February 26, 2015

Charlotte Snowmageddon

Charlotte weather forecasters predicted eight to ten inches of snow in Charlotte.  They said it would be the Charlotte Snowmageddon.  We woke up Thursday morning to a whopping one and a half inches of snow.  Happy Snowmageddon!  
 
Our pretty winter house :)

JD McPherson

Alex and I went to a JD McPherson concern this past Sunday night at the Visulite Theater in Charlotte.  We met Alex's work friends at the show and had a great time.  The opening act was Dylan Pratt who was just as awesome and we highly recommend!
 
Dylan Pratt
  
 JD McPherson

February 18, 2015

The Charlotte Checkers

We went to our first Charlotte Checkers hockey game tonight!  Adam had tickets for box seats from work and was nice enough to invite us.  We watched the game from a fancy room full of yummy food.  It was awesome!
 
Alex, Adam and Katie
   
  
 The Checkers won!

February 6, 2015

You Stay Classy San Diego

Alex and I spent this past week in sunny San Diego, California.  I had an opportunity to attend a conference and thought San Diego would be a perfect place for a last vacation before the baby.  The weather was amazing with sun and warm weather every day.  We rented a house in Ocean Beach with several other residents from my program.  The house was awesome with beautiful views of the beach and, my favorite thing, a hot tub on the roof!  It was fun exploring the city and eating amazing food with good friends. 
   
 We arrived!!  The house was absolutely amazing.  The windows stretched from wall to wall.  The views were gorgeous.
  
 Once we all made it to the house, we walked down to the pier to explore Ocean Beach.
  
 Lindsay and Matt
  
   
  
 The view from the end of the pier
  
 We drove over to Sunset Cliffs with Lorene and Bret to watch the sunset our first night in town.
    
We sat on the cliffs and enjoyed the beautiful views.
  
   
   
  
We spent Sunday morning hiking Torrey Pines.  I did this hike last year with Chancy and it was gorgeous!
  
 Alex on the edge!
   
 We love hiking!
   
  
  
 The views were spectacular.  These cliffs are 45 million years old!
   
  
  
 Torrey Pines are only found here and in one other place on Earth!
   
  
 We walked back on the beach.
  
 After hiking, we went out for lunch at the Cliff Hanger Cafe and watched the hang gliders.
   
  
  
 We took a trolley tour of San Diego on Monday.  Hotel Del Coronado was our favorite stop.
  
 Kita, Patty, me and Lindsay after a fancy drink at the hotel.
  
 Later that night, we drove to La Jolla for dinner at the cove.  We made sure to visit the seals and sea lions.
  
  
 Alex always wants a closer view of the wildlife. 
  
 This guy stayed in this position the entire time we were there.  He is going to have a sore neck!
  
 We watched the seals slide down this cliff into the ocean!
  
 Alex and Kita at dinner on the roof!  We were able to overlook the ocean and watch the sunset.
  
 We spent Tuesday at the San Diego Zoo!  We loved the polar bears playing in their pool.
  
 Giraffes
  
 This elephant is fifty years old!
  
 We met up with Dr. Bliss and her husband at the zoo for lunch.
  
 We rode the sky car to get a better view of the park.
  
 Our zoo bunch!
  
 Alex's first time seeing a panda!  I remember this little guy being a ham last year too!
  
 So cute!
  
    
Such a ham!
    
He has always wanted to ride a lion.
  
 We took a rode trip to visit Aunt Janet in Palm Desert, only two hours away from San Diego.  The city was beautiful with even nicer weather than San Diego!
  
  
 We drove through the mountains on our way back to San Diego.
  
  
   
  
 So pretty!
  
 We spent several nights on the roof watching the sunset from the hot tub.
   
 After dinner one of the nights, we went to Ghirardelli for gourmet ice cream in the Gaslamp Quarter.
  
 We got cherry ice cream with hot fudge and whipped cream.  So tasty!
  
 Morning coffee on the roof with our beautiful view :)
  
 Our last full day in San Diego, Alex and I went to Balboa park to walk around.  We met Jon Copp for lunch at an amazing burger place.  We had not seen him since the wedding!
  
  
  
 So many varieties of cactus!
  
  
 It was an amazing last vacation for just the two of us!  It is sad to be back in colder weather, but we are happy to be home.  Since we moved in, I have either been working, sleeping or out of  state.  It is about time we start working on the new house!