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Monday, February 18, 2008

Santa Barbara Getaway

This weekend we headed down to Santa Barbara for the annual Santa Barbara Shootout at UCSB. BYU's women's lacrosse team was playing in the tournament, so we went down to watch them play against some pretty awesome competition- Michigan, Santa Clara, UCSB, and Cal Poly (the usual National Tournament champions). Our little sister Jessie is playing on the team this year, so we had fun watching her and her teammates.

We met up with Elise and Dan and had fun chillin in the $9.99 camper chairs we bought while we watched a day full of lacrosse. It was the perfect day and the weather was gorgeous... until it started freezing once the sun went down. Elise and I had fun reflecting on all the good times we had playing lacrosse at BYU... and we had a great time cheering the BYU girls on from the sidelines.


Other highlights from the SB trip included lunch at Fatburger, some shopping/strolling around the Paseo Nuevo (outdoor mall in downtown SB), a short trip to the beach, movie date night to see 27 Dresses, and dinner at Ruby's Cafe- a cute restaurant in downtown SB where Kevin enjoyed the bottomless chips and salsa. We ended up coming home sooner than planned... so when we head to SB next time, here are a few of the things we're going to do that we missed out on this time:

1) Drive home along the PCH (Highway 1)... I was a little nervous to do it this time since I get car sick AND it's a little further from any hospitals (should Baby B have decided to come early)


2) Stop at Hearst Castle for a tour since Kev has never been


3) Ride tandem bikes along the beach in downtown Santa Barbara

4) Go kayaking

5) Stay at this pretty Marriott hotel


Overall, our trip was awesome and we can't wait to go back to Santa Barbara again. Here are a few pictures of us at the beach before we headed home. The first one is of my 39 week belly shot :-)




4 comments:

delikk said...

you look amazing for 39 weeks!

Lindsey said...

sounds so nice. glad you made it back safe...without baby b :)

Candice said...

what a great getaway and mini vacation. so i heard a rumor that hearst castle tours will be closing soon with the state park closures that the governor has asked for. i was aghast because that place is so beautiful- a total must see. have a good week.

Ashley said...

Hi Kristina! How fun to find your blog. Your trip sounds wonderful. You guys were brilliant to get away before baby buskirk comes! By the way, I love all your posts that reference chocolate!