Antiques and Apple Pie

Mingo and I, a few times a year, try to make it up to the mountains outside San Diego to a little town called Julian. Julian was founded right after the Civil War and many farmers migrated there to grow apples and mine for gold....we love it's old charm. Mingo and I love to head up right after the snow falls and get hot apple dumplings from the famous Mom's, rummage for treasure in their antique barn shops, grab hot apple cider, and take home their yummy pumpkin butter and natural honey. We had a great time and I was so excited to find a few antique 40's and 50's era rolling pins that I am trying to collect! I saw them in a design magazine and love the idea of how many good treats and memories were made from these old kitchen solid wood pins.

{ 34 Degrees....brrrrr }

{ Love finding Vintage Treasures }

{ SO glad they had a wood stove in here }

{Old Barn Sale...this is where I found my Vintage Rolling Pins}

{SCORE!}

{Time for some famous Mom's Apple Pie}

{And Cider}

{Their Hand Made Dumplings are the BEST}

{ Off to Get Some Candy}

{ And Honey}

{And then I made Mingo pretend Like he was in Jail...not that fun in freezing temps.haha}

{ Mingo took me to this hole in the wall diner for breakfast...$2.50 breakfast...Luckys}

{ On our Way home...Mingo took this}

If you live in the San Diego area it just snowed up in Julian this weekend and if you have the time to make it up there this week it should be sparkling white. Take time to get away and make little adventures for yourself in the midst of life business. 

Valentines Day @ Spalacios

So every year since  Mingo and I started dating we decided to challenge ourselves to only make our valentines day gift or surprise...we love the challenge it brings!! So this year I was totally blown away. At work I recieved a card at my desk that said (tonight i gift you...monsieur)..i had no idea what this hint meant.  I walked into the house after work to find a beautiful table set and dinner made from scratch! After the yummy dinner was over Mingo blind folded me and took me in the car for my V-day surprise. When we finally arrived and took the blind fold off I was standing in our back yard looking into our detached spare guest room (to my surprise I thought we were at the park). Mingo had dismantled all the furniture and taken it out to create a Spa in our guest room!!! He branded it all *Spalacios* haha. It was complete with my fav magazines, fav chocolates, spa socks, aroma therapy candles, flowers, sparkling water, and a hand designed pamphlet for all the spa treatments I could choose from! I was BLOWN away at the time he took to create something so special...I defiantly have an amazing Husband who I am so thankful for.

{ Hint Hint }



{ 365 days of things I love about my hubby, words of encouragement, and fun memories }

{ Surprise Surprise ! } 

{ Spalacios }

{ Spalacios Treatments }

{ Pretty Flowers }

{Another Angle }

{ Hot towels when I walked in }

{ Monsieur }

{ This is from my AMAZINGLY talented friend Nicole..who made me this beautiful piece of art for Valentines day...Im in love with it } 

I hope you all had a GREAT Valentines day.. loved celebrating it with my friends, family, and of course my Hubby! 

MUSIC and Lifers

A few weeks ago my brother in law was playing music at a little place in downtown. So a few of us decided to head on down, get some good food, and listen to some great music. We had a great time, and ended the night with some much needed downtime and doughnuts at a friends house talking till 1 am about life...here are a few snapshots from the night.

{ Downtown San Diego }

{ Me, Megs, and Cole }

{ Music}

{ Late Night Doughnuts }

Such a great night with friends!! Spend some time with you people you love this week! 

Friends From Ireland

A few weeks ago we had some of our best friends out from Ireland (Ross and Suz) visiting for the holidays. Ross (one of the best men in our wedding) was able to stay in San Diego longer as Suz had to go back to work in Dublin. Since Ross was here and it was a beautiful day we decided to take a bike ride to Coronado Island, get some ice cream, and have a little picnic in the park. I couldn't believe it was the middle of winter and we had a day like this. BHU-lessed:) Can't wait to go and visit them in Dublin in April! Yeah! 

{ Over the Bridge in Coronado }

{ Getting our Bikes out at the Beach }

{ Where Ross and Suz got married...insert Suz here }

{ Picnic in the Park...i was there...hahaha looks kinda funny }

{ The Famous MooTime ice Cream...amazing }

{ Dark Chocolate and Pomegranate Chip }

{ And on our way back }

We just love to take our bikes around and look at the old multi-million $ homes and spend some time in the sun. So thankful we live in a city where its 75 degrees in summer. 

Nerdy Prom

So every year our staff throws a great party to celebrate everything that has happened over the last year, usually with a theme. This year is was "Prom"! Well since I in fact had a great prom a group of us decided to forgo the money on a nice dress and tux and go a little more out there....fun! SO you've guessed, after much thrifting and time putting together total miss matching outfits..our group discovered the inner nerd in all of us. We had a blast dressing up, dancing, grabbing some cupcakes at BabyCakes, and finishing the night off with a movie.

{Nerddddddddy}

{Awesome}

Challange yourself this week to step outside your "box" wear a color you ushually dont wear, talk to someone new, try a different resturant, sing outloud, skip instead of walk...I dont know...at least put yourself out there:)