Winner's Circle in San Diego

Last year Jared was the top salesman in Utah for T-mobile, so they sent us to San Diego for free!  We decided to make a family affair of it and brought along Jensen, Israel, and  my mom (for a babysitter.)    We stayed at the Hotel del Coronado.  It  was so beautiful!  You would think that California would be warmer than Utah in May, but it was about fifty to seventy degrees the whole time!  We were freezing!  Jensen didn't seem to notice though and was running in and out of the waves.  Every day he would say,  "I wanna go ocean!"     On  one of the nights there was a big formal banquet.  ( It was the very first time I have ever worn a cocktail dress!)  We got to eat shrimp and fillet Mignon, and then we were entertained by the one and only Jay Leno.  He was hilarious!  We were only about twenty feet away from the stage.  After Jay Leno was done they had a big clap fest awards ceremony.  They did a big video presentation about the top salesman in the country.  His name was Yuri and he was a twenty year old Israeli national that lived in New York City.  He sold more blackberries by himself than the rest of T- mobiles salesmen put together!  About two minutes after Yuri came off the stage, and sat down, he collapsed and  died.  Crazy!  He just dropped dead.   They tried to revive him, but he never came around.  It kind of makes you think....   It was a very somber experience.   We came right back to our room and prayed for him and his family.   I had only  been home from the hospital for one day before we left to San Diego,  and that had made us thankful for every second of life we get to live, and after seeing that, we were even more thankful.  We have to put the kids in bed now, we'll have  more later on this trip!