Final San Diego Post...SeaWorld!!

This is it! My last post about our San Diego trip (I warned you that I had a TON of pics!) So I saved the best for last...at least it was MY favorite part of the trip and I think my boys had fun too! We were lucky enough to spend 2 fun packed days at SeaWorld! This came as a surprise...we were only planning on having 1 day there with Weston's parents and his brother and family, but when we received our vouchers they informed us they were good all week! Wahoo!! So we spent all day their on our final leg of the trip...which meant getting home at 2:00 a.m....but at least the boys slept the whole way home...almost! ;)





OP Otter greeted us at the entrance!



We loved Wild Arctic! We got to ride on a motion simulated helicopter ride that takes you all the way to the Arctic! It was a crazy, bumpy ride that had the boys laughing the whole way through! When we finally arrived we got to encounter beluga whales, enormous walruses, and polar bears! The boys also had fun playing in a polar bear den and touching a wall of solid ice (to prove we were really in the arctic.) ;)










Shark Encounter was a hit!







Journey to Atlantis was our favorite ride! We rode this one over and over!






I LOVE dolphins! It has always been a wish of mine to swim with them...it WILL happen someday! We did get to touch them! They are such sweet, gentle animals.







Carson loves turtles and now he REALLY wants one for a pet!





Flamingos!




The Manta Rays were so cool! One of them came clear up out of the water to say hello!





Sea Lions Live was so funny! Clyde, Seamore, and OP Otter were a hit! Of course we had to enjoy some cotton candy while we watched the show!










In the aquarium we got to see everything from a creepy octopus to a tiny seahorse!









They loved the tide pools!






As you can see they got soaked on Shipwreck Rapids...thank goodness for the "human dryer!"






Sesame Street Bay of Play was a HUGE play area!






And finally, you can't go to SeaWorld and not see SHAMU!! As always he put on a great show for us! Carson picked up a stuffed Shamu that is now his new favorite "sleeping buddy" and London wanted a walrus...hmmm go figure!








Spending our last day wearing them out worked out in our favor! Such a peaceful ride home!;)

San Diego (part 4) Lady A!!!!!

For the KFC Convention "Final Night Dinner" they booked Lady Antebellum for the entertainment! I'm quite certain this was arranged long before they won a "kajillion" grammys this year...just a hunch. :) The nice thing about a private concert is it's not really a problem to make your way up to center stage...Kelly and I only had to take out a couple of 60 year old franchisee's, but it was worth it! ;)I have to say that the band was way down to earth and very chatty with the audience...we are totally BFF's now. O.K. maybe that's taking it a tad too far! But, for a girl who had not been to a concert since college (sad I know) I was totally thrilled! "It's a quarter after one and I'm a little drunk (not really since i don't drink, but you get the picture) and I neeeeed you now!" Good luck getting that song out of your head now! HaHaHa!!





The obligatory "couple pic."


My fabulous sis-in-law Jodie and her daughter (my neice) Ashlie and I.



Now for the money shots....






Me, Ashlie, Karey (my neice), and Kelly

Such an amazing night I won't soon forget!

San Diego (part 3) Parks and Museums and such...

San Diego has so much to offer in the area of museums and beautiful parks!


Seaport Village is exactly what it's name implies. Sandy and I had a fun afternoon browsing cute little shops (seaside shops always have the BEST CANDY) and enjoying fish n' chips while watching all of the boats sail by...as you can imaging the boys loved that part!




I couldn't resist throwing in these pics of London "enjoying" a lemon...silly boy!




The Museum of Natural History was a hit! The boys got to examine real life fossils, visit some serious reptiles, and watch a 3D movie about a T-REX!













Balboa Park is where most of the museums are located so after spending the morning at the Science Museum (no pics of this...too busy chasing boys) we explored the area a bit. I fell in love with this place! You just want to pack a lunch and bring a good book and relax by the fountain. We even caught a magic show on a street corner! So fun!



I hope Logan is "wishing" for us to come back soon! ;)



The Gaslamp District downtown is another really fun area to walk around. Logan was thrilled when we came upon this HUGE chess set!


On a side note...they thought it was so cool to have bunk beds in the hotel...just like their room back home. Mom and Dad thought it was so cool that the boys had their own seperate room! ;)