Last post of our Vacation

We also visited the Wildlife Animal Park. It was neat because it was more like seeing the animals in there natural habitat. Later we visited the Mormon Battalion museum, which was really fun. Everything was interactive. They had "harry potter" like portraits tell their story of their journey being a part of the Mormon Battalion. You take a tour from Iowa to San Diego--they let you dress up like soldiers, pan for gold, make bricks....it was very neat. Our kids were totally captivated by it. After visiting the museum we headed back to our hotel to watch the fireworks from the bay. It was really awesome because we could see 4 firework shows at one time. I absolutely love watching the fireworks, and seeing them over the water is beautiful. Vacation was wonderful....and the memories will last forever.

Balboa Park--Vaca. continued

After the beach we decided to go check our Balboa park. It is this amazing park filled with botanical gardens, museums, and theaters. Most of the museums were closed by the time we got there, but we had a great time walking, eating at a cafe, playing on the playground, and enjoying our beautiful surroundings. We even saw a little magic show which Chris got to be a part of. The kids thought this was really cool.

Vaca Cont. 4th of July

We spent our 4th of July in California this year. I love the Phoenix area, but they have the worst 4th of July celebrations. Actually they hardly celebrate at all.....I guess I can't blame them...no one wants to watch a parade in 110 degree weather. Anyway, I love the 4th of July and if it is up to me we will be out of town every year. Our day started at 10 am on Coronado Island where we watched a parade (the kids liked it but were a little disappointed that there was no candy-last year they each got a grocery bag full of candy fromt the Malad ID parade). Then we headed down to the beach for an afternoon of sun and sand. The kids all loved it. I did too, but it was too cold for me to get in all the way. I had fun wading though. Kenli had a blast, but once she was done-she was done. She decided to lay on her towel to get all warm and toasty. I made sure she was good then I turned around to watch Jaxon and Chris playing in the water. Two seconds later I turn around to find Kenli in her birthday suit. I know they have nude beaches in Cali but this was not one of them. Quickly I covered her up which she didn't like at all. It was quite funny. The boys loved the beach, and probably could have stayed there most of the day.

Vaca continued: San Diego Zoo

We all loved the zoo. We saw so many fun animals. Some of our favorites were the polar bear, gorillas, elephants, and the panda bears. The kids also really loved riding the bus and the sky ride across the park.






The kids did really well especially for how much walking we did. Lucky for Drey he got to see the park from his first class ride.

San Diego Vacation

This year we were able to go on a family trip to wonderful San Diego. Our first stop was to Sea World. The kids had never been there before and they were so excited to see all the exhibits there. The day started off cloudy and a little cool. So, of course it made sense for Chris and Jaxon to hop on Journey to Atlantis and get all soaking wet at the beginning of the day. Jaxon was barely (and I mean barely) tall enough to ride this ride. I thought for sure he would take one look at it and say no thanks, but to my surprise there was no hesitation. Chris said once they got to the top of the drop (of course they were in the front row) he was a little nervous, but he did it. He had fun, although he wasn't racing back in line.














The kids really liked the all the shows we saw at Sea World. Of course they loved Shamu. Chris made fun of us for wearing ponchos, but obviously we really didn't care. It was about 70 degrees outside (we are use to 100 degree weather) we are in the soak zone and I wasn't about to get drenched. We had a great time at Sea World. The day ended late with a cool firework show and three littlies all asleep on our laps.