Time out for Us

This was the view from our room at the Navy hotel in Point Loma, San Diego where Clint and I went for a week-long conference on how to get out of the Navy and into a job out there in the big world!(The Navy owns all the best views) It's always nice to get away at least once a year and just be two people. Two people have such nice uninterrupted conversations and nice peaceful walks and runs along the beach...Thanks sisters Edith, Wendy and Victoria for taking our boys. It was awesome.

Ahhh...Osaka! Our favorite sushi restaurant in the world. We went there as newly weds. Then we went with just Haley, then we went with all of the boys as they were successively added. We went about once a month all the years we lived in San Diego. 

Good 'ole combination A.

We really did a ton this week in San Diego and didn't take many pictures. We were too busy enjoying the moment. The seminar was HUGELY helpful in aiding our understanding about how to handle this career transition we are going through. We took the class with a number of old Navy friends including Cheryl Herrick and her husband Dave Lauer; and Dave Skarin. We went out to lunch as a group every day and had a great time. When you've been in the Navy for 20 years you have a LOT in common with others who've done the same.. 

We also went to dinner with war buddy Tim Buffington and his wife Rita and son Collin. Then the next night Buffy invited us to see the Airmed helicopter hangar in La Mesa. 

We also went to dinner with Jessica Ellis, then breakfast then next morning with Jessica and Robyn and Chris York.

 It was a romantic and productive week. I'm always happy to get back to the boys. They are a crazy lot, but I enjoy managing their little lives.