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So many memories are beginning to surface for me as we watch and experience High School all over again as seen through the eyes of my precious first born child. I wasn't a real part of any of the "popular" crowds when I was in High School. I was a theatre junkie and a "jacket slave" errr... I mean Jacket Babe. ;) (those who went to school in Rockwall will totally know what I mean). That is to say I was on the drill team in 9th grade. I chose to focus on theatre after that. Theatre was pretty much all that mattered to me back then. I never had a high school sweetheart...I never really got excited about anything in High school...I just did my thing to get out of there as fast as possible. I think I thought that I was older than I was. Maybe I felt I was too good for all that teenagery stuff. I dunno, what I do know is that I had some fun times, but for the most part I was just ready to be out of school and move on with life. Shayna is quite the opposite...

Addison and I had a very unique experience this week. Shayna left a day early for a trip with her dad and fam and Addison and I were here at the house alone ... it was 5:15 on Thursday and I was making Orange Marmalade Beef Filet Mignon with Corn on the cob and potatoes. The corn and filets needed to be grilled, so I head out back to light the grill and get started. Addison and I had a short interaction at the door because she wanted to "go outside with you" ... now, when Addison goes outside a series of playtime begins. First she wants bubbles...then she wants to bounce (on the trampoline) ... then she decides it is time to go down the slide, and after about a hundred times up the ladder and down the slide, she decides it is time to swing. Ever since she learned how to swing "like a big girl" (ie: not in the baby swing) she pretty much doesn't want out of the swing once she is in it (unless it is to slide or bounce again). Sooo...in an effort to speed din...

We had a wonderful visit with Greg and Emma recently. Sadly Cari couldn't make it, but since she was on a vacay with some friends I'm sure she was having her own brand of fun! Here is a video and some fun pics of the girls on the trampoline. I was very happy to get the "attitude" Addison has been showing lately on film - everything is MY TURN and then she will turn on mega charm when she says "please!" lol. We are having to learn not to laugh when she does this...but man, she is just so cute it's hard not to! Emma was a great little sidekick for me throughout the day. We played with Addison, fed the fish, she watched/helped as I cleaned out both tanks and changed the water and she rode with me to drop Shayna off at her cousin Haven's house for the night. We jumped on the trampoline and played on the swing set. She's an awesome young lady and we enjoyed having her company for the day. Oh yeah...we enjoyed Greg too. ;)

Some cute pics of Addison with her new gifts from our trip to San Diego...we couldn't help ourselves, we just kept finding stuff to bring home to her. :) Isn't that dress gorgeous!?! Shayna found that at a booth in Old Town!

Today was dedicated to BEACH TIME! We have been in this gorgeous beach city, yet not donned our swimsuits yet for a day of fun in the sun with WATER! So we decided to wrap up the trip by throwing together a beach bag and heading out on the Ferry to Coronado Island! I have to be honest, I am not really the kind of girl who likes to lay out and get a lot of sun...so I was a little worried that I would be very bored and ready to go do something else rather quickly. But this was a day that was all about Shayna. She had only one request for our trip itinerary and it was that we get some lay out/beach time. Sooo...off to the beach we went. We hopped off the ferry and made a very long but cool trek (cool because there were neat homes/condos/apartments all along the way) down to the Hotel Del Coronado on the opposite end of the island. We went into a few of the shops while we were on our way there and decided this would be a great place to buy a few souvenir gifts before we left. Once we ...

Keely, John and Josh *John's son who joined us for the day post hike* We woke up this morning...Day #3 in San Diego preparing for a hike in Torrey Pines. Shayna and I dressed accordingly and were picked up by Keely and John who came bearing Bagels and OJ. Yummo! While hiking is not necessarily my thing (man, I really need to get in better shape) I did enjoy this time and enjoyed the views. This is obviously a very popular spot cause it was uber busy for a hiking area. We didn't get to do all that we had intended to do on this hike - had a little change in plans - but we had a great time while we were there and could tell that there were a lot of really great viewing spots that we will just have to go see next time we go there. From Torrey Pines we went to Old Town .. this was a really awesome little area. It felt a lot like being in Mexico with great little Mexican restaurants and shops. It must have been one of the first areas populated around the area cause it is home ...

After we completed our fabulous day at Sea World, Shayna and I took a cab back to our hotel, changed clothes and relaxed our feet for a few before walking a little over a mile to the Gas Lamp District where we basically just did some people watching and a little bit of window shopping. We had a great evening just sorta getting the lay of the land and spending some quality mother daughter time. It was nice, there were no distractions once we knew where we were and were in a nice populated area. :) On Day #2 We woke up, got dressed and took a cab to the Hash House a Go-Go where Keely and John met up with us for some grub. This place was greatness! *thanks Cari for the recommendation* Keely is a high school friend of mine and John is her boyfriend of almost a year that I had yet to meet. Time to put a face to the name and see if he truly was everything Keely had said he was....he was def all that and a bag of chips! :) When we first walked up to Hash House it was about 10am and it wa...