2012 Recap

It’s hard to believe all of the changes our lives still undergo. It’s crazy how time flies, as cliche as that sounds, it really does. One minute we were strapping surfboards to our little Camry and driving out West without a plan in 2010 and now our friends have joined us and are starting lives of their own.

You’ve recently been introduced to our child Austin, who’s been lucky enough to get on his feet rather quickly. He found jobs easily and has maintained them steadily, thus we are proud. And even more recently than that we’ve added another friend to the “roommate” list, Mikey or Specs or Bo or we may still be figuring out his west coast name, although he’s a temporary addition he’s adjusting to San Diego nicely.

With the holidays' quick approach it’s been nice having familiar faces surrounding us. This past Thanksgiving we were lucky enough to spend it as a huge San Diego “transplant” family. Most of our friends here in San Diego are ironically from Florida. We had a group of sixteen (including dogs) join us on Colbee and Gracjanna’s rooftop for a potluck dinner, just like the Pilgrims and the Indians! It was an amazing turnout and all of us were too pleasantly stuffed to move. 

Thanksgiving Dinner Crowd

Recently, my best friend Maricel came to visit me in SD for the first time and she was toting her new boyfriend, Damion in hand. Since she’s explored the likes of San Diego before we thought it might be best if we all try something “new”, something none of us have done before. 

For starters, we had dinner at one of my company’s restaurants, Gabardine (in case I forgot to mention I recently started a new job as an Inbound Marketing Coordinator for EHGRP or Enlightened Hospitality Group). While I finished off the work wekk, Maricel took Damion to explore all of the tourist type activities, until we all left for Big Bear, California on Friday. It’s hard to believe the mountains are only 2 hours away from the ocean and that you can see a bustling city on the drive up. Everything you need it out here. It’s amazing.

Family Photo "Happy Holidays"

Moose Cabin Lodge

The windy roads to the top of the mountain were a little sketchy, but we made it up with a bit of motion sickness. We arrived at our cozy cabin, equipped with Hot Tub, Fireplace, and VCR. It was really relaxing being away from the busy-life. It’s rare to actually sit down and do nothing and enjoy it. There was a lot of board games, booze, and napping. It was a bummer that the slopes were packed on Saturday and we were only able to fit in a little snowboarding on Sunday, but we made the most of it.

Here we are tubing down the largest snow hill in Big Bear. 

Here’s our snowboarding experience. 

We only look like pros!

This was so much fun and Tyler and I were quickly addicted. I had a rough start, falling and not being able to get up, but I got a handle of it and was shredding, somewhat. Colbee and Graci had a few spills, but quickly recovered until I knocked her completely off her feet. 

This is definitely an adventure/hobby we want to continue to do and hope to visit Beaver Creek in Colorado, Lake Tahoe, and/or the Swiss Alps (eventually).