San Diego Part 2

Happy, happy, joy, joy! We had a great little vacation to San Diego! Just a quick trip - 4 days - to an awesome little beach house in Mission Bay! I had found this house with every toy imaginable and only 1 house away from the bay. And we had convinced Gabby to come with us so there were 3 adults to 2 kids so it was going to be a nice vacation! We didn't have any specific plans for our few days there - just to try to relax, enjoy the house and the yard and the toys, and that's about it.

We got down there and did not wait to dive right into the toys! The car was a big hit. But it was missing something really important... Kayla thought she'd look under the hood. :-)

Once we found the battery she and Tyler got busy. We couldn't get them out of it hardly at all for the next 4 days.

Dad got busy doing what he does best - grilling and watching the Cowboys season opener!

And I, well, I relaxed. :-)

We also made use of the bike, the wagon, and, um, the bay!

Gabby and the kids had fun playing in the water. It was in the 60s and 70s while we were there so a little too chilly to actually swim. The kids did get in the water but only the lower half of their bodies. :-) Instead, Gabby tried to collect sea shells, but they dumped out the bucket. Soooo, I'm not sure who had more fun. This was also about the time I dropped my barely 1 month old camera in the water. That was strike 2 on the trip. Strike 1 came when Tyler fell off the lawn chair and bit his tongue (we think) and ended up with a bloody mouth. And strike 3 came later this first full day when Kayla was playing around instead of napping and fell off the bed, hitting her nose, giving herself her first bloody nose. :-)

You would think 3 strikes you're out but not when you're on vacation. We ended up going to the San Diego Wild Animal Park on Tuesday. We went to the Zoo last year so wanted to try the other Zoo.

Strike 4 happened at the Wild Animal Park- Rita handed me her camera and it turned off. Figured the battery just died but she plugged
It in and still nothing. Great- 2 cameras down in 2 days! Whatelse?

After another day of playing with toys (another no nap day for Kayla who instead found Gabby's lipstick and painted herself with it - strike #5!) and a fun date night touring the Gas Lamp District of San Diego we had to say goodbye.

But not after getting a cute little family picture.

Just like any other day or vacation there were ups an downs buy overall it was a good experience. We were so glad Gabby came with us- she was extraordinarily helpful and is awesome with the kids. She needed a vacation from her vacation!

(And you know what- the fun didn't end there- we hit up gymnastics on the way home and spent the entire next day at the LA County Fair! But that's another post...)