Wednesday, September 2, 2009

a trip back to my homeland
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(san diego, NOT the zoo! haha.) craig, taggart and i just returned from our trip to san diego. the first stop when we got into town was the san diego zoo......

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...per brady's request. brady & jocelyn flew down to meet us in san diego. that made the trip a billion times more funner.

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tagg reaaaallly liked the animal statues around the zoo.

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the smiths.

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the smiths.

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look at that chubby little finger. tagg really wanted to show us....

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OTIS, the hippo. tagg could have watched otis float around the pool for hours.

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instead, he just "took a nap" on otis' head.

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my favorite part of the day was the gondola ride above the zoo. the cool breeze felt SO nice.

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jocelyn's cute pregnant belly.

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i just HAD to get a souvenir for tagg from the zoo. he loved his polar bear.

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please do not ask why this gorgeous butterfly is on the ground. lets just say that brady has good (or in this case, bad) aim.

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the only person who loves tagg more than i do is TAGG. he was so happy with himself in these cut-out thingys.

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um yeah. he be crazy.

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riding up the sky walk.

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my little orangutan.

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the next day, we hit up del mar. it was a whopping 105+ degrees.

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jocelyn and brady.

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jocelyn (cute & beach-y) and me (wet and sunglass-y)

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the boys digging in the sand. tagg was loving life.

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me & jocelyn at dinner later that nite. guess where.

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the gorgeous and selfless hostess. brooke & scott were so incredibly generous to offer their home/cars to us. we LOVE them.

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please excuse the fact that i look like satan in this picture. this was me & jocelyn making those special 24 hour cookies.

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the boy and his gun.

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brooke's backyard. its a freaking resort.

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craigy weggy.

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hot tubbing. we figured out the perfect combination: body in the pool + arms in the hot tub.

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we had a fabu time on our trip. but louis sure did miss us. it was nice getting back home and nuzzling up to this fluff.

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whenever i visit san diego i remember what a special place it is. we had a great time with the smiths and my family. what an amazing week.