San Diego Fun, Fun, Fun (and exhausting...)!

There's nothing like traveling through nap time. They fared through it well, as did I. I'm not sure who was more tired out by it all, though...Getting shuttles, hauling luggage and carseats, securing the rental car, making sure I didn't leave anything behind (I have a knack for that!), driving to find food in an unfamiliar place - in the dark!, finding the hotel, checking in, etc...BY. MY. SELF! It was a long day, but we made it in one piece, and I'm pretty sure that if you asked the kids about it, they would tell you it was a lot of fun!!! And that was just getting there on Thursday! Matthew rolled in to the room about 10 p.m. after his last business meeting, about as tired as the rest of us!

Friday we went to Sea World. It was great fun, as always...

If you haven't ever seen a walrus up this close, you can't even imagine how enormous they are! It made me giggle with disbelief to watch these massive creatures undulate around in the water as they were eating their food. I think the kids were taken with them. They're pretty ugly, too!

These are Beluga Whales playing around. Annabelle was singing Raffi's song "Baby Beluga" while watching them!

We went on a tour where the kids were able to touch small sand sharks and feed sea turtles. They really liked it. When it came time to see the Shamu show (our last hurrah for the day), everybody was in agreement that we did NOT want to sit in the splash zone. We all enjoyed watching others get wet, and a dry and sleepy ride back to the hotel.

Saturday we went to Lego Land. It was a blast. The park is big enough to have a lot to offer, but small enough to not overwhelm. The only thing it didn't have was the cotton candy that Matthew had promised (we saw A LOT of it at Sea World, and they only just started seeing it right before we were ready to leave. I wasn't about to pump them with straight sugar before getting in the car to -hopefully- fall asleep on the way back). Rest assured we found another treater that satisfied!

None-other than Darth Vader made out of Legos, of course!!!

Checking out the R2-D2 made out of Legos, too!

First real go-cart type of driving!

A look of concentration!

Not really a roller coaster...just kind of a sight-seeing sort of ride...

This one, they pulled on the rope to get themselves to the top (Wyatt said it was tough!)

Almost there, keep pulling!

Made it to the top, now free-falling (kind of) to the bottom

The only way to get a picture WITH the photographer! We're on a helicopter ride...

A ride on the jousting horse...

Matthew and Wyatt in the front of the "big" roller coaster!

It was so fun, they had to do it again!

Everyone was exhausted at the end of this day, too! Definitely another sleepy ride back to the hotel.

We came home on Sunday...just a long day of shuttles, airports, airplanes, but happy to be back at home!

Oh, also, our episode of Color Splash aired on Saturday night. Unfortunately, our hotel did not have HGTV on any of their TV's! It was kind of torturous not to be able to see the show when others did. We hope you enjoyed it!