My mom first took me to The Oaks before my wedding. Neither of us had ever been to a health spa before, but she'd heard about it from a friend. As spas go, it's relatively inexpensive for everything that's included (I looked up spas when we got home from that trip because I was so impressed). Some people stay for 30 days at a time! We do the 3 days/2 nights package, and I absolutely love it!! Ojai is beautiful and the weather is GREAT! I don't want to babble on too long about the spa because it's easier to just follow the link to find out more about it, but I want to say that if you are looking for some "time off" and have a little money saved up...GO! There's no "women only" rule, but I've only ever seen 1 or 2 men there. They have specials from time to time (mother/daughter, etc.), so check out the calendar on the website, and treat yourself and someone you love to some healthy pampering! (Katie and Gretchen--if you make some extra money fund-raising, take yourselves to the spa after the JDRF walk!!! It will cleanse your souls!)
Anyway, here are some pictures from the busy weekend:
San Francisco
Coit Tower with the fog rolling in
Pier 39 was PACKED!
View over the bay...can you see the Ghirardelli sign?
Aaron, Dave, and Me
The carousel
Hard Rock Cafe at Pier 39...we decided against putting our name in since there was a 2 hour wait
Fireworks in the fog
Last shot of the flags on our way back to the car
Joe and Kristin's Engagement Party
Elijah and his daddy (my brother, David, in case you haven't kept up with my blog :)
Elijah, Daddy, and Grandma Noni (my mom) with the BIG slide behind David and my mom's mom (Great Grandma Noni) relaxing in the shade
Elijah can swim! With floaties, anyway...he jumped in the spa section (at the top right of this picture) without them and I had to jump over the wall from the main pool to pull him out. Then I asked if he wanted his floaties back on (ya know, because I thought drowning was probably scary) and he said "No." The kid's got guts!
My biggest brother Joe (left of center) with friends and family
He climbed all the way up the ladder, realized how high he was, and decided NOT to go down the slide. We started him halfway down and he loved it!
Friends and family
Elijah with Great Grandma "GG" (my dad's mom)
This is me thinking about going down the slide...and that's the new bathing suit I got at Old Navy in San Francisco for half off! I'm talking $16.50 for BOTH pieces, people! I love a good deal :)
This is me realizing (like Elijah did) that the top of the slide is really high!
So much for trying NOT to get my hair wet!
David has a headache...
Elijah chillin' like a grown up
Elijah deciding "I'm too sexy for my shirt." Sorry if I just got a really annoying song stuck in your head :)
I love this kid!
Tired from all that swimming!
Family playing cards
Friends mingling
Family relaxing
The cake
Joe and Kristin cutting the cake...aren't they CUTE?!
5 comments:
first off, WOW! That was a lot of pictures!
secondly, um, you look super amazing in a bathing suit. I don't know that I'd let anyone take a pic of me in my bathingsuit, much less post it on the web.
thirdly, my favorite Elijah pics are of him in his chair. He TOTALLY looks like a grown up. too cute!
excited to hear you're almost done with school! having trouble focusing?
YAY 3 more weeks!!!! I really hope you enjoy your lil break! You start interning the same day the kids and David go back to school :)
I love those pics of Elijah at the party! You can really get a sense of his lil personality with his facial expressions!
whenever i see pictures of elijah i feel like i am in kindergarden again and i am looking at little aaron...just lighter hair... it's crazy.
well, bruncheon... do you want to meet up that first week we hope to be in bakersfield? (aug4-9th) pick a date, time, and place and i will be there with flying colors!
I can't BELIEVE that your almost done with school, thats gone CRAZY fast.. i'm sure only to me,but wowza! next time i'm in town we NEED to get together, OR maybe if your ever this way we can do that too. and it looks like the party was a good time, and you look GREAT in the bikini! haha
Hi! I was so excited to see your comment! A while ago Christie told me about Mark's friend who was in pharmacy school, but I never really put it together! I love how small Bakersfield is :) Also, I think my sister-in-law, Karen, may have met up with your mom somewhere or something, because she was telling Karen about her daughter in pharmacy school at Pacific...Karen does Mary Kay - does that sound familiar?
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