The Full Catastrophe » travel http://fullcatastrophe.com Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:51:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Being Married To Brian Is Fun http://fullcatastrophe.com/2009/05/13/being-married-to-brian-is-fun/ http://fullcatastrophe.com/2009/05/13/being-married-to-brian-is-fun/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 21:37:47 +0000 Anna http://fullcatastrophe.com/?p=316 Brian surprised me with a trip to Catalina last weekend. I gladly accepted this trip in lieu of the typical card & flowers Mother’s Day combo. Once again, Brian’s mom stepped up to take the kids for us. Thanks, Vicki!
Pretty Avalon
I learned in May 2005 (my first Mother’s Day) that I am the kind of mom who is perfectly happy celebrating Mother’s Day without my kids. Lucky for me, Brian supports me in this way of life. This may be due to the fact that once we witnessed a married couple arguing about how the man wanted to spend Father’s Day. They were in the parking lot of the zoo, in front of their kids, when it finally came out that the dad would have preferred to watch the Padres game on the TV. If it is your day, you should get to do what you want to do. Seems pretty straightforward to me.

Catalina is darling! It was my first trip there. Followers of the list may remember that kayaking around the island is something I’m wanting to do. We actually had intentions to rent some kayaks, the only problem was the fact that the boat rental place was right next to this beachside bar and we were both reading such good books and it felt really good in the sun that day and well we certainly plan on going back to Catalina and well you know it just didn’t happen. No regrets, whatsoever about that one.
Oscar's map lead me to Descanso Beach Bar
Oscar sent us to Catalina with a pirates treasue map. We used it to find the cocktails on the beach!
Golf Cart Brian
Golf carts were a lot less strenuous than kayaks.
Self Portrait

]]> http://fullcatastrophe.com/2009/05/13/being-married-to-brian-is-fun/feed/ 1 We Had a Mele Kalikimaka http://fullcatastrophe.com/2009/01/02/we-had-a-mele-kalikimaka/ http://fullcatastrophe.com/2009/01/02/we-had-a-mele-kalikimaka/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:23:08 +0000 Anna http://fullcatastrophe.com/?p=258 Brian and I spent Christmas in Kauai with the kids, Brian’s mom, brother, & Turtle. Our water babies were able to splash and play in the ocean every day of our visit and that is really why people brave the 5 hour flight out there, right? They also chased chickens, built sand castles, ate shave ice, drank from a coconut, slid down the pool slide, and were spoiled rotten by their grandma, aunt, & uncle (Laurel learned how to say “Matt”).

Brian and I had a blast, too. The ultimate experience came on our last afternoon on the beach. We went out with Matt & Turtle for one last snorkel when we spotted a sea turtle. Brian saw it first and popped up to say “Turtle! Turtle!” and Turtle said, “What?! “What?!” and Brian was all “No a SEA TURTLE!” We followed the big guy around for a few minutes when the sky opened up in a downpour. We dashed back to the beach and collected the kids and all of our stuff completely exhilarated and satisfied.

Check out the Flickr slideshow here:

And here’s the video that Brian put together last night:

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