Sunny San Diego

the view from the Cabrillo National Monument

I don't think I can truly do our trip to San Diego justice in a blog. I don't think we could have planned it more perfectly, ordered up better weather, or had a better time to travel. Besides T-man battling some sort of illness, the trip was pretty much perfect. Here's a quick rundown of our trip.

• Flew in Wednesday, ordered tacos from a local place and hit the beach with our wonderful tour guide (and former co-worker of mine). We were actually in the water and basically had the beach to ourselves. We then hit the pool and the hot tub. We stayed two nights with my friend and her family - how lucky we were to have such great hosts and be able to catch up in person as well! 
• Thursday took us to LegoLand for the entire day. Besides the vomit in the middle of park thanks to T-man, it was a perfect day. It was in the 80's and the park felt almost empty. Once again, we barely waited in line and the boys got to ride a ton of rides. Highlights included the entire family on the dinosaur roller coaster, touring Miniland USA, and just seeing the joy in the boys' eyes.  
• SeaWorld was our destination on Friday.  We saw the Shamu (Marshall and D-man got soaked) show, touched bat rays, went through the shark encounter, fed sea lions, and enjoyed a family ride on the Journey to Atlantis (among other things). At the end of the day, we truly felt like we were the only ones in the park. We definitely were spoiled with the limited crowds and lines. 
• We checked into the hotel on Friday night, hit the hot tub, watched the sun set, and had happy hour drinks and food at the hotel bar.
• T-man slept in Saturday morning while D-man and I hung out with our coffee and hot cocoa waiting for the rain to stop. Fortunately, the sun came out and it was a beautiful day. We headed downtown to have lunch at Seaport Village.  We walked along the water and admired the boats (D-man was very impressed with the aircraft carrier). We then headed to the Cabrillo National Monument and met my friend from grad school and her family. The view was amazing and then the kids really enjoyed playing down in the sand (it was high tide so we didn't get to see the tide pools). We wrapped up the afternoon with a trip for ice cream. 
• Saturday night was lounging at the hotel with a trip to the hot tub, take out, and watching the Buff game. 

We returned Sunday in time to unpack, do laundry, have dinner, and partake in Halloween activities. What a perfect, perfect vacation.

Here are a few pics - you can view them all by clicking on this link. 

Beach on Wednesday

fun in the sand

Legoland!

made of Legos - wow!

Shamu!

Atlantis Ride

Atlantis Ride

Sunset

There are tide pools underneath that high tide

loving the water and the waves