What a great weekend at home in Minnesota. Busy but fun! 

Sunday - Went to church with mom. We then went to the cemetery to see dad. The tombstone is now in and looks beautiful. I am so grateful for all my great friends and unbelievable family. Special thanks to Jill and Kim for driving my sorry butt around. 

Saturday Evening - Attended Spider's Web at Park Square Theatre. Carolyn Pool was absolutely amazing! 

Judy, Carol and Carolyn

Me and Buffie

Ted, Me and Amy 

Michele and Scott 

Beth

Megan's grad party - It was cold and RAINY (ugh)

Megan and Carol

Astrid, Megan and Jeff

Mom and Me

Hanging with JT and Marie (Baldy)

Megan graduated from high school.

Mom and Megan

Before it all started - David, Carissa and Ben 

Mom and I hanging in the bleachers

Greg, Megan and Becky

David and Megan

Kim and I had breakfast. She was so kind to bring me down to mom and dad's house.

Spike was in another photo shoot. He was in quite the mood and shared his opinion on changing in and out of outfits. He also had to wear some girly clothes.




Spike as sasha fierce . . . .






Memorial Day Pictures. I drove up to Newport Beach to hang with my college friend Kim. We had a blast.


Sunday FUNDAY! We took beach cruisers out from dive bar to dive bar. Check out the guys behind us who posed for the picture. We thought it was just a picture of us girls but OH NO! Fun times.

Hello! I am visiting my college friend Kim in Newport Beach. The drive went super fast, absolutely no traffic this morning. It is only 65 miles from San Diego. Kim lives a HALF block from the ocean. We laid out for one and half hours. I then walked on the ocean for 45 minutes then it was off to get a manicure and pedicure. I now have HOT RED toe nails!! I am off to meet up with Kim so we can hit the town after she gets done with work.

Hope you are having a fantastic Memorial Day weekend!!



I was going to upload photos from last weekend but am having technical difficulties ~ story of my life! These will be on the web site on Monday evening when back at my place.


I am with my Jersey friends - Carol, Jennifer and Michelle - Saturday night at the Balboa Theatre


We saw my work friend Dustin sing - He was fabulous!!


Jen and Michelle - Yard House - Looking Hot!


We had so much fun!


South Beach - Mahi Mahi Tacos!


Friday night - We went out in La Jolla. We found the Tequila Cabbie quite entertaining.

What a wonderful trip home to Minnesota for Mother's Day Weekend!!

Astrid, Sam and Jean

Mom, Carissa, Marie

Sammers - with his cake

JT doing dishes for mother's day - What a guy!!!

Marie was studying for an AP Biology test

Tom and Sam screwing around

Spent Friday Night with the girls! We had so much fun and I discovered that I totally SUCK at catch phrase.

Kim, Me and Lisa

Karla and Michele

Buffie, Me and Karla

Michele, Andrea and Me

I also met up with my friend Jacquie that owns the non-profit beer company, Finnegans!

Ken and Yon were in town the weekend of April 30 and May 1st - It was so great to see them!

Hello! I am excited to come home to Minnesota on Thursday to celebrate Mother's Day with the family. We passed a significant mile stone on May 3rd ~ It would have been Mom and Dad's 56 wedding anniversary. 

Last Weekend - My boss from New Jersey was in town. It was so nice seeing Ken and Yon. We met out in Del Mar on Friday night and then I had them over for dinner on Sunday. It was so great catching up. I do miss the team that I worked with at Hanover. Thank goodness Michelle and Jen are coming out to visit May 14th! So excited to see them!!! Memorial Day Weekend I am going to visit my college friend Kim in Newport Beach. 

Spike has been invited back to model the summer dog line. His photo shoot is May 22nd. Fingers crossed he behaves. We recently overhauled some pages on the site and now Spike is prominently featured on the dog home page.  

xoxo

Carol (catch me on facebook - carol.ott@gmail.com)

I apologize if you have sent an email recently. I need to find a balance between work and personal. Work has definitely taken over way too much of my life. 

Hello!

Easter was a little hard this year. I had my friends Chris and Stacey over from lunch on Easter Sunday. I met up with my friend Natalia and her mother in La Jolla.

I was sad to see Tom, Jean, Marie, JT and Sam leave on Thursday. They had beautiful weather the entire visit. We went to see the Padres WIN on Tuesday night.

Carol, Marie, Sam, Tom and JT

JT and Jean

Smore MASTER - Sammers

Hello! 

Today I broke out my rollerblades. They have not been touched for 2 years. I went to Lake Miramar and rollerbladed 8 miles! I will pay the price tomorrow. I have also been playing with my new Wii Fit. I will not be sharing my Wii Fit Age - It is pathetic! 

Tom, Jean and the family arrived on Thursday night. We spent Friday at the Zoo. It was AMAZING!!!

Escalator - we got a little tired after 5 hours so we took it on the way up . . .





Panda getting it's bamboo on . . . 

Tiger was so beautiful

Marie (aka Baldy) makes a beautiful giraffe

Attacking the gorilla 

Friday morning - Of COURSE I had to take them to La Jolla Cove to see the seals and their pups. 

Roisin and Gary came to town on Monday. I had them over on Tuesday for dinner and then met them at Sea Port Village on Wednesday. 

Roisin, Gary, Max and George 

Saturday - Met up with my college friend Vicki

Michelle came to San Diego over her spring break. We went to South Coast Vineyard. 



We went to Bali Hai for dinner. Only go for the drinks.




We had a great tribute for dad.



The boys were pall bearers. I chose the blue cross for the funeral since it matched dad's eyes perfectly.



Jeff and Astrid visited Presidents' Day Weekend. We had a fun weekend. They arrived Friday night. On Saturday we wend to La Jolla cove to watch the seals and their pups wake up. We were then off to Solana Beach then to downtown San Diego to tour the Midway (fighter ship).