Hey everyone! Life is good over here. For Thanksgiving, Megan and I flew down to San Diego to visit my aunt and uncle. My paternal grandparents were there too and my dad flew out from Kansas. I was excited for Megan to get to know my grandparents more since she didn't have a chance to really get to know them when we got married.
We flew down on Wednesday afternoon. I bought the tickets on July 6th. I'll remember this because Megan had been saying how much she wanted to go back to San Diego and I found a one-way ticket for $49 on Southwest. Megan and I had just returned from Toronto the day before and I'm pretty sure I was ticked off to be back at work in Davenport. :)
On the flight, we stopped in Phoenix, but didn't have to get off the airplane. Megan and I moved up to the second row so we wouldn't have to wait for a billion people ahead of us to start moving. In the process, Megan's phone fell out of her pocket. A flight attendant found out and since no one was around, she figured it belonged to someone who got off in Phoenix. We were happy that the phone wasn't lost forever, but Megan was without her phone for 4 or 5 days. I didn't think that was going to be a big deal, but it's hard to contact someone without a cell phone. I would get out of class and think, "I'm going to call Megan to meet up with her." NOPE! It's back now and I'm thankful for the good Southwest Airlines flight attendant.
Wednesday night Megan and I went out to dinner with her trainer who lives in Encinitas. The food was good, but I have a hard time hanging out with rich people. I have always had enough in my life, but I enjoy not being rich.
Thursday was a great day. We went hiking and enjoyed the warm weather. My dad surprised us by flying out. He said he was going to, then couldn't, but then called on Thursday to say, "I'm driving to the airport." Oh yeah, the food was good.
Friday, we went to Orange County. We drove my cousin's 2000 Chevy Impala. We had the oldest car in the whole county. If we had been driving our 2005 Honda Civic, we still would have had the oldest car in Orange County. We ate Chinese food in Irvine. For those who don't know, Irvine is the Chinatown of California. There was an 85C coffee shop there! 85C's are all over in Taiwan, so it was cool to feel like I was back there again.
After lunch, we drove to Newport Beach and walked the pier. We also visited the Newport Beach temple and took pictures from the outside since it was closed. So pretty.
Saturday, we went to the temple for family names my grandparents collected. We did the work for both Mexican and German relatives and had the chance to attend a Spanish session. It seems that we attended the most appropriate session since people did funny things the whole time. Do you think our family members could stand a boring church? No, you have to keep people interested.
Sunday, we flew home, but not before being blessed immensely. We got to the airport and checked in. A message popped up saying, "The flight is over booked, if you don't mind waiting, let your gate agent know." We got through security and I saw a guy standing at the desk waiting for a gate agent too. I thought, "No way this dude is getting what we want." Eventually he got bored and left. I stood there for about half an hour before the lady finally came. She told me someone else was ahead of us in line, but she'd let us know. As it was time to board, she told that other person ahead of us, "Sorry, but we won't be needing your spot." She then looked at me and made a face that said, "Did you hear what I just said?" I was disappointed, but was glad to have a seat. Then the gate agent said to us, "Once I get everyone boarded, I'll print your new tickets." The new tickets came with seating in the exit row! I loved it. On top of that, we each got a $400 credit to book a future flight (Hawaii), plus we got a 50% mileage bonus for the San Diego to SLC flight. Pretty good for only having to wait an extra hour!
All in all, our weekend was a great one.
Sorry this post is so long. My 24th birthday was Wednesday. I had my first accounting group over for my ice cream cake. It's always fun having friends around.
Well, that's it from us!
