My 30th Birthday

My birthday this year was a fairly significant as I turned 30. Thankfully, my mom was able to come visit. We picked her up from the airport in a mad rush. First, we were running a bit late. Second, as we were on our way I received a message from my mom that her plane had already arrived. Our final problem was the fact that the airport was unusually packed. As we pulled up my mom just jumped in the car and we drove off.

Our first stop was dinner, as J.R. and I hadn't eaten. We of course took my mom to In n Out as she hadn't had that in over a year. We then made a quick stop at Michael's' before heading home. we were all pretty tired when we got home so we all crashed.

Friday morning my mom and I set out to get everything she needed to make my birthday cake. I was then off to work while my mom began baking.As J.R. got the opportunity to go the Angel game, my mom and I decided to make a trip out to Downtown Disney after I got off work. Unfortunately, she wasn't feeling too well when I got home and we waited a bit too long to get out to Downtown Disney. Thankfully, we were able to get some dinner before heading out to pick J.R. up.

Saturday was my actual birthday. We had a relaxing morning as my mom finished my cake. that afternoon was my birthday party. We grilled in the backyard and had a nice time. later that evening we went swimming and played some wii. It was a really great day with friends and family. I was so glad my mom was able to visit. I only wish my dad and brother could have been there as well.

Sunday morning my mom, J.R. and I got up and drove down to San Diego. We made a stop at Solana Beach for my mom to see "our beach."

We then made our way over to the Wild Animal Park for the day as my mom hadn't been there.

This little one here was 2 hours old. Amazing!

For dinner we decided to go to one of our favorite places, Chevy's. It was so very good. I figured we still had a bit of time left and my mom didn't get the opportunity to visit Downtown Disney so we made the drive there. We had a good time walking around and showing her everything. However, we were all completely exhausted.

Monday morning I drove my mom out to the airport. It was difficult to say goodbye. But I was so very glad we were able to have this visit.

San Diego Zoo J.R.'s Birthday

This past weekend was a really busy weekend for J.R. and I. We decided to take Friday off and head down to San Diego to go to the zoo. I had never been to the zoo and was pretty excited to go.

I would have smiled more if I knew I could get the picture later. Oh well. :)

It was a nice day, however, we discovered we went about things a little backward. It would have been a bit better if we went to the zoo before the Wild Animal Park, oh well. It was still a great day. We were able to see the tigers, which we weren't able to at the Wild Animal Park.

We also were able to see the pandas which were very cute. However, I think one of my favorites of the day were the koalas. They were incredibly cute.

We had a very nice day but it was also very exhausting. Unfortunately, we didn't learn till the end of the day that we could ride the sky to the top and walk down rather than walk up all those incredibly steep hills. No matter it was really nice day.

Saturday was J.R.'s birthday baseball game. There were quite a few people that joined us. It was a great time with friends and family. I made baseball cupcakes for everyone. The game, however, was painfully long.

Sunday was Mother's Day. We met J.R.'s mom for a nice breakfast. We all then went to J.R.'s hockey game. After that we headed home to meet Greg so we could skype with my parents. It was a bit odd not being able to spend the day with my mom. But at least we got to see her.So a busy weekend but a also a lot of fun.