Last but not least I thought I would share our final San Diego story. Our flight did not leave until 4:00. We got up and got packed and headed south to the airport. We wanted to find someplace to eat lunch and then go to the temple but we ended up finding the temple first. We didn't have a map and I wasn't sure what was right around the temple and I didn't want to get lost. We decided to head down the i-5 and see what we could find. Pretty soon we came upon Old Town. I thought, "Oh this will be fun. We can walk around for a minute and get some great mexican food." The kids thought, "Mexican? We don't want Mexican!!" We were all a little beyond hungry and were just looking for some place to eat. Burger King, Wendy's, McDonald's were top on the list of kids choices. Chipotle was on the adults list but we settled on IHOP. We sat down, ordered our food, and then I happened to look out the window. Larry Flint's Hustler Club logo was staring right back at me. Good thing it was one o'clock in the afternoon....WRONG! Not more than 5 minutes later two "hoochie mammas" came walking out of the club carrying signs that read "Tax relief inside. Get your extention here." (It was April 15.) Chloe was completely amazed by the "real life barbie doll" who was standing in front of our window! Coleman kept looking over at her. We were trying to get everyone to hurry and eat so we could get out of there. After the 3rd time I told Coleman just not to look over. "But I am just trying to read the sign, mom." I am sure that if I ever find a play boy he will tell me "I am just reading the articles, mom."

Last Vacation post

Just a few random pictures from San Diego. The kids liked to dance in Sherrie's living room. They were dancing to the soundtrack of Mamma Mia in these pictures.



Annabelle is a chocoholic....
Jayden was way excited to go to In n Out burger, although it wasn't all it was cracked up to be...
At the airport...Chloe could be considered carryon! Why did we buy her a ticket again?
Jayden and Sherrie looking for sea shells...
Chloe in my sunglasses....
Chloe found this bear at Sherries. She carried it around with her every where she went for a few days. I was very greatful we didn't lose it!
Annabelle trying to wake up Trent...
Annabelle trying to put on my sunglasses...

Trent and Coleman outside of the San Diego temple...
Our family outside of the temple...
Sweet Annabelle giving Sherrie a kiss... (She is very stingy with those kisses.)
Giving daddy loves...

Sea World

Sea world was fun. We saw the Shamu show and much to Coleman's dismay did not get very wet, even though we were sitting in the "soak zone". We touched star fish, saw dolphins, and went on a few rides. The high light of everyone's day was definately Dine with Shamu. (Yes we did fork out THAT much money to eat dinner at Sea World.) It was really cool to be that close to a killer whale.







After the dinner some sea gulls wanted to clean up. They were waiting very patiently on the ledge for us to leave. Cheap help I guess!
While I was desperately trying to get some good pictures of the whale, Annabelle was desperately trying to get my dessert. Fortunately (or unfortunately) we were both successful!

Easter Fun

I started to realize that if I posted all the pictures I wanted....I would be posting about this trip for the next 5 months. It might not seem like it but I am trying to be selective in my pictures to post.
Easter was a great day in San Diego. It was the first day that it was sunny all day long. We started the morning by having an easter egg hunt for the kids. Sherrie has an awesome yard for hiding eggs...some were hidden so well we almost didn't find them!
Jayden being a dork finding her eggs....
Coleman with his easter goodies. Some of the eggs that were hidden had clues that led to a few little easter goodies.
Chloe with some of her Easter goodies....
The girls in their easter dresses....
Chloe looking for her eggs....
Coleman looking for his eggs....

Annabelle (aka awesome bedhed) and Trent looking for eggs....
After the easter egg hunt we went to the beach with Travis. Sherrie stayed home to cook a yummy Easter dinner. Thanks Sherrie and Travis for helping us feel at home!

The Beach

So the weather wasn't fantastic for the beach but we made a go of it anyway. The first day we tried the beach only Coleman and Chloe were brave enough to put on their suits and head into the water. It was freezing but they didn't seem to mind too much. The second day we hit the beach we were able to go with Trent's cousin, Travis. It was fun to spend some time with him, Trent only sees him every few years.
I love this picture...such a classic bum shot....
Jayden can't even put that phone down when she is in the ocean!!

This swimming suit just makes me want to break out in song..."It was an itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini..."Annabelle did not like the sand unless we were close to the water. I think it was hard for her to walk in it and she didn't like to feel it between her toes. Finally after a few hours at the beach she decided that sand wasn't so bad...We had to leave like 10 minutes later. Good thing our entire play area in the backyard is covered in sand.
Coleman had a blast in the sand. He built sand castle after sand castle, dug in the sand, and just entertained himself for hours. Too bad we don't live closer to a beach... my life would be a whole lot easier with him!



So right after we got to the beach of course Chloe had to go the potty. Trent told her to go in the ocean. She ran to the ocean, got into the water up to her ankles and started to pee. It was hilarious! We finally convinced her to "wash off" by sitting in the water.
When we were at Pacific Beach the birds were EVERYWHERE! They would come right up to you to try to get food. Chloe and Annabelle were both facinated by them.

Chloe and Jayden on the beach...making sand pies....

Catching some rays...
Freezing cold...but happy.....

Annabelle trying to make "sand pies" too...

Legoland

Legoland was a blast. It was a little cold that day and it threatened to rain all day. The good news was that it wasn't very crowded because of the rain. Yay for us!
Here was Jayden's boyfriend...she liked his chest hair....

Chloe and Jayden wrote "I LOVE MOM!" How sweet.....



Coleman and Trent with the Legoland father and son....

The older kids with legoland mom and baby....

I was trying to get a picture of all the kids and Coleman and Chloe were fighting as usual about who would sit where. As the picture might show, Coleman got the coveted spot of the moment. Check out the lip on Chloe....
Trent was awesome about going on the rides with the kids, seeing as how my motion sickness would make me sick on any of them! On this ride each person had a water gun to squirt other boats or people that were standing around. They had a fun time squirting a sleeping Annabelle...

Coleman tried his hand at building a car to race down a ramp...
Chloe and her "boyfriend" Bob...
Chloe with the Legoland princess...
We ended up spending way more time than I thought we would so obviously they had a great time. Mini land and the driving course were the highlights of the day.