So totally Wicked!

I'm so far behind in blogging land that I hardly know where to start....so maybe I'll just work backwards, and see how far I get, and try to update with new stuff too.  Whatever!!

Here are a few pictures from our girls' night when we went to see Wicked in San Diego about 2 weeks ago.  We celebrated M.B.'s birthday a bit late (about a month!), but it worked out well for us to have some fun girltime to look forward to during the guys' 2nd "at-sea" period.  

Our group was 2 Marine wives, 2 Marine girlfriends, and 1 wife of a Marine who got out about a year ago.  So we had lots to talk about, that's for sure!  K.J. made a delicious dinner, and it was fun to go downtown, see a show, and then go out in the Gaslamp District afterwards.  Very San Diego, and very fun!

I liked Wicked quite a bit; it's a cute story!  I always love shows with lots of dancing, which this didn't have quite as much of, but I am so glad that we went to see it, and I loved sharing the memories!  I highly recommend it if it comes to your town!  The Lion King is coming in November, so we're planning to go to that one too.

Funny moment: at dinner we had a "mozzarella & tomato salad" that K.J.'s husband picked up from the market.  I thought it looked strange, but everyone told me to eat it, so I was the guinea pig.  Um, yeah, just as I expected...those weren't little balls of mozzarella, they were full garlic cloves.  :)  We got a great laugh out of that one.

DC, Here I Come!

I just booked my ticket to visit DC from July 1st through the 7th....I want to be there for the wonderful Independence Day celebration!  B will be at sea for a couple of weeks, so why not go on a great trip??!!  I can't wait to catch up with everyone, most of whom I haven't seen since I moved out to California 10 months ago.  I can't believe it's been almost a year!  WOW!

San Diego Wild Animal Park

I had never been to the Wild Animal Park (an annex of the famous San Diego zoo), so on New Year's Day, we went! It was awesome and very spacious. The weather was PERFECT (70s and sunny, oh right, that's every day in San Diego!) and we had a great time.

Some lovely tourists took our picture by the sign, which I'm pretty sure every visitor takes their picture with.

This was Brandt being a flamingo. For some reason he was embarrased because lots of tourists were nearby. But I LOVE action shots!!!!

The view from the Condor area, looking over the back of the park. Surprisingly pretty!

This elephant was so great! It was giving kisses to the keeper. Another elephant was getting a birthday cake, although I'm not sure what it was made out of.

Hello Mr. Giraffe!!! Too bad you are not real!!!

Let's see....where to start?

Okay, yep, I'm a terrible blogger. Any of you who really are interested in what I'm doing might just want to CALL me, because the chances of figuring out what is going on in my life from this blog are slim to none. But since I'm hanging out tonight waiting for pictures to be ready at Costco, I can update this thing!!!

Here are some pictures:

In November, we went beach camping. Perhaps I mentioned it in an earlier post? Anyway, we tried to take the train up to Carpinteria, but to no avail, as it was broken down. So Amtrak refunded our money and we had a nice little drive up the coast. My extended family camps here several times a year, but mind you, it's not real camping. There are Ralph Lauren sheets, lots of cute Coastal Living-type decorations, etc. It's a wonderful relaxing time of beach & family!! This is a picture of our campsite, which we combined with the friends next to us. Our tent-trailer was behind the red umbrella in the picture.

Brandt slept here in the tent below. Not quite as glamorous as the tent trailer, as there was a huge windstorm during the night and his tent wasn't tacked down. I had to go sit in it while he went to the bathroom so that it didn't blow away....I thought it was funny, but I don't think he was quite as amused :).

Gorgeous sunsets, though!!!

November means Marine Corps Ball, so we headed out to the Harrah's Casino for the 11th MEU's ball. It's fun getting all dressed up, and I love Brandt's "pirate costume" as I call it. We had a great time, although we girls were kind of sad that there will be no 2009 ball for us, as the guys will be at sea. Oh well!