Here is a synopsis of our vacation. Arrived late Tuesday night. Jack went to work Wed. We first went grocery shopping. Then we collected snails, visited the pool, hot tub and checked out the grounds.
Wednesday afternoon, Jack got our of work somewhat early, so we headed off to La Jolla (pronounced LA-HOYA). It was a surprise for the girls as there are lots of seals that just sit on the beach.. it was very cool!! Check out the pictures!
We even saw someone getting married!
Pretty much repeated the day (except for the grocery shopping) Thursday. (Good) Friday we were off the the ZOO.. only one problem.. I wrote down the WRONG directions and we ended up at Wild Animal Park. We decided to head back and make it to the Zoo. Which by the time we got there it was pretty packed, but we made the best of it... boy o boy, that place is HUGE! Definitely not a place you can leisurely walk around with 4 kids and see the whole place. We saw maybe 2/3's :-(
We TRIED to go to dinner after a LONG day at the Zoo, it didn't work out too well when we were finally seated (after the 45 minute wait), but here is a great picture of the girls!
Saturday, we hit Sea World. We arranged to have breakfast with "Shamu", we all thoroughly enjoyed that! Check out how close the whale really was! It was amazing!
After a ride on the skyride I got a great shot of the girls with Jack.
Sunday, we PLANNED on going to Wild Animal Kingdom but with all the walking around we did the past 2 days, we didn't have it in us. The girls were happy to go to Mission Bay park which is a long long area of a bike path and several playgrounds as well as lots of green grass. They were happy just to hang out at the playground, play on the structures and take a great photo with Daddy!
Monday Jack was back to it and we decided it was time to go explore. We went to Torrey Pines Beach... hmmm... something to be said about that.. I saw a furry creature running around in the brush, we got to the water and there were 2 signs.. one read something to the effect "please don't remove shoes as there could be harmful items in the sand" below that was a sign reading "high bacteria levels, swimming is NOT recommended". We decided to leave, and hit the pool back at the hotel!
Tuesday we ventured a little more north. We ended up at Solana Beach.. a step up from the last place, but still kind of yucky sand and the same sign about the bacteria in the water! Girls still had fun running around in the sand getting their feet wet!
Wednesday we went even further NORTH... we hit Carlsbad.. first we went to the Carlsbad Premium Outlets.. boy! those people have money! I hit the Gap and got some great deals, but that didn't compare to many of the other stores! Then off to the Carlsbad beach.. and it was even better then Solana! There was some DRY sand, more people and just a better beach. Nothing compared to the Jersey Shore, but decent.. I'd sit there with my family for the day. I got a great picture of the girls on the rocks that separated the beach.
We had a wonderful dinner with my cousin Michelle and her fiance Frank. We went to LITTLE ITALY!!! Delaney slept through the whole dinner, Adyson was sitting with me and was super well behaved, the girls and Jack sat at the other end of the table. We went to Filippi's Pizza Grotto, http://www.realcheesepizza.com/web/home/index.html
I was imagining some pizza joint, but I was pleasantly surprised! They had incredible food! I got eggplant parm. and it was fantastic. What was even better, Michelle & Frank put our names in before we got there (there is ALWAYS a HUGE line there to eat) so when Jack the girls and I arrived, we were escorted through the crowd to our awaiting table! YAH!!!!
By Thursday we once again, got sick and tired of running around so we stayed and hung out at the pool. I could tell the girls had enough when THEY were asking to go back to the room!
Friday we did all the laundry, packed up and were out of the hotel by 12:30.... whew! that was a tough morning. We had to wait for Jack so at first we figured we'd explore "just a little more" and after a FEW hours had passed.. we called and told him we would wait on the grounds of the office he was working at. Here is where we hung out.. incredible huh? The grounds included a lap pool, kiddie pool (I assume for the child labor?? hahahaha), a SAND volley ball court, basketball courts, and tennis courts. All surrounded by botanical gardens! It was truly amazing! here is where we waited for him.
We were at the airport 3 hours early, THANK GOD.. you have to be with 4 kids. Plenty of time. The flight home was 4 hours 40 minutes .. we arrived in Boston sometime shortly after 5 AM, and arrived HOME by 7:30 AM. Sunday.. I was the first one up at 9:51 AM! WOW.. lots of fun. I'm glad we were able to join Jack. We all really enjoyed to time together. We're glad to be home though.
OH! I almost forgot! One more important milestone happened while in CA... check it out!
This past weekend we CELEBRATED DELANEY'S 3RD BIRTHDAY! That sweet sweet little angel! Here is a picture of her in her birthday outfit.. I'm sure you can figure out the theme:
Uncle Michael, Aunt Julie and the boys came to visit which was nice for all the cousins to hang out for the party! There were many comments on how well behaved those boys are! (I hope you're proud Julie!!) Delaney really loves Liam (and Colin) but she kept doing things (drawing pictures, making things) and saying "that's for Liam" Cutie pie!
FINALLY today, Monday, Delaney's "real" birthday. We're getting back into the swing of things. Jack was able to work from home today which was nice because we grilled out for dinner then had a nice little ice cream cake for Delaney. Dinner was over by 6:00 PM which is a rarity! Delaney and Adyson were bathed and everyone was in bed by 8:00! NICE.. whew.. well, I'm sure you're getting tired of reading and I'm getting tired of writing and inserting photos. SO, until next time "Friend". :-)
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