San Diego

I got to travel to San Diego over the weekend to attend part of the Church of the Brethren's Annual Conference. I am on the board of the Church of the Brethren Credit Union and each year, we have one face-to-face meeting (the rest of the year we meet by conference call.) We meet in the same location as the Church of the Brethren's Annual Conference. Sometimes, like this year, it's in a really fun and exotic location. At least to me, San Diego was exotic because I had never been there before and I had heard lots of good things about it -- especially about the great weather. I wasn't disappointed! It was sunny and in the low 70's the entire time I was there. Granted, that was just about 48 hours but it was 48 hours of perfect weather!

Here are some photos from my trip. These first two are from the airplane. I love having a window seat and being able to watch the scenery below. Especially when that means flying over mountains.

The conference was held at the Town and Country Resort/Convention Center. This was the view from my little balcony. I wish that Mark could have traveled with me but with our adoption-to-be, it just wasn't feasible. Love those palm trees!

And oh my! The flowers. Tons and tons and tons of gorgeous, colorful, tropical flowers. And dozens and dozens of hummingbirds too. They were just way too fast for me to get a picture of them. I don't even know what kinds of flowers I saw but I was very drawn to their vibrant colors.

The only sight-seeing I got to do was a quick trip to Old Town for dinner with some old and new friends. Here's the proof that I was there! We had the most delicious Mexican dinner. And dessert was churros from a walk-up street stand -- soooo yummy!

Here I am in front of the restaurant where we had dinner -- the Old Town Mexican Cafe. I am with Kathy, Angie and Emily. I was one of Ang's bridesmaids 10 years ago.

And here is our whole dinner group, minus Mo who was taking the photo. We enjoyed the good company, excellent food and a fun mariachi (sp?) band.

Unfortunately, this was as close as I got to the beach! Oh well. But I did enjoy my time in San Diego. I was able to visit alot with Ang, Becky, Rhonda and got in quick visits with Matthew, Ben and Kristen, Glenn and Linda, Greg and oh yeah!, the Credit Union board meeting too. Probably the highlight of my quick trip was being able to reconnect with Jacki and Eric who are also adopting from Ethiopia. They are hoping to travel in July to meet their daughter. We're looking forward to introducing our children to each other next summer.

And finally, on the way home, I volunteered to be bumped from my flight and found myself taking a different route home, via Memphis and in first class! Flying first class might just deserve its own post someday but for now I'll leave you with the old friend I got to see in Memphis. Thank you, thankyouverymuch.