can be so totally liberating.  Ahh...this is definately something that needs to be added back in to our routines...time off.

San Diego is one of my favorite places in California.  It's just so lovely...the sunny days and the ocean views.  Always lots to choose from and those yummy fish tacos!!!   With only a weekend I'm so amazed at all we managed to cram in and not make it feel exhausting!  I'm thinking without kids we were feeling a little giddy like teenagers again.  What can a bunch of thirtysomethings find in San Diego to keep them occupied?  Here's a list of what we did:

Happy Hour at

Our lovely hotel in the Lamp Quarter

Dinner with old friends at one of my favs....Sheer Water at the Hotel Del Coronado

Hitting the candy shop and going for ice cream on Ocean Ave

Breakfast for the girls

Spa day

Lite Lunch in Little Italy

Shopping

Boys hit the golfcourse and lunch

Dinner in Little Italy

Hitting the comedy club

Nightlife in the Gaslamp Quarter

Breakfast in Old Town

Having coffee with your housemate from college

Can't wait for the next trip out!!!

Mini Trip to the City

We live so close to San Francisco yet we hardly venture there. Well, it was time we did! So, we took the kids up to San Francisco today and visted the SFMOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art).  It was our first visit to a museum with our energetic bunch.  I think they did surprising well and may have even been unconsciously inspired.  The SFMOMA is a nice size and with lots of modern and colorful sculptures and paintings easily kept our troops engaged.  We brought along journals, crayons and colored pencils in case they felt the need to create a masterpiece or two of their own.  For Busy girl, who was the first to tire it gave her a chance to relax in the stroller and keep herself busy.  One of my favorites to watch was the fascination of the gold beads that covered a large entryway from top to bottom. 

After the SFMOMA, we headed to the end of the block and had lunch at

Time to burn off lunch with a romp through Yerba Buena Gardens...

 and a trip to the playground connecting the gardens.

Of course we couldn't pass up a ride on the Zeum carousel.

The weather in SF could not have been better.  It was a glorious and fun day today.  We should all sleep well tonite!