New Years Eve

So this post is really late in coming but that seems to be my theme this month. For years my family has had season passes to SeaWorld. Since J.R. and I have been married that hasn't changed for us. We don't go as often as we would like. But we still love going down there. San Diego is probably our favorite place to go. We wish we could live down there someday.

This year for New Years we decided to spend the day at SeaWorld. The first part of our day ended up being quite an adventure. First, we didn't get down to San Diego as soon as we would have liked. But we finally got there, parked the car and were ready to go inside. Then it happened. I took one step outside of the car and my sandal broke. Completely broken, no way to repair it. I definitely wasn't able to walk on it as the strap had fallen off on one side. So we got back in the car and drove around trying to find a store to buy some shoes for me.

We drove down just a little bit and J.R. saw a sign that said "SHOES!" So we pulled in and I hobbled in only to find that they only sold men's shoes. Thankfully, the lady working there told us about another store just down the street. Great! We drove to this store and saying it was a madhouse would be an understatement. Well, I searched and searched and couldn't find anything I really liked. I have to be a little picky about my shoes because if I don't get really comfortable shoes my feet start to hurt and well I'm not the most pleasant person when my feet hurt.

So we were looking for a certain cheap shoe store that seem to be everywhere but we couldn't think of where one was. We went out to the car and low and behold, we had driven by one as we drove through the parking lot. J.R. and I looked at each other and asked how we had missed that one. I eventually found some cute sandals that are oh so comfortable and we were on our way again.

We ended up having a really nice day just relaxing. We saw a couple of shows but that's not really a big thing for us. Because when you've been going for years, those shows don't change much. So they get a little boring after so many times. The park closed at 9. We went to my parents, as it's on the way back to our house. (And we borrowed their camera.) But we were all so tired. J.R. and I were home and in bed by 11:30. I didn't see the new year come. But that was alright with me as I had a nice day.

So here are some pictures from our trip that day.

Commerson's Dolphins

J.R.'s favorite

Apparently it was just about feeding time. :)

Colorado Part 2

I finally have some pictures from my trip to Colorado. They have taken me forever to load but it's done. Warning: there are a ton of pictures here. Oh yeah and don't mind the horrible pictures of me. None of them came out too well. Not sure why. Oh well.

12/26/08

Driving through Utah

Scary snow storm

12/28/08

Exhausted from the traveling

Trip to Grand Mesa

(30 minutes from my grandparents)

My mom and I had to climb over this thing to get to the restroom (which was actually really clean). It was a little scary. I'm surprised neither of us ate it.
You can see the top of my mom's head in this picture.

Sun going down. It was getting COLD.

The high was 26 while we were up there.

My dad

He's not looking too well.

As soon as we got down

the mountain he threw up.

Eww. Poor guy.

J.R. being silly.

My brother

(he did not want his picture taken)

I was kind to my family and put the picture that they all looked good in. I don't know what was going on with my eyes.
My uncle, aunt and cousin.

The grandparents and kids.

My mom and her siblings.

The grandkids

My grandparents in their chairs.

Don't mind my grandpa nose. He fell.

So that was our trip. As I said before, we had a really nice time with family that we hadn't seen in years (some almost a couple of decades!!) We have vowed to keep in better contact.

A Great Weekend

Before I get back to my wonderful trip to Colorado (and yes I have some pics!!) I wanted to talk about my wonderful weekend. Friday, my mom picked me up and we grabbed a quick bite to eat before heading to the movies. We ended up seeing Bride Wars. It was really cute and we both enjoyed. After we went back to my house where we found J.R. and Travis bowling. So my mom joined us for a couple of games. My mom is really too good at this game. She beats us all almost every time. It's crazy.

Friday night we had our home group. The evening started out a bit rough as we got the times mixed up. Then it got considerably worse when we went to the store to pick up some soda for the evening and discovered we only had 61 cents in the bank. Fantastic. I sat in the car and tried to calm myself down before going inside. I was upset. I'm just so tired of this whole thing. I managed to calm myself down and we managed to have a good time. We brought our Wii over so after we played for a while. It was a nice evening.

Saturday J.R.'s mom was coming back from her brother's cabin in the mountains and stopped to have lunch with us. We had a nice lunch. Then we met my family to spend the rest of the day with them as it was my mom's birthday. We saw The Day The Earth Stood Still. It was ok. It was pretty slow and not a lot of action. We then went to my parents where we had pizza and played Wii.

My mom enjoyed her day and I have to say so did I. I'm really so very proud of her. After she lost her job last year she felt like God was telling her to move in a different direction as far as the type of work she was supposed to do. She considered a few things but she kept thinking about how much she loved being a pharmacist assistant before I was born. So she looked into doing that again. Well, these days you have to be certified in order to do that. She was very timid about going back to school but I encouraged her that she would do fine. Well, she's doing more than fine. She could have finished her first class in less than a week. She actually had to slow herself down so she could get her next set of books ordered. So I'm really proud of her. And I'm happy to see how excited she is about the possibilities there are for her.

Sunday was church. I always enjoy church more when I'm not having to do the overhead. So that was nice. Sunday afternoon we went to my parents for lunch. Then J.R. got a text from his mom telling him she would buy the Wii Fit for us! We were so excited so we ran right out and got one. We spent the rest of the day playing with that. It's so much fun! So that was exciting. I love this little machine. It's really changed our lives. We rarely watch any tv any more. We are so much more active. J.R. has already lost 5 pounds just by doing that and nothing else. We also spend a lot more time together as a family. Usually, when we are at my parents we are all in separate rooms doing our own things. Lately, we are all together playing games. It's fantastic and probably the greatest advantage of having this thing. My mom is obsessive about trying to find one for herself.

Last night we took the whole system over to Travis and Melissa's. We had a lot of fun playing once again. I told J.R.'s mom that if nothing else this stupid thing has made J.R. and I a lot more popular. ; )

By the way, I could use your prayers. A little less than a year I was having heart problems. My heart seemed to be skipping a beat. I learned it wasn't really skipping a beat. It was more along the lines of a delayed beat. It's not very fun, though it doesn't hurt. Well, of course as soon as they began testing me for it, it went away and I was fine. The last few days it has reared its ugly head again. My heart has been doing this more and more frequently. I'm not sure why and I don't like it one bit. So if you could pray for me on this I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

Oh and I'll leave you with a picture of a cake my mom and I did a couple weeks ago! (And yes we made those flowers!)