visitor weekend.

jon's dad's half of the family came to visit! it was quite a fun weekend.

they got here thursday night.

on friday i went to a job interview (wish me luck...but not too much luck because i'm not SURE that i want it. follow up interview tomorrow. hmm...)

then we drove over the coronado bridge to coronado island and went to the beach.

its a cute little island. most of it is a navy base. we went on base to go to the beach. the beaches on base are usually nicer. they're clean and not packed at all.

this is a bad picture, but the only thing about beaching on base is the noise. planes were flying above us the whole time SO low to the ground and so loud. i love it.

jon's pa bought us a little grill! we are so excited! we've been talking about getting a grill since we moved in, but it hasn't been on the top of our list.

his dad was so sweet to get it for us.

(that pink shelf. we found it on the side of the road. cute huh! it matches my flowers perfectly.)

this picture is so cute. they were trying to be funny and every time i went to take the picture, John's lid would fall off. i snapped this just in time. his face. haha.

jon lighting our grill for the first time! look at his hand placement.

boys boys.

another awesome find. i saw a washer and dryer on the side of the road on base. i told jon that we really needed to go get them. he discussed with his dad and his dad thought they were on the side of the road because they were broken. well, while i was at my interview, John (the dad) went and picked up the dryer with Kathy (the step mom) and alex. when i got home, we had a new dryer hooked up and working perfect!! i was so happy!!! turns out, John didn't think the washer looked good and when they went back for it, it was gone anyway. so he bought us a brand new washer. i am so happy and i can't thank them enough. its been so annoying having to pack up our dirty clothes and go do laundry at the barracks. its free, just a pain.

jon wanted me to take this picture of him "working smarter, not harder."

(on his way home from work, jon found a really nice ladder on the freeway...we are so blessed)

on saturday, we went to the san diego county fair!!!!

at costco, they sold us 4 tickets, 4 free sodas, 50 ride tickets and a free parking pass for only 54 dollars. it was a ridiculously good price seeing as how tickets were usually $13 each and ride tickets were $20 for 30 tickets.

this is us on the swings. i was obviously pulling my hair up while jon was doing who knows what.

this ride was really fun. swinging soo high up!

alex, jon and I went into a fun house. i've never been in one before.

this one had windows and mirrors in triangles and you had to try to find your way through.

yes i did run into one of the windows.

jon heard about deep fried oreos so we thought we'd better try them. they were alright. pretty bland.

this is butter man smiling at jon and i.

at the end of the day, we stumbled ourselves upon a demolition derby! i'd never been to one, but i have heard good things. it is JUST the thing for Jon and John (i know....i know.). they were excited and had so much fun.

it was so redneck, but it was fun yelling and getting really into it.

this car already had a lot of damage, so i kicked in the door just to see that i could.

jon picked the car he thought would win. he was right of course.

it was a fun-filled weekend and now we're home alone again!

come visit us soon. we've already gotten bored of just looking at each other!

;)

ps. here brittany writes about their honeymoon 
and time spent in san diego with jon and i.

here amanda blogs about the weekend we spent with her.

baseball+laser tagging+yogurtland=a very fun weekend with our favorite go-to couple!