San Diego

Last week Jason had a conference in San Diego.  After a lot of debate about whether the kids should miss school we decided to go with.It turned out to be a great week to go.  We left snow behind at home and enjoyed plenty of California sunshine.  Our first afternoon there while Jason went off to meetings we explored Old Town.  The kids loved it.  Especially watching them make taffy in the candy store (and eating it of course!)

We enjoyed the tour of the Mormon Battalion.  The kids had fun panning for gold.

The weather was perfect for a morning run along the bay.  These were my two cute running partners!

As always, the thing the kids wanted most was to swim in the hotel pool. Skyler had a blast splashing in the pool for his first time.  He loved everything except Andrew in his goggles which for some reason terrified him!

The kids and I spent Thursday at the San Diego Zoo while Jason was at meetings.  The pandas were the highlight of the day.

Later that evening we enjoyed delicious seafood looking out over the bay at sunset.

Friday we convinced Jason to skip some meetings and come to Sea World with us.

Skyler loved the dolphins!

Waiting for Shamu.

Petting a real alligator!

Jared and Andrew with the birds after the pet show.  This show was Skyler's favorite!  Especially the pig!

Friday evening the kids and I drove up to Fountain Valley for a short trip to visit my parents and brother, Spencer.  It was a perfect beach day!  We could have spent all day but had to cut it short to get back to San Diego.  Andrew took Skyler for his first dip in the ocean.  He didn't like the cold water too much!  The kids had a fun time flying their new kites we found at a fun kite shop in San Diego.

We got back to San Diego and walked through the Gas Lamp District for dinner.  It was a long wait and the kids were starving by the time we finally sat down to eat at the Spaghetti Factory but it's such a fun place to walk around at night!

Too soon it was time to go home.  It was a long trip in the car but a lot of fun!