San Diego (Part 2)

I had no idea it would take me so long to write about this trip. The trip seems like forever ago and so much has happened since, but I should finish it..just for good measure :) I mean, a part 1 without a part 2... I'd hate to leave all 3 of you hanging :)

Day 4.
Legoland!

The following picture is a picture of the boys in front of a part of Miniland, where there are all sorts of buildings made out of Legos. They are standing in front of part of the Vegas strip. It looks like they're standing up on a look out point with Vegas in the background, but indeed they're standing right next to it. It is truly AMAZING to see the Sydney Opera House, Mt. Rushmore, the Taj Mahal, the list goes on, its truly incredible!

There are also rooms where you can build with Legos that they have at little tables, they also have bins and bins and bins of spare Lego parts for you to purchase! Looks like a candy store doesn't it???

and here is my car (LIFESIZE) made out of Legos! WOW!

They even had a Volvo driving school. yes, both boys got their "VOLVO DRIVERS LICENSES"!


and some pretty cool Lego replicas built larger than life!

and of course there were lots of rides that we went on as well! There were hardly any lines so we cruised from ride to ride to ride, stopping breifly in between to see the cool Lego displays.

Day 5.
SeaWorld...but with new faces and improved shows!

Aunt Jenny (Matt's sister) drove over from AZ to visit for a couple of days! Since we'd already done SeaWorld, we got to be tourguides which was TONS of fun! We tried to show her EVERYTHING we'd done and more!

And you might be wondering who I'm with in this picture...
Well, I was chosen from the audience to be part of a prank (the joke was on me). They grabbed me out of the audience along with my camera. Then the mime (who was the entertainment before the show) stood me in front of the audience and then went and grabbed this man out of the audience, placed the man's arm around me, then started to take our picture. but then he decided we needed a child. So a child from another part of the audience came over and stood with us for a family picture. The boys thought it was so funny! they would say "mom, show us that picture of your other family!"

The first day we weren't overly impressed with the Shamu show. It was okay, but just not what I'd felt it was hyped up to be. However.. today, it was AMAZING! can you see that person flying in the air?! He had just come up on the nose of Shamu! The whole show was unbelievable!

We also went on this awesome rollercoaster! I'm not sure the boys knew what they were getting themselves into, but we told them as soon as we were done with this last ride of the day we'd go buy their souvenirs! After going down the drop in this picture, Hudson said "That was FUN!" but the rest of the rollercoaster was too much for both of the boys. But, it was worth it in the end. They both got new stuffed animals and they were happy, and hopefully not terribly traumatized :)



Day 6.
Beach Day

This day started out building a fort in the living room. What a lazy, fun way to start the day!

Then off to the beach for skimboarding, etc. But not before Aunt Jenny went on a Starbucks run :) Doesn't he just look like he belongs on the beach in CA? Skimboard in hand, latte in the other, flip flops on, ready to spend a day at the beach... LOVE IT!

In between skimboarding they found time to explore the beach and find sea creatures...like... dead lobsters.. lovely :)

and despite the fact the boys were in their swimming trunks, it couldn't have been over 59 degrees! Notice the sweatshirts zipped up to our chins?! It was a little chilly! But in CA isn't everyday beach worthy?

So at the end of beach day we had to warm up a bit so we took one last visit to the hot tub!


Day 7.
Final Day
Camden lost his front tooth! He and Hudson were wrestling on the floor, Hudson tried to tickle his neck and accidentally knocked his tooth out. Camden then proceeded to tell everyone that his brother knocked his tooth out.

and here we are on the warmest day. the most beautiful, warm day... yes, the day we had about 20 minutes to spend on the beach. oh well, sometimes that's just the way it goes. We had a WONDERFUL vacation and made LOTS of great memories!


and here is one last little video from SeaWorld. The noises are HYSTERICAL!