Hubby and I planned a visit to southern California for mid-March.  One of my work clients asked if I could come on-site for a couple days, so I arranged it to coincide with our trip down.  Kill two birds with one stone.

I flew down Wednesday night to work on Thursday and Friday.  Lucky for me, I think it may have been spring break, so the commute from my parents’ place to Santa Monica was not too bad.  On Thursday night, I dined with my aunt and cousins from Arizona and grandma at Cafe Spot in Alhambra.  It was fun having a girls’ night.

Aunt J, Cousin A, Cousin S, me and grandma

On Friday night, my parents and I joined my boss and her family for dinner at Full House in Arcadia.  We enjoyed yummy dishes, but due to Lent, had to miss out on the Peking duck.  I picked up two boxes of girl scout cookies from my boss’ daughter, too!  Mmmmm…samoas…mmmm…dulce de leche…mmmmm!  After dinner, I headed back to the airport to return my rental car and pick up Hubby.

Saturday morning, I had a wonderful breakfast with my beautiful girl friends at Storyteller’s Cafe at Downtown Disney.  The company was fabulous and made me realize how much I miss them.  I wish they would all move to Nor Cal and be closer to us and LL.  The food was good, too, especially the Mickey Mouse waffles.

Left to Right: LL, J, A, me, LY, and C
<3 you girls!

Mickey Mouse waffles

Saturday night, J and V had a housewarming for the family friends at their new home in Whittier.  They did a great job with the home remodeling and made a scrumptious dinner of prime rib for us!  Good times were had as we shared stories and laughs.  Thanks for your great hospitality J and V!

Clockwise from the left: J, V, T, T, Hubby, me, and C

Sunday was spent with Hubby’s family in Redlands.  Lunch at Chili’s and the afternoon hanging out at the house.  A and E have grown so much and definitely have their own individual personalities.  We also celebrated BIL’s birthday a little early.  Too bad I only have a picture of the cake and not of people.

Monday we ran some errands and relaxed.  In the afternoon, J stopped by for a short visit.  We had dinner with my parents before they took us to the airport.  Our flight was delayed 90 minutes due to air traffic control grounding flights earlier in the day because of bad weather.  At least we got off the ground though because there was a flight to SFO that got cancelled.

J and me

Our visit was short, but full of wonderful memories.  Until next time So Cal!