la jolla love.

our two day one night mini-vacation in la jolla was, well, heaven.

i can't begin to tell you how much i needed to travel somewhere. anywhere.

(even if it was only an hour away)

and to get away with chad, just me and him... perfection.

we explored caves and watched the harbor seals (the funniest little creatures.)

chad spotted a whale right when it started to rain on us.

and then it rained harder and then it poured.

so we went back to the hotel and took a loooooong nap .

we ate. and ate. and ate.

burgers and parmesan-garlic fries and fancy filets and lava cake and one big ol' breakfast.

then this evening we snuck home, still in vacation mentality (and totally sleepy).

we changed into our comfs and cooked a little meal

and cuddled up to watch angelina jolie kick some butt.

i love vacations, even if they're small ones.

rain on my parade.

dear rain,

maybe you could stay away until sunday? the husband and i have a little mini vaca to go on and it'd be nice if we could play in the sunshine in this little beach town. however, if you do decide to fall (despite my plea) then we'll still cuddle and be cozy and have a good time.

you're not winning this one, rain. we need this vacation too much.

in other news, my obsession with "words with friends" is back. let's play!

also, who else is beside themselves excited about this?

honeymoon-ing.

our honeymoon was seriously the best time of our lives.

after the craziness of the wedding process (though the wedding was seriously magical for us) nothing felt better than sitting in that "get-away-car" knowing that all that lay in front of us for the next ten days was laying around on the beach and eating like kings.

dear hawaii, thank you for being so good to us. you were exactly what we needed and were the perfect place to spend our first couple weeks as marrieds.

dear north shore,

you have such beautiful soul about you.

i hope we meet again soon.

dear chefs and cooks of maui and oahu,

and we ate more delicious hamburgers on your beautiful shores...

thank you for the good eats.