Merry Christmas To All!

Our Tree

Our Christmas Weekend

We stayed in San Diego this year for Christmas and spent our time with friends and Mike's grandmother, Enid. We went to see How The Grinch Stole Christmas in Balboa Park, which is an annual event in San Diego. It was a fantastic performance. Mike and I also broke in our new wetsuits today scuba diving in the La Jolla Cove. We stayed nice and warm until the end of the dive, but only our hands and feet started to get cold. It also helped that it was 77 degrees outside today!

At a dinner party

Mike & Enid outside the Old Globe before seeing The Grinch

Santa Came Early

Santa came early for us this year! We got new wetsuits for diving! They are super cool! I think we are going to try and break them in Christmas Eve.

T-Bird's Pictures

Hello Everyone! A while back, Theresa had some super cool bridal photos taken. Since WE (yes, I was involved) were planning a Kansas wedding from California, this was one of the things that didn’t quite fit into the schedule during all the madness. Anyway, we finally got the pictures and I think they are awesome!!! This is my favorite one but check em’ out here if you have a sec.

Winter Camping in California

The campgrounds along the beach in Carlsbad (about 15 minutes from our house) are usually pretty crowded and reserved far in advance. We decided in Sept to camp at Carlsbad State Beach this weekend. The campsites are on a bluff overlooking the ocean.

We happened to chose the weekend of the winter storm that is dumping rain, ice, and snow all over the U.S. San Diego was being warned that monsoonal rain and mudslides were possible. While packing the car, a neighbor thought we were crazy to be going camping in this weather! We had to cancel our last camping trip, because of the wildfires, so we didn't really want to cancel this trip.

We were supposed to camp all weekend, but Mike didn't get back from his class in Vegas until Friday evening. When we first arrived at the campground Saturday afternoon, there weren't too many people there. We set up camp and started a fire.

It was COLD! In other words, it was 50 degrees and there was a strong wind coming off the ocean. It sprinkled on us a few times and finally rained for a while once we decided to turn in for the night. But, we managed to stay dry in our tent.

For dinner, we had hot dogs and smores roasted over the campfire.

Instead of packing up the car in the morning and heading to the local coffee shop, we made our own coffee over the campfire! We weren't prepared enough for breakfast, so we settled for a breakfast burrito on the way home.

These are the stairs that go down to the beach. This picture was taken during high tide, so there wasn't much of a beach Sunday morning.

Freedom and Love Swim

Hello all, I wanted to give a quick note about my bro Joe. He’s doing great and he and his wife, Sarah, always have some sort of adventure/great idea in the works. His latest endeavor is called the “Freedom and Love Swim”. Enjoy!

http://thefreedomandlove.com/index.html

KU Basketball in Cali!

We went up to LA for the KU-USC game with Zac and Jama this past Sunday and enjoyed a KU win!