build a bear, scrapbooking and California

Hey, so I'm not doing too bad with updating so far. :)

The last weeks have been fun and actually went by really fast.

One of the fun things I got to do these last weeks was taking Gracie to the MOA one daz. She was off of school and so asked me if I could maybe do something fun with her, since the bozs always get to go to different places with me when she is at school.
So we went to the Mall and to the "build a bear" workshop, where she made her own little stuffed animal (dog).
Afterwards we got some icecream and went into the small arcade that they have there.

On wednesday evenings we have "family fun night" and I finally had time to be a part of that on one wednesday. We went to a restaurant called "chatterbox", which was fun. We got to sit on couches in a corner, where they had a TV set up with the old Nintendo NS set up. It was great playing some levels of Super Mario after so many years. :) We also played some bord games with the whole family, which was awesome!

One friday Gracie got to go to a fun birthday party. One of her friends invited some of her friends to a sleepover at a hotel! :) I dropped her off there and she had a great time, swimming and hanging out with her friends. I was home with the boys where we watched a movie and had Mc Donalds.

I got to go take Gracie to Skiing the next morning too, which was fun to watch. I might take some snowboarding lessons starting next week, but I have to wait and see if there are any open spots.

I still love scrapbooking a lot, and been able to do some pages over the last weeks too. Saturdays I get to spend a few hours with that while chatting with home. :)

Monday the 25. I left to spend a week with my dear friend Jill in San Diego, California. We had a great week together and I got to meet some awesome people. :)

One day we went to a cute place called "Julien". A small town with cute stores along main street and AWESOME applepie! :)

Another day we went to "Knott's Berry Farm" which was fun until one ride made me feel like my brain had stopped half way and gotten out during the ride. I was suuuper dizzy and did not feel so good for about 2 hours. So I didn't do any big rides anymore, but some smaller ones and we had some awesome food, which we ate with our fingers! :D fun!

On friday night Jill invited some of her friends over to meet me, so we had a small party going on. :) It was great to meet new people and to get to know some of Jills friends. :)

Saturday we went to the beach at Carlsbad, just so I could see the ocean,w hcih I haven't in a while. We had some jummy mexican food there too. :)
In the evening we went to a friends house, where they had a meeting with friends. Hanging out and talking about different toppics. Everyone got to write down a question and they were put in a pot, then we picked some out and talked about them with the whole group. Everyone got to say what they thought. It was super interesting and I hope I can do something like that again some time.

On my last day (sunday) we went to church and then out for lunch with some new friends afterwards. It was great and I really enjoyed spending some quality time with them. After that we went to see Jills nephews which was fun, they are some sweet boys!

In the evening we met with our friends again to watch the movie "the book of Eli" and let me tell you:
YOU HAVE TO WATCH IT!
It is one of the best movies I have seen in a long time!

We had dinner at TGI Fridays afterwards and it was sad having to say good bye.

Monday it was time for me to go back home. I met Keith and two of my kids at the airport and Mer picked us up there later.

I had a great week with Jill, but also realized how much I missed my family here. :)

My first workday is over now and I am still pretty tired from traveling and the (small) time change. So I will go and enjoy my bed now. :)

Take care friends!