More is More

Oh my!  What a weekend!  I said on Friday that I had a surprise for Curt and it was a doozy!  My friend Denise came up with the idea a couple of months ago to take our hubbies on a total surprise weekend – have their bags packed and just pile them in the car and go.  It worked out to be Curt’s birthday weekend so all the better!  There were five couples on the trip and we stayed at the Ayres Hotel in Laguna Woods which is just a 30-40 minute drive away from home.  It was so fun to see how each guy would react to the surprise!  The secret seriously almost killed me the last two weeks!

Curt took the goofy photo to the right by holding the camera up over our heads as the winds whipped around us on a bluff at Laguna Beach just after sunset.  We were walking on a beautiful path at the top of the bluff just at the base of the incredible Montage Resort.  If it weren’t so danged cold I could have stayed there for hours. At some point we want to drive down PCH to The Montage just to sit in the lounge facing the ocean and have a glass of wine.  Here’s the sunset we watched.

The entire weekend was such a blessing as we formed closer friendships with couples we’ve (for the most part) known less than a year.  Friendships are HUGE to me and the Lord was so gracious in His gift of this weekend.  Here’s 8 of the 10 of us in the hotel lobby.

Drew & Courtney, Pam & Joe, Dave & Denise, me & Curt.  We were so goofy all weekend – I swear we laughed almost non-stop the entire 2 days!

John and Lisa joined us at lunchtime on Saturday.  We ate at the Crow Bar in Corona del Mar and then followed that up by walking across the street to Sprinkles Cupcake Bakery where there was a line out the door!

Chocolate Peanutbutter, Dark Chocolate, Cinamon Sugar, Red Velvet.

Hmmm…I may have strayed off Nutrisystems a bit this weekend.  Friday night we ate dinner at PF Chang’s (super yummy) and walked around Irvine Spectrum where we also rode a merry-go-round and a ferris wheel (yep most of us are in our 40’s! LOL!).  Saturday night after the sunset we came back to the hotel to play a card game (where I think Courtney was making up the rules as we went along *snort*).  We were being so loud in the breakfast room that the hotel staff had to come close the doors.  What a hoot!

On Sunday (Curt’s birthday) we checked out of the hotel and made our way back up the coast to Long Beach to have a champpagne brunch with a group of old friends.  We ate at Khoury’s where we sat right on the marina in a glassed in patio with the perfect view of the water.   It was the perfect end to a FABULOUS weekend!  We’re both exhausted, but it’s another busy week around here!  Off to check the to-do list.

Hey be sure to check the SASI (Stamp A Sweet Impression) blog this week.  Yesterday (and each Sunday in the future) Taylor posted links to the Baker’s Dozen’s projects posted within the past week so you won’t miss anything.  On Tuesdays Taylor will post a creation of her own and on Wednesdays one of the Baker’s Dozen will have something to share.  You’ll want to be sure to subscribe to both the SASI blog and the TE Newsletter so you’ll always get the latest TE/SASI news and fun creations!

Hope you had a great weekend and if you didn’t you need to plan for one soon!  Thanks for stopping by!