Surprise.

We spent the second weekend in June in San Diego.

Our friend Carrie had planned a surprise birthday weekend for her husband John.

John thought that he and Carrie and his cousin and her husband we going to SD to spend the weekend on their family boat and just have fun.

Little did he know that Carrie had been planning this surprise for over a year and there were about 13 of us descending on SD that weekend to celebrate with him.

The Husband and I drove down Friday the 10th and brought John's sister and spouse along with us.  We were the first to surprise John.

First though, we saw the ugliest front yard ever.  Yuck.

John was totally shocked when the four of us showed up. But just about had a heart attack when three more of his friends arrived.  One of whom he hadn't seen in a few years and had been over in Afghanistan.

Carrie took a video of them showing up and scaring John; it was hilarious!

Here I am after the surprises...having a cocktail on the patio of this beautiful restaurant.

I was loving all of the big Naval ships in the area.

 Carrie found a smoking deal at the Kona Kai hotel on Shelter Island and that afternoon after everyone had arrived, our whole group went down to the volleyball court.  I sat on the sidelines and watched what turned out to be drunken volleyball.

I think the Hubs and I were the only ones that were sober.

The ball ended up going in the water so many times that David just stayed in it. 

 The next morning all of the guys went on the deep sea fishing trip Carrie planned.

Poor Hubs was sea sick almost the whole time.  :(

 While they were out on the ocean, us girls went to Seaport Village.

 Saturday night we had reservations at one of Carrie and John's favorite restaurants, Brigantine.

 Oh wow, it was delicious!  I couldn't get enough of the Lobster and Crab fondue and my entree was a Chinese Shrimp salad.  Holy moly, I want to go back just for the food.

On Sunday everyone else headed home but since my birthday was on Monday, the Hubs and I stayed an extra day.  We went back to Seaport Village to walk around and shop.

We spent the remaining part of the trip walking around Shelter Island (the weather was gorgeous!), relaxing on our balcony, and sun bathing down at the pool.

It was a really good weekend and the perfect way to start off my 29th year of life!

That's right, I'm 29 folks.

Counting down til my 30th...I can't wait!