All You Need Is Love

As John Lennon and the Beatles once said, “all you need is love”. I don’t think there could ever be a truer statement. Whether it is love of a significant other, love for your friends, family or even the unconditional love from a pet. Love is what makes the world a brighter, more beautiful place.

That song has a special place in my heart because at our wedding ceremony, just over 7 months ago, Mike hand fed nearly our whole reception our wedding cake. I think that was his way of showing his love on our special day :)

Mike and I spent our first Valentine’s Day together as husband and wife this past weekend and had a wonderful day. We found a new path in our neighborhood that lead us directly into the La Jolla farmer’s market. It was awesome. We ate a romantic dinner of chicken parmesan, made by Chef Mike, drank champagne and just enjoyed each other.

The following day, February 15, I received some bad news. My Grandma Zanzal had passed away. While I know it is for the best and was relieved that she didn’t have to suffer anymore, I still couldn’t help from being overwhelmed with grief. Until her dying day, my grandmother spoke openly and often about wanting to be with my grandfather, her love for over 50 years, in heaven. If that isn’t true love, I don’t know what is.

I leave for Connecticut on Thursday to be surrounded by the love and warmth of my family as we say good-bye to the beloved matriarch of our family. I’m positive that my Grandmother will be looking down on us and hopefully realizing how loved she is and how much she’ll truly be missed.

I decided to be crafty this weekend and painted this sign, which now hangs on our balcony!

Martinis for All

It is always so much fun to have visitors, and trust me, we’ve had A LOT in the last 6 months that we’ve lived here in San Diego :) I was especially excited for the Peterson’s to come because I knew it was a special trip for them. This was the first time they had left their adorable 13 month old baby, Lily, for more than a night or so. Although I would have loved to have Lily to visit, it was an exciting time for the new parents to have a strictly adult vacation. Not surprisingly, we had a ridiculously good time. We always do with the Peterson’s- that is just the type of people they are. I think Lauren and I giggled and laughed more than 90% of the time that they were here and her husband Mike was living up his vacation to the fullest, as he should. He proved to be an amazing martini maker (extra dirty) and my Mike enjoyed his first “mart”, proclaiming it “made his body feel all warm”. I guess that meant he liked it!

Not only did we enjoy some amazing food and drinks but we did a lot of outdoorsy stuff throughout the WEEK. Yes, a whole week….yay for “snowtorious BIG”, “Snowbe Bryant”, “Alexander Snowvichken” and the others for making them have to stay! Anyways, we went to Torrey Pines and did the beach trail, climbed the 6 miles Iron Mountain, enjoyed the sunset with champagne, walked around downtown and did some bike riding.

I’m going to keep this short, because really I could go on and on about the funny things that happened and the good times we had. I’ll wrap it up by just saying we are so very blessed to have friends like Lauren and Mike. We’ve have so many great memories with them and we are looking forward to making more as the years go on!

Check out some double Indo boarding action...after some Super Bowl drinks: