San Diego 2009

Finally, here are some pictures from our trip to San Diego. Here

we are on Mission Beach...

Me and my niece Jordyn.. such a sweetie pie!!

Hunter and Brexton. Hunter is really good with Brexton and

all the younger cousins. So cute!

Sunday we decided to go for a walk, since we really couldn't get in the water on a Sunday. Well, on Mission Beach they have this rock peninsula called the jetta. You can walk out on the rocks and you end up walking out really far into the ocean. The walk took a lot longer than expected because we saw lots of cool creatures along the way and kept stopping to see them... like these starfish at the very edge of the jetta

However, there are consequences for walking outside in San Diego with no sunscreen. I didn't think we would be gone for very long so I did not even think about sunscreen, especially since we weren't even going to the beach that day. Well, this is what happens... you get BURNT RED!!! It was definitely not fun to get burnt the first day. I was afraid of making it worse so I lathered myself in sunscreen every day after that. So much for trying to get a tan. I tanned from my burn, but now its all peeling off. Not to mention, sleeping with burnt shoulders and back would have to be at the top of my "things I hate most" list. Word to the wise.. always think of sunscreen!

Then on Wednesday, Jameson's mom bought tickets for everyone to go to Sea World. I was really excited to go because when we went to Sea World for my first time on our honeymoon there was a storm. So I never really got the full experience of Sea World. This time it was awesome! Even though it was more crowded I really likes going with the nieces and nephews because they all were so excited about every little thing. Here we are in the polar bear exhibit... you can tell by Wednesday the sun burn went down a little bit

Here is Shamu... always a favorite classic of Sea World!

Here are the barking sea lions always begging for food... you have to be careful though when you feed them so the birds don't get the fish

And one of the funniest parts of Sea World was Dan, my brother-in-law, got picked to come up in front of everyone during the Cirque de la Mar show. The character from the show came up the stairs, took one look at him, saw his big muscles and asked him to follow him to the front of the stage. There he had to compete with the other guy to see who was better and had bigger muscles. It was hilarious!! He was bigger than the other guy, and in my opinion much funnier, but the other guy won because I think they planted him and paid him to be a part of the show...

Then on our last day in San Diego, Bryan and Katie came to hang out before their three week long vacation. We spent the morning at the beach and then the afternoon in Seaport Village. For some reason Bryan enjoys spending his vacation digging holes on the beach. He made one that was as deep as he was tall. But he quickly had to fill it in because of all the little kids. They loved it so much, but one got a little too close and fell in... not so good. This picture shows him about only half way done with his hole...

Us four just being goofy... I think this is actually the first

picture we have with Bryan and Katie

At the end of the day, this was an amazing trip and vacation. I enjoyed taking some time off from work and spending time with Jameson's side of the family. Jameson and I both think San Diego is our favorite vacation spot by far.. cant wait til we go back