Jersey Girls Weekend 2008

Elise and Kathren flew into town for our first ever Jersey Girls Weekend. Kath, Elise and I have been friends since first grade in New Jersey. We've kept in touch via email and visits for years and years. We were even pen pals when Elise and I lived in Tokyo. It is so fun to have friends that you can hang out with a couple times a year and just pick up where you left off the last time you saw them without any awkwardness. Now that Kathren lives in NYC, Elise lives in Salt Lake, and I live in Santa Clara, we don't get to hang out that often... so it was really nice that they could both come out for a short weekend getaway.

On Friday, Andrew & I took them to Google to meet up with Kevin for a tour of the Googleplex and a quick trip to the Google store. Then we headed to Valley Fair Mall to introduce Kathren to Mrs Field's cookie sandwiches. Mmmm! After bopping around a bit at the mall, we headed home to chill with Andrew until Kevin got home from work.

Later in the evening we drove down to Monterey and checked into our hotel that was RIGHT on the water. We ordered hot chocolate from room service and sat by the window chatting while we watched the tide come in. It was beautiful! We could hear the waves crashing against the shore all night.



On Saturday morning, Elise & I headed out on a run along the trail by the ocean. Then we all went to Carmel and arrived just in time for the 92nd City Birthday Party and Halloween Parade. We grabbed some really delicious hot cocoa with TONS of whipped cream and admired the crazy and cute costumes. This was my favorite one.


We shopped around Carmel, got lunch, and walked around at the beach. The weather was perfect down by the water... and definitely a little chilly when we were walking around!




After driving 17 mile drive and checking out the beautiful views of the ocean, we went to downtown Monterey and shopped around at Cannery Row and checked out the touristy stores.


We were all shopped out by the end of the day and I was missing my little man and Kev, so we headed back to our house jut in time to hang out with Andrew before he went to bed for the night. He showed off his new skills that his dad, Scott, and Grandpa Kim had been working on with him earlier in the day- scooting quickly across the room (especially when marshmallows are involved), standing up and holding on to things for a little while with some help, and eating LOTS of Applesauce.



We spent the rest of the evening wandering around Santana Row, chatting, and eating dinner at Elise & I's favorite salad place, Plutos. On Sunday, after Kathren's early flight home, Elise & I went on a morning walk at the Stanford Dish, went to church, and then hung out with Andrew and Kevin. Andrew LOVES his Aunt Elise... and her long hair!! :)




Andrew had such a fun weekend with his dad!! He and Kevin are both already looking forward to my next girls trip! I am so lucky to have such an awesome husband who is also such an incredible dad.