New playground equipment

Westridge Elementary school got some new playground equipment this year for the Kindergarten and 1st grade playground. It was much needed. The new stuff is SO FUN, but Caitlin and Ashlee play on the 2-4 grade playground so they don't even get to play on it. So we stayed after school to play on the playground, and boy is it fun.

San Diego Twin Trip- part 3

Sunday we went to church and then read books and napped at a park right by the church.

Then we drove to another beach to sit and watch the waves, again. One of my favorite things to do. I could sit and watch waves all day long.

Saturday we went to Sea World! It was so much fun, and so hot.

After spending all day at Sea World we went back to our hotel and had dinner at a fantastic pizza place. 

The next morning Annie took me back to the airport after breakfast. We ate breakfast at our hotel every day. This was the last morning. And the view from our hotel. 

San Diego Twin Trip- Part 2

Saturday morning we decided to dress like twins, because we can and its fun! We left our hotel early to get an early start at the zoo, but saw an amazing farmers market blocks from our hotel and had to check it out. I wish we had farmers markets like that back home.

We did eventually get to the zoo and walked and walked and walked up and down all the hills to see all the animals. It was fun, and good exercise!

After the zoo we wandered around in Balboa Park a bit, but were pretty tired of walking, so we didn't wander to much. There was this gigantic tree in the park. One of the biggest trees I've every seen. We went to the National History Museum which was a bust, but the 3D movie they had was alright. We also saw a replica of the Globe Theater.

After that we drove to Old Town and went to the Mormon Battalion museum. It was fun and interactive.

We ended the night with dinner at one of the Mexican restaurants in Old Town.

San Diego Twin Trip- Part 1

Years ago (like 11 or 12 years ago), Annie and I took our first annual twin trip to Washington D.C.
We had planned to make it a yearly event, but that didn't happen. This year was a busy/stressful year for both of us with Annie ending a job that she hated and Chris being gone on sabbatical. So we went on our 2nd ever twin trip. This time to San Diego. Our trip was Thursday, July 30th- Tuesday, August 4th. I flew and Annie drove, so she picked me up from the airport on Thursday and we went and did a session at the San Diego Temple. It is so beautiful.

Then we drove to the beach and just sat in the sand watching the waves and surfers for about an hour or so. After that we drove to the little Italy section of San Diego to check into our hotel. Most of our hotel and many of our activities were paid for by Annie's frequent flier miles.

Friday morning we got up early and headed to the USS Midway. It was incredible touring that ship, and made me realize I WOULD NOT want to spend months on end on a ship of any sort. (We dressed for site seeing/the beach that day, so we looked pretty silly!)

After the Midway, we took a fairy boat over to Coronado Island. We had planned on renting bikes, but that didn't work out, so we caught a free shuttle across the island to Hotel Del Coronado and spent some time on the beach and in the water jumping waves. So much fun!

After several hours at the beach, we hopped on the Trolley and took the tour all over San Diego. We ended the day getting off the trolley at the Ghiradelli Chocolate shop and walked back to our hotel while eating delicious ice cream. It was a busy, but fun day. And we were exhausted that night.