Family weekend. Love, love, love.

In my last blog post I mentioned something about 

Week Five of teacher training being called Hell Week.

Guess what. By Friday, I can attest that Hell Week 

was not a misnomer after all.  

But more on that another time.

Today I want to share some pictures of the beautiful family weekend I had. 

It's Monday today, and my SweetPea and Jonathan have left, 

but boy oh boy,

what a fun weekend we had!

Saturday at the Santa Monica Pier.

It was a foggy, chilly day, 

but we hardly noticed.

A special visit to the candy shop. 

Lollypops are a scarce treat, but that's what

vacations are for!

Toes in the Pacific Ocean.

On Saturday night, we had an impromptu date night near Hollywood.

SweetPea, crashed hard by 6pm because of the time change. 

So she slept in the car (parked right next to us while we were seated outside), while we enjoyed an absolutely HEAVENLY vegan dinner at the one and only Cafe Gratitude.

Sunday.

DISNEYLAND!!!!

A surprise trip for the girl. 

Who knew that at 36 I'd be this excited about Disney.

Experiencing magic through your child's eyes is the best part of being a parent.

Nothing can make your heart melt 

like watching your 4 year old's dreams come true. 

Her food dreams came true, too, 

when I let her eat a hotdog for lunch.

Alice and her favorite cat.

I miss them so much already.

Perfect timing for a family visit.  

Just the boost I needed as we push on through past the halfway mark.

Week Six of Nine is here.

It's as hard as ever.

Still loving it.  Every single minute.

xoxo

Namaste 

:)