For the longest time Nick wanted to go back and visit his mission. He served in the San Jose, California Spanish Speaking mission. Anyway, we decided that no matter what, we would go to San Jose for Spring break. We started saving money for this trip in December. Unfortunately, we had a lot of bills coming, so our money went to the bills. I was starting to get nervous about the trip due to the fact we did not have money, but we had already made the arrangements to go.
We had a miracle/ blessing when we did our taxes and found out that we would be getting more than enough money back and just in time for Spring Break! We were so happy! We were able to get a bunch of treats for the car ride down and back so we would not have to stop at a restaurant.
I decided that traveling while pregnant is miserable. I figured this out when we went to Hawaii with my family during Christmas. Nick had a blast on the trip, but I was in my first trimester, which meant I was sick the WHOLE time. I said that I would never travel while pregnant. And now we were looking at a 14 hour drive. I was not excited for that!
We ended up leaving Saturday around four pm and we had to make a stop in Woods Cross, his parents house. We were in and out and by five thirty we were on the road again. I was so tired already!!! By seven I made us pull over because I had to pee.... We decided to have our "dinner" there at the rest stop. We made a loaf of bread into sandwiches. They tasted so good, but maybe we were just very hungry!!!!
The roads were awesome the whole way to California! However, once we got into California we hit a Snow Blizzard. NOT FUN! We were forced to pay $80.00 to get chains installed and bought. We were pushed back about two hours because we had to go so slow and had to wait for them to install them and such.
When we finally got to Fremont (the place where our hotel was) it was 8:45 in the morning. We just wanted to check in and go to bed! We were both exhausted! We got into the hotel just to find out that the front desk person ( who was NOT nice) would not let us check in till 11:00. This was bad because we had to still get ready for church. We ended up driving around... even more, we looked at places where Nick went. We then got to a parking lot and had to get ready there in our car. We had Wet Ones and we gave ourselves a sponge bath to feel a little cleaner.
We went to the church and since it was Spanish and I don't speak Spanish I stayed awake for just one of the lessons. I am pretty sure there was some snoring going on during Relief Society. I know real cute right?
Anyway, I know that I am writing way too much, so I will break the rest of the week down fast. But just so you know, this was my favorite trip because we did not have to worry about money, and it was just Nick and I. I felt like we were on our honey moon again! I loved this trip!
Monday: We went to the mission home and talked to some of the missionaries there. We also went to his mission presidents house and talked with the president and his wife. We then went to dinner with a person from the branch there. It was so yummy!
Tuesday: We went to Pizza my Heart. It was an amazing! Then we went to the board walk ( we were in Santa Cruz) We payed mini golf and it was so much fun! We then went to the pier and walked it! It was amazingly long! there were i think 50 stores on the pier. I was craving an ice cream Sunday and we got one!!! Oh it was SO yummy! Then on the other side of the pier there were probably 70 sea lions, or seals... I am not sure! But they were so much fun to watch! We then drove for a little bit and got to go to dinner with people that Nick taught. They took us out to a Jap. Grill. It was so cool because they made the food in front of you! I never thought that I would go to a place like that. :D
Wednesday: This was our last day to visit people so we made our rounds, and it seemed like we went every where for this. But in the morning we were able to go to the temple and it was so great! We were not in there very long because I was getting so many hot flashes I felt like I was about to pass out, so we left and walked around the temple instead.
Thursday was our trip back home :D
