lots of december things

we finally found a tiny tree after our liking and probably paid $30 too much for it

decorated for Christmas, with a little help from Samuel

met Santa at the UTC Mall (fake snow & Us The Duo performance included) and didn't even have to pay him to take a picture with us 

visited the San Diego Temple lights with the Koons

spent some time in the 73 degree weather at the beach 

had the best Christmas with the Plothows

 took some family pics at Tibble Fork, including some jammie shots 

went to Savior of the World with the Tippetts and loved every second of it!

went to The Cheesecake Factory and got birthday cheesecake with the fam and even got homemade potstickers especially for me bc it was my BIRTHDAY! 

 went skiing on our 25th Birthday at Alta and we crushed it! I only fell once...

Sam got lactose sick and didn't get to come! :(

visited with Abby

cuddled with Hazel and some other Christmas puppies

Had a great 12 day vacation in Utah and definitely not loving real life rn. 

thanksgiving

 We had a San Diego Thanksgiving again this year. We had so much fun together, ate lots of food, watched movies, and took a ton of pics. So without further adieu here are lots of pictures...

 I picked up Meg and Sara at the airport and then we met up with Dad for brunch at The Cottage- the Lemon Ricotta Pancakes are the bomb. 

We hiked the treacherous Ho Chi Minh Trail in La Jolla. Got a little muddy and I got a gnarly cut on my knee that is still having a hard time healing, but fun was had by all. 

We had Thanksgiving dinner at Seasons 52 like last year and then stopped off at Mount Soledad to watch the sunset. It was probably the best sunset I've seen up there. 

 We took some family pics at Sunset Cliffs. 

 We went on a kayak tour in La Jolla because it was 84 degrees!! 

 Love these people and so thankful they got to come and visit for the holiday. 

superb saturday

We've haven't had too many weekends recently where Sam and I just get to hang out. 

This Saturday after Sam finished the MPRE we got to spend the whole day together!

We went to the beach together which we haven't done in what feels like ages! It was the perfect beach day--no one at the beach and the perfect temperature. We took a nap, played catch--well I tried (I'm not too good at throwing or catching a football), strolled Belmont Park and got a snack.

 Later for dinner we went to a fancy, dancy restaurant in La Jolla called Donovan's thanks to my boss. We were so out of place compared to all the wealthy patrons. But we dressed up to try and fit in and enjoyed a bomb meal and dessert on Dr. B. So that was fun as well. 

It was the perfect day just me and my hunny.