Although it was a bye week for Duck football this weekend, we still kept ourselves plenty busy. Never a dull day in the life of Los Bryants (ok, that might not be entirely true).
Event #1: Friday Night Lights
We started our weekend with some “Friday Night Lights”. Yes, we relived our high school days and checked out a local high school football game. Yuma High Criminals vs. San Luis Sidewinders. Ironically, the cheerleaders were dressed in long sleeve turtlenecks (c’mon girls, it’s frickin 95 degress outside).
Interesting Historical Fact: The Yuma Criminals got their name because the high school used to be in the Yuma Territorial Prison. School was literally a prison. I'm sure my kindergarteners feel this way occasionally during the mid-afternoon when they're practicing letter sounds rather than eating snacks and taking naps.
Event #2: Hiking Gila
Interesting Historical Fact: The Yuma Criminals got their name because the high school used to be in the Yuma Territorial Prison. School was literally a prison. I'm sure my kindergarteners feel this way occasionally during the mid-afternoon when they're practicing letter sounds rather than eating snacks and taking naps.
Event #2: Hiking Gila
After sleeping in until a whoppin‘ 7 am, we started our Saturday morning with a hike through the Gila Mountains. Ever since watching a 20/20 special on that guy who had to cut off his own arm while hiking in Utah, I always make Wes text somebody to let them know where we are. Well...this time, he opted to text his parents and here was the conversation that followed....
Wes: Just to be safe, we’re hiking in the Gila Mountains.
Wes’ dad (Wally): What to you mean “to be safe”?
Wes: So they know where to search for our bodies.
Wally: This is just what your mom needed to hear.
Haha. Nothing like giving the in-laws a minor heart attack. The hike was awesome. Oh, and for part of the hike it randomly rained, even though it was 90-something degrees. Weird.
Event #3: Algodones
After hiking, we hustled home to clean up in time for our lunch date in Mexico. One of Wes’ car buddies had invited us to cross the border and eat at a sweet restaurant in Algodones. While walking through Algodones, I got called my two favorite nicknames many times, “Guerita” (translation: Blondie) and Moobie Estar (translation: Movie Star).
We had a relaxing Saturday evening at home. I lotioned Wes’ hiked-out feet and after 1+ years of marriage, I learned that I am incapable of putting on male socks. We laughed for quite awhile about this discovery. We finished the evening with the a total girl power movie, True Grit.
Event #5: San Diego
On Sunday morning, we made our way to San Diego to meet up with our wonderful friends Kelly and Tristen. I love me some Tristie-Poo time. We showed up in San Diego a little earlier than expected, so we wondered the beach while waiting for our lunch date. Rough life, eh? After a wonderful lunch date, we had an entire day to “waste” in San Diego, as Wes had to wait for a guy to call him concerning some motorcycle parts. Important manly business stuff. We wandered San Diego aimlessly with no plan (our spontaneity is a serious Los Bryant talent). Here’s how the day unfolded.
We stumbled across the San Diego Zoo and thought, “Well....why not?” Our plans were quickly demolished when we discovered it would cost us 80 bucks just to enter the zoo. We may be spontaneous, but we are not rich. We took this picture and made up our own FREE zoo visit.
After the zoo, we decided to explore Old Town San Diego. Best decision of our life. Ok, maybe just of our day. Anyhow, there happened to be a huge event and the streets were crowded with artists, musicians, vendors, and everything imaginable, even old Model A’s for my little car fanatic, Wesley. We strolled the streets for hours, explored old historic buildings, bought salt water taffy, and enjoyed some ice cream, of course.
5pm
We still hadn’t heard from the craigslist motorcycle man and decided to hit the beach yet again. This time, we made our way out to Coronado, a peninsula off of San Diego. Another great decision of our completely unplanned day. And guess what....I FOUND 2 FULL SAND DOLLARS! I put this in caps simply because approximately one year ago on our honeymoon, I whined to Wes about how I never find sand dollars. Ironically, I found them both within a matter of 1 minute and the picture above doesn't even express how ridiculously ecstatic I was. We watched the sunset as we wandered the beach. What a night.
Conclusion: The craigslist man never contacted us, but after a day full of adventures, frankly....we didn’t care (ok, take that back, Wes was a little bummed). We grabbed sandwiches for the road and headed back to the desert land of Yuma.
Conclusion: The craigslist man never contacted us, but after a day full of adventures, frankly....we didn’t care (ok, take that back, Wes was a little bummed). We grabbed sandwiches for the road and headed back to the desert land of Yuma.
Do I really have to go to work tomorrow? Ugh.
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