What can I say about our labor day weekend ... It was AWESOME !!! My best friend Kristy Uzelac, who was also one of my bridesmaid came down from SLC to spend the Labor Day weekend with us.
On friday Justin and I went to pick her up at the airport. I gave her the biggest hug, and from the second she got in the car and we started talking as if no time had past. Oh my gosh! It was so freak'n hot in San Jose and Justin refuses to fix the air conditioner. He says we don't need it because Santa Cruz is always perfect. I was a little embarrassed because we were sweating like pigs.
When we got home we were so hungry that I could have eaten a cow ... haha ... but that is not possible so we made homemade pizza. I love homemade pizza, not as much as I love homemade cow, but homemade pizza is just as good. There's so much flavor and so many options! It was so yummy !!!
After dinner we were talking about our plans for Saturday, and we decided to sign up for a sand castle competition at the Begonia Festival in Capitola. The theme this year was "Creatures from the Sea". Kristy, Amy, Justin and I entered the small group category. The competition is divided in small groups (5 or less), large groups (6 or more) and kids group.
Saturday morning Justin and Amy went down to the beach around 7:45 am to sign us up. Of course Kristy and I were such princess that we wanted to sleep in, so we showed up at 9:00 am.
We were looking around at our competition. They looked like "PROS" using wooden forms to build their structure. With this being our first time building a sand sculpture we were just winging it with some plastic cups, some small buckets, a shovel, a broom and rack.
So after three and half hours of back braking work we created a gigantic Octopus. We were sore for the next three days. It was so fun to be part of the community and create something for others to enjoy. We would over hear people walking by saying, "They must have been doing this for years." To our surprise we took 1st place in the small group category.
The fun continued through the weekend with body surfing, boogie boarding, movies at the beach, The begonia Festival Floats down the river, and good BBQ with friends.
7 comments:
yayyyy!!! so glad that you two are updating this!!! looks like everything is great!!! miss ya!
that pizza looks so good!!
Congrats on 1st prize octopus.
Great job on the octopus. I love it. When are you going to come and see our place and hang out with us?
nossa, seu blog e' bacana demais! aparece que esta' desfrutando muito esta vida marivilhosa. De' um ulhadina no meu bloginho, www.unclebensadventure.blogspot.com
crei enquanto estava no china. Boa semana
Oi Silvia!!! Aodrei ver o seu blog, as fotos estao mto legais!!! Ja te add, ok???
Ah, eu vejo sua mae todos os domingos, ela ta na ala dos meus pais eu acho...hehehe...Pq eu to no ferreira e meus pais sao do palmas mas como ta de reforma la eles tao indo na mesma capela que a gente.
Mas eh isso!
Beijinhos!
one word for the weekend, the octopus, the begonia festival, the pizza, the crashing waves, duck diving, movies on the beach, and time with you and justin.............
AWESOME!
love you guys
Jeff wrote that last comment. But I just saw your blog and I have gone to that place before and you're right the competition is crazy! I can't believe you got first place. I can't even remember the retarted thing we tried to build!
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