Visit to San Diego and USD

This week was another trip down to San Diego for one last walk around USD law school.

 Christine doesn't have a 3rd period, and since her school works on block schedule that means that two days a week she has a three hour break.  She comes home and hangs out, does some homework, naps, has lunch.  You know--teenage stuff.  She walked in the door as we were getting ready to go pick up Meredith and Ainsley and on a whim, Duff decided to call her out for the rest of the day and take her with us.  She didn't complain!

 We had lunch at Filippis Pizza Grotto on Garnet Street in Pacific Beach.

It is a quaint place.  The food was homemade and good.  Later on we decided it was pretty rich and if we eat there on another occasion we will order differently.  The portions are more than generous and we ended up taking a lot of it home.

 We had parked several blocks away, and took advantage of the walking to the restaurant for some fresh air and sight-seeing.  Garnet Street is a beach city haven.  Loaded with lots of unique shops bathed in sun and ocean aura.

We walked the south side on the way back to the car and stopped in at the Bus Stop Gelato shop.

It was the perfect refreshing ending for our lunch.

The campus has a really good feel.

One of the highlights was our walk through the Immaculata Cathedral.  It is right on the grounds in the middle of all the buildings.  It is GORGEOUS.  I felt a reverence inside it.  Inside on both sides are small rooms that you can go in to meditate and pray.  I decided that that would be a neat thing to have in your home.  A small room dedicated only for spiritual things.  Pretty flowers, a candle or two, always clean and tidy and quiet.  Never disturbed.  The architecture was beautiful.  I thought a lot about the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City.  It reminded me of people who love God and were built by those who do.  Our doctrines may be different, but our love of Heavenly Father makes us more similar than we might think.

It was a good day, and I don't envy Shaun having to make a decision.  Guess it's better to have to make it between two very good choices.