Drug Wars and Border Kidnappings

So last weekend to celebrate the 24th and 20th birthdays of david ii and i, respectively, my family and i decided we would all brave going to mexico for the first time. however, with the recent influx of criminal activity my moms got cold feet and decided we could only go as far as downtown san diego. ambie bear did not make it on the trip--she had a physics boat to build and she was definitely missed. (also missing was david i and laura...they were too pregnant to come).

the first day in san diego david ii, ali bear and i all went to see adam sandlers new flick. although i wasnt thoroughly impressed, i wasnt too disappointed either. after the movie got out ali and i decided we needed pedicures badly...david ii also did. so we stopped by the local nail spa and got pampered with a number 30 for a while. after this ali and i had to jog back to meet up with my mom and tyler who were waiting for us outside of nordstrom (store #361) so that we could all get a quick bite to eat. tyler took this as an invitation to try just about everything available. he sampled the french fries and ranch, enjoyed chicken strips from steak escape and topped it off with a wetzels pretzel. my mom and i decided tempura sounded delish so i waited the 40 minutes in line and got more than i bargained for.

after all of this we all decided that we needed to wash down our food with some shakes from ben & jerrys. tyler opted for a double scoop in a waffle cone.
after this we headed to the sports store so that tyler could pick out his souvineer for the trip. not only did he not pick out anything that remotely showed that he went to san diego, but he picked out something he already had...he decided a second fitted Giants hat would be the perfect gift.
i dont really recall anything else we did other than eat at Ruths Chris and go on some tours of beautiful downtown.
on our way home we did stop by extraordinary desserts for a sweet treat. the limeade was very interesting and their dark hot chocolate was delish. tyler enjoyed a chocolate chip cookie and a gourmet scoop of ice cream. my mom, david ii, and ali bear all ordered desserts that i cannot spell.