Part 2 of Thanksgiving Week!

On the next day of our trip, John and I drove to meet Dan & Tiffany. We ate at a great Mexican restaurant. It was fun to try some different things. They had a different salsa that was supposed to be hotter than the regular, but to be honest, John and I just thought it tasted like mud! I also attempted to eat a pepper. Once John saw how hot it was to me, the one of us who eats really hot stuff, he decided not to eat his. After drinking a lot of water, we headed to La Jolla Cove to Seal Beach. Check out all the pictures…..

Another picture from the top of the resort.

The weather was always beautiful. A little chili at times, but always sunny. It was a nice break from all the rain on the East coast.

La Jolla Cove (pronounced Luh Hoi-ya or something like that)

Being the chicken I always am, I was hesitant in jumping over the little gap in the rocks. The guys could just step over, but remember, I’m 5’2”. It was a big step for me. I did end up crossing over finally!

I don’t think I could ever live in California, but I really could get used to seeing the sun set over that beautiful ocean.

The “Seal Beach” is very popular with the seals during the winter months. They make their nest there. There were quite a few there the day we visited.

I’m trying out this new (to me) tool called Picasa. I made a collage. I hope you can see some of the many pictures I tool of the seals. (if it doesn’t look good, I’ll change it eventually.)

After visiting the Seals we headed to the San Diego area again. We went to the Harbor and visited for a while. We checked out all the boats. (Dan is in the picture with the pirate ship below)

John and I…..

It was such a beautiful trip….

Next we headed down the bay a little to a shopping area. It was really. we walked around and had fun in the hat shop….

Dan the Astronaut…

Tiffany- this was my favorite hat…

John the sailor-YES, he was in fact doing the YMCA.

Viking Kristi…

Scary John!

She could pull off every hat in the store….

It almost looks like it could be his real hair.

Too Cute Tiffany….

a beautiful flower- Birds of Paradise

Can’t get enough of the scenery…

After a fun day with Dan and Tiffany we headed back over to the Foli’s to have another big dinner. John’s Aunt Diane joined us this time…

We caught Tim helping out in the kitchen… (Ginette wanted this picture as evidence. lol!)

Stay tuned for more our trip…..

2 years

John and I just celebrated our 2 year anniversary! I just had to show off the beautiful Orchid he gave me!

Garden shots from Virginia...

I have really been enjoying the flowers in my garden these are some pictures that I've taken recently. I have been playing with the settings some more. Enjoy!

I just wanted to post a few updates from my gardens. All my plants are doing really well.

(my first blossom on the Black eyed Susan's!

There are over a dozen healthy roses blooming on this one in this picture! (sorry about the dead ones, they were done blooming)

I really love gardening and I hope to get to fun new plants in the gardens again next year. Some changes I will make to the garden before next spring will be:

1) pull out all the plants and layer a sheet of the stuff that keeps the weeds out.

2) make it a little bigger so that I don't have to plant the plants so close to the edge of the grass.

3) I want to add a rock/stone border to make it easier on John when he mows.

I love the experiment of it all.