best weekend ever.

where to begin?!  i feel kind of weird writing out all the details of my amazing weekend thinking that someone would actually care to read it.. but i'm still excited about it so i'm going to anyways :)
on thursday night my friend faith spent the night with us because until she gets married on june 4th she is couch surfing and traveling back and forth to chicago and up to see her hubby-to-be in seal beach.  in the morning we got up way too early, started the day off right and went to the gym, then did some shopping!
also on thursday, my friend casey dropped off her adorable pup for the weekend so she could go cheer on her hubby for the padre/rockies series in colorado!  memphis was sooo much fun to have and he and chloe just had the best time together!  casey is the cutest little prego girl and she just blesses me so much!

on friday i spent the afternoon with vittoria & my friend kate who just moved to san diego for the summer!  we went to sushi then just hung out at home and watched date night.. i definitely think that movie is funnier the second time.  the first time i was so freaked out by it!
saturday was faith's bachelorette party.. we started at nicole's apartment with drinks, appetizers, crazy games and gifts.  then nicole's husband tony drove us downtown for a night of fun.  we went from place to place dancing the night away and enjoying a girls night out.  it was an amazing night that only got better as it went on!!

sunday was my favorite day of all.  so for a while now nick and i have been so busy with working (we have completely opposite schedules) and having so many things to do and places to be that we just sort of got into a routine.  i love coming home to him every night but by the time i get home he is exhausted :(  i'm dying to go on a romantic getaway or have a honeymoon round 2.. just to be somewhere else, with nothing to do but love on each other and relax and forget about all the demands in our everyday life.  also, since we got married we have been wanting to go back to the hotel we stayed at on our wedding night- INCREDIBLE.  It's called Se San Diego and it's in the gaslamp district downtown.  the other day on travelzoo they had a deal for that hotel and a bunch of extras thrown in so i went for it!  we stayed in the one bedroom king suite with a separate living area on the 15th floor with beautiful views of the skyline.. it was perfect.

our room was so amazing

for dinner we were deciding between a nice fancy steak dinner or...

sushi just sounded so amazing!!  it was great and we ran into the cute little walker family while we were there!!
after dinner we went back to the hotel.  it was the best feeling in the world to have nothing to do but each other.  yes i did just say that :)  among other things, we just got to hold each other without distraction, hear each other's hearts, talk about the future and what we want, and how incredible God is for creating this thing called marriage that we are so beyond blessed to have with each other.  the physical, emotional and spiritual intimacy is unreal.. and that is exactly how God created it to be.  as incredible as our marriage is we know there is more.. there has to be more.  marriage is a picture of God's love to us in the flesh and gosh, we are striving to love like never before and go deeper than we could ever think is possible.  i'm so thankful for the time we had this weekend to fall more in love and reach new heights in our relationship.  i love that it is only through Christ that nick and i can love each other the way we do.  i am so proud and honored to be nick's wife.  i'm feeling blessed today.. you should too :)