SAN DIEGO

Our recent trip to San Diego was a lot of fun...but it is good to be back home in our own beds and to have the triple t's back on a normal schedule of daily life. We were gone for 1 week but it flew by way to fast! Here are some of our adventures:

Day 1:

hung out on the boardwalk and enjoyed the best waffle cone and soft serve i've ever had...

...and we went to the big "castle" in the sky as Ty so adequately descried it

Days 2 & 3:

we experienced the SAN DIEGO ZOO & the WILD ANIMAL PARK...

...saw this and many other types of monkeys...

...of course, marty the zebra was found by ty...

...we visited the serene pandas, who only slept both days we saw them...

...and we took a "safari into africa" at the wild animal park. this was a lot of fun to see animals in the "wild."

Day 4:

we went back to the zoo so ty could finally see mellman, the giraffe...

(sorry for the back-of-the-head shots, he wouldn't take his eyes off of them)

...we "rode" a rhino...

...and saw lots of flamingo -not sure why but these birds fascinate me

Day 5:

we loved, loved, loved IT!!

...ty got his driver's licence...

...saw a lego-version of las vegas (there's more but i won't bore you with the others)...

...just about everything was made out of legos...

joe and i both loved legos as kids so this was just as much fun for us as it was for ty.

...and rode the "splash mountain" of legoland. i think you can tell from the face on joe just how intense this ride is.

Day 6:

the weather was perfect for a day at the beach...so that's just what we did...

...ty and trace tried to decide if trusting joe is a good idea...
...tori played in the sand and brought enough home in her diaper to play with later...
...ty got to finally build his sand castle...
...ty loved chasing and splish-splashing in the water...but not quite sure of the taste of it...

all three kiddos loved the beach and cried when mom, having had enough of the sand EVERYWHERE, told them it was time to go.