cloudy with a chance of relaxing

it's been the weirdest weather the last few days.  super windy then hot, then overcast and today RAIN!  i love that i still get to wear my cozy boots and sweaters but it's taking a toll on my mood.  i need some consistency, don't we all?!  the wind was crazy at andrew's baseball game last week.  and then yesterday sofia had her first swim class in way too cold weather, poor thing.  for sea world last week i packed shorts and t-shirts for jordan and i think he wore the one pair of pants he had all week.  yesterday the boys went to school in shorts and short sleeved polos and i had to run jackets to school because it was so cold. ugh.

this weekend bobby and i took a quick trip to ventura.  bob and d gave me a gift certificate to this place

right on the beach.  i knew i wanted to go right after all of these crazy weeks at school but before school gets out.  we left after andrew's baseball game (which they won, go trojans), and got there in time for our in-room massages.  i have to say it was one of the best massages i have ever gotten.

i sat out by the beach and read while bobby got his.  then we met up to go to dinner at the shoals restaurant.  we had brought a bottle of wine to save on the cost of the bottle at dinner and had it in our room before dinner.  it turns out someone ordered us a bottle of wine to have with dinner.  well we had that too.  needless to say we were very happy we were not driving home after that.  and the dessert was an amazing vanilla ice cream with bananas and almonds, a reef cookie, and a birthday candle, yummy!!

our view at dinner

the next morning we hung out by the beach

and then went to ventura for some antique shopping and lunch.  this is what i was drooling over.

this is bobby checking out how much money he could make on his star wars figures.

then it was lunchtime

we even stopped at the mission.

and i had to snap a picture of this place.

we decided not to go to the strawberry festival.  too many people and not enough time to get our money or tummy's worth.  but we stopped at a roadside stand for some outstanding strawberries to share.

and for the ride home  . . .a flaky chocolate croissant

love these moments where we get to sneak away, even if it's just for a short time.  it refuels me and makes me love him even more . . .if that's possible.

hope your weekend was relaxing and you are enjoying some sunshine.