The Halls: San Diego

Monday, September 26, 2011

Catching Up with The Gaylords

I was so excited to meet up with my very first mommy friend, Michelle. We met in birthing class when we were preggers with our firsts. We actually had our first double date set and Michelle went into labor that day - way before her due date. Michelle and the family moved to San Diego after Grant turned one. I was so sad to see her leave : ( But we have remained close friends and although Sophia and Grant didn't remember each other, they picked up as if they had been old chums.

We met up on Friday at the Fleet Science Museum in Balboa Park. What a fun place for kids! The bonus was the Kid City area for children 5 and under. Fabulous!

The kids loved the hurricane simulator.

Well, not all the kids ; )

After the museum, Sophia & Grant ~~tortured~~ chased the birds : )

My favorite picture of the whole trip.

Then later that evening we headed over to The Gaylords for some fun, food and WINE.

Cheers!

Sunday, September 25, 2011

San Diego

We took a little mini family vacation to San Diego. Originally we thought we'd go to Legoland. But after doing a little research we decided to wait a bit since Kalista would not really benefit from this advanced type of theme park. So off we ventured to SeaWorld instead. Boy has it changed since I was a kid! Rides at SeaWorld?! So much for checking out all the marine animals : )

Very first stop to avoid long lines - Feeding the dolphins.

A nice tip from my friend, Michelle.

We managed to get Sophia to see a couple of exhibits/shows . . .

. . . but it wasn't long before we were off to the world of Elmo for the rides.

Shamu!

Thank goodness we did not sit in the SOAK ZONE!

After a whole day (which is all you need) at SeaWorld, we headed to Old Town San Diego. This is a favorite of mine and David's. Can you guess why? Food and drinks, of course! We LOVE Cafe Cayote. And a trip to San Diego is never complete without a pig out session here.