Monday, August 17, 2009

The Big S.D.!

Don't you love this picture?! Looks just about right.

San Diegoooooooooo! We just spent the weekend there and it was wonderful! Driving home Tigi told me (in a dazed half awake state) "Mommy, I want to go back to California. It was so fun!" I couldn't agree more. :)

We went with our friends Trisha and Josh Waldron and we couldn't have asked for better traveling buddies! Tigi and Macie got along great (with very, very minimal fighting) and Alex and Ty just liked to follow each other around.
Here's Alex "attacking" Ty. You see the wet spot on Ty's shorts, yeah...that's from Alex's mouth. I don't really know why, but he just loved to wrestle him. Boys will be boys I guess.

Friday was spent at Sea World. Tigi, being the animal lover that she is, thought all the sea animals were fun. Macie did too.

Here we are waiting in the windless hot, HOT sun for the Shamu show to start. Thankfully the wind did pickup later, as in after we were done at the show and not in the direct sun constantly. Of course.
Those "trainers" were more like stunt men!

I had this great idea for Devin to hold up the fish before he fed it to the sea lion so I could take a quick pic....
And BAM!! In flew the little bird who swiped the fish right out of his hand! Apparently they are familiar in the ways of the unsuspecting tourists. Poor sea lion.
So even with how great all the animals were, this was Tigi's favorite attraction...Elmo's Flying Fish.
Here's Alex wondering why little brothers seem to always get the "short end of the stick."
Totally spent after a long, hard day of play. :)
Saturday was beach day and La Jolla was our beach of choice!
Showin off the floaties!
Alex didn't super love the sand his first beach trip, but he was a pretty good sport about it.
And he definitely LOVED the water! (Even if it did chill him to the bone). :) Such a little fish he is.
Macie and Tigi were just the cutest to watch them play on the beach! They ran and ran and ran! Running up to the waves and back to the beach, throwing mud into the ocean, chasing each other around, it was adorable!
Thanks again to the Waldrons for letting us come with you!

6 comments:

Trisha said...

Great pictures! It was such a fun trip, I'm so glad you guys came. Now that you're home and unpacked, did you ever find the Shamu topper???

Wendy said...

I LOVE San Diego! I am going to miss being 3 hours away from its awesomeness! It looks like you guys had a blast.

Random: Josh and Trisha were in our ward a few years ago. Small world. (Virtual wave to the Waldrons.)

Baldwin Fam said...

No. The Shamu topper has never been found and I'm convinced the maid stole it. Because of my convictions, she was left without a tip. :) I hope she enjoys the topper.

spenceandcass said...

I'm pretty jealous right now!!! How was it taking the kids? Was it tough? We are still hoping to go to the San Diego Zoo in the fall. If you're still up for it let us know.
Glad you guys had a good time!!!

spenceandcass said...

I hate to say it, but I think we are going to bag the San
Diego thing until next year. BOO!

Adventures in Healing said...

So when are WE taking a trip with our fams?