Getting some breakfast at the airport....notice the Mountain Dew....it was necesary to keep our eyes open!!We had a 7:00 a.m. flight, so we were there at 5:00 a.m. (cuz they say to be at the airport at least 2 hours before your flight)....it was a 2 hour drive from where we live to the airport, so, needless to say, we didn't get much sleep the "night" before....we had to leave home by 3:00 a.m., so I was up by 1:30 a.m., then got the kids up at about 2:00 a.m....I had just went to bed at 10:30 p.m., so I got a whole 2 1/2 hours of sleep!
We all made it through security....whshew! Now we're just waiting...patiently...for the flight to board.
Their FIRST time flying....they were both a little nervous, but they did awesome!
Our first view of SanDiego, just outside of the airport.
The hotel that we stayed in...the Manchester Grand Hyatt....this was only one of the two towers that made up the whole hotel!
Hangin' out with a seagull on the boardwalk behind our hotel.
There was a shopping village behind our hotel called Seaport Village...this was a pretty fountain in the center of the shopping area...Kylee likes to pose for her pictures. :o)
Watching the cute ducks in a pond in the shopping area.
One of the super loooooong hallways in the hotel....this hotel was HUGE...and required a TON of walking to get from one point to another.
This was the view from our hotel room....we were on the 19th floor of, I think, 25 floors.
The view from our room..the tall building is a condominium....and the ship in the background is the USS Midway. It was used by the Navy for 47 years before being retired and turned into a museum. For part of the business end of our trip, they had a banquet on the deck of the ship.
It was so awesome....but soooo cold!!!
A night shot of the view from our room.
The street as seen from our room.
The next day, we went on sightseeing tour. An hour of the tour was spent on a boat touring the harbor....ufortunately, it was very hazy that day, but I still got some awesome pictures. This is the kids and I with a navy ship coming in to port behind us.
My hubby and the kids soaking it all in.
Some lazy seals.
I just missed this dolphin jumping out of the water....but I got his fin!
"Bird of Paradise" flower....these are all over SanDiego!
The next day, we went to Sea World...this is the Seal and Otter show. We were clear at the top of the seating area, so my pictures didn't turn out too good.
Then we went to the Dolphin Adventure show....this was THE most awesome show of the whole day....even beat out the Shamu Show...I even had tears in my eyes at one point during this show, it was so darn good!
Another awesome picture of the dolphins....can ya tell I just LOVED this show?! :o)
The kids and I decided to brave a ride that clearly stated
"You WILL get wet on this ride, possibly SOAKED!"
Hubby stayed on dry land and thought it would be funny to take pictures of our suffering.
The water was soooo COLD that every time it hit me, it took my breath away...literally!
This was the Shamu Show....an awesome show, but it didn't quite beat the Dolphin Show...plus we got SOAKED during this show....we chose to sit in the Soak Zone, but 3/4 through the show, we still hadn't gotten splashed.....so I had let my guard down.....bad move! One of the whales swam over to our area and jumped and splashed our area and we got SOAKED...and so did my camera! I was so worried that it was going to be ruined, but it still works...thank goodness!
The next day, we got a taxi ride to Mission Beach....I had never seen the ocean in person before, so this was my first LIVE ocean experience....it was AWESOME....the sight of it was cool, but the sound was what got me....I never realized how LOUD it was.....then I was walking along the beach and saw this seaweed...so I HAD to take a picture of it...I never realized how tough seaweed was...I guess it'd have to be to survive in the ocean.
Here we are trying to find un-broken seashells....that was NOT an easy task...most of the shells were broken in one way or another. We found some really neat ones though.
If you look real close, there's a surfer in the very last wave toward the center of the picture....these people were NUTS!! LOL That water was FREEZING COLD!!
The crazy seagulls....these things would basically attack anyone that came on the beach with food in their hands. These poor girls that had brought a piece of pizza onto the beach were just bombarded by the seagulls....they finally dodged them long enough to finish their pizza....it was pretty hilarious watching them though...LOL.
This is us on the "boardwalk" on Mission Beach...notice how happy my son is? He actually hated the beach...he wanted nothing to do with it. He did like chasing the birds, but that got old too fast and he wanted to leave waaay before we were ready to go. Not to mention, he hates having his picture taken too.
Our last day in SanDiego, we rented a car and drove up to Carlsbad, CA and went to LegoLand!
RAR!!!
RAR, again!!!!
The Volvo driving range....if you drove the course successfully, you got to get a "driver's license" (for a mere $5.00 each)....thank goodness they're not real....notice how wild they're driving? LOL
Kylee, posing with a lazy Lego guy. :o)
Daddy and Josh goin' on a boat ride.
Miniland USA...an entire city made of Legos!
New to LegoLand is the Sea Life Aquarium....most of pictures didn't turn out too good because it was so dark in the aquarium. This was at the end of the "tour".
Back in LegoLand....Aaarrgh! It's Pirate Lego Man...the kids were excited to pose with him....we were lucky to get this picture...the lady walking with him was telling everyone he needed to leave and she said we could be the last one's to get to take a picture with him!
Leaving LegoLand....I forgot to take this picture on our way in, so I thought I'd better snap the picture on our way out...that's why it's so dark.....bye, bye LegoLand!
The next day we flew out of SanDiego at 10:00 a.m.....after stopping for supper, we got back home around 10:00 p.m. and were exhausted! Unfortunately the kids had to go to school the next day and hubby and I both had to work, so we were all a little tired the next day, but we made it.
I told my hubby, I could definitely live in SanDiego....it was a very beautiful city and the weather was pretty good too! :o)
