We had an awesome weekend. Chris' family was in town for the weekend and stayed with us. I was a little worried about everyone feeling like they had enough room in our San Diego house, but it all worked out great. On Friday night, we all went to Phil's BBQ and had some amazing BBQ. Then we went down to Balboa park and wandered around the park a little bit. We checked out the rose garden, which I had never been to. (Or even really knew existed.) There were all sorts of roses, and they were almost all in full bloom. They were fragrant and beautiful. We also enjoyed trying to identify all the different flora around the park. It's such a special place in San Diego... I could go there many different times and always have a different experience there. We had all really wanted to check out the Pompeii exhibit, but it was too late to catch it, and before we knew it, the weekend flew by and we didn't get to see it. Hopefully we will all get to see it sometime soon.
On Saturday morning, we got up, had a continental breakfast, and took off to Costco to get new tires on Jennifer's car before the long trip back to Phoenix. They were super-nice and understood that she was in a rush being out of town, and took care of it really quickly. Then we were off to the races- the Red Bull Air Races, that is. It was really neat and there were a lot of folks in downtown at the Embarcadero for the event. The pilots flew in stunt planes through an obstacle course over San Diego bay at speeds around 230 mph. AMAZING. They supposedly were subject to 9 G-Force pressures, which would basically be 9 times the pressure of gravity on your body. The equation they gave us was if you weigh 200 pounds, it would be as if you weighed 1800 pounds. Unbelievable. After the races, we wandered around downtown a little bit, took in the ballpark, and headed back home. Once Chris finished with work, we all went to dinner at Fidel's in Solana Beach. It was soo good! I always love Fidel's, but it was especially good this Saturday night. I'm not sure if they just had their game faces on for Cinco de Mayo weekend, or what, but it was phenomenal. After that we relaxed at home and watched Into the Wild. Which I love... but it is a sad movie. Spoiler Alert: It's pretty profound, the crux of the movie is basically, that happiness is only real if it is shared. Which made me think about the weekend. We all had such a great time together, but really, the best part about it was that we were able to share our experiences with each other. Chris and I love all the parts of San Diego that we took everyone too, but they were even better for us over the weekend because we got to share them with others, special people in our lives. That was why the food tasted so good, the races were so cool, even the costco trip was fun! And it made the weekend what it was- Special and Shared. Perfect. Except for one small detail. I didn't take any pictures. Not a one! :( Oh, I am always so bummed when I realize we did all these things and yet, no photos. (If you didn't take a photo- did it really happen??) I tend to avoid taking them sometimes when I am really in the moment, because I worry that it will change the mood, but I always miss them and wish that I would have taken some afterwards. So that is the only thing that I would have changed about the weekend!
And by the way... Happy Cinco de Mayo! Hope you get to share it with someone you care about tonight!
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