Best Vacation Ever!

You sure learn to appreciate the sun when you are living without it! I've never enjoyed San DIego so much. We used to vacation there a lot and I always enjoyed it, but this time, it was like a true paradise!

Early New Year's Eve we flew out of a Detroit blizzard to land in a sunny San Diego.

Here are some memorable things from our trip:
-Hope running off the airplane, weaving in and out of people, into a gift shop, shoplifting and breaking 2 necklaces, and trying to hitch a ride on a lady's wheeled suitcase.

-Me, wondering why I was still carrying around my parka after a couple of hours in CA

-Arriving at our beach house with the most beautiful view of the ocean EVER!

-Having my whole family together

-Playing Buzz Words, Hearts, and SCUM with the sibs

-Sleeping through the New Year's Eve festivities, then waking long enough to pull my confetti popper

-Hope's new words: "Sam," "Kiki" (Kaely), "Date" (Nate). She also has learned "purple", and "yellow" since being in St. George with Grandma Juanita

-Avatar in 3D...Hope slept for almost the whole movie!

-Addy's sea shell finding contest

-Our giant sea sand turtles, and lots of strangers taking pictures of them. They were pretty impressive!

-Roasting marshmallows with the Cope's

-Mitchell Family 5K! Dallin won and I came in dead last!

-Our video scavenger hunt. This included getting a runner to stop and do push-ups and jumping jacks, a couple kissing, having a bum tell a joke, marine life, something squishy, teaching a stranger "Once there was a Snowman," giving away $20.00 in service, etc. Our team split our 20 into $1 bills and handed them out on the pier. It was so funny to have people turn us down! Most people took it gratefully though.

-Sarah and Rob's visit from Chula Vista and meeting their darling new baby girl, Grace

-A day in Disneyland

-The drive home with Nate throwing up the whole way, and Braden's drive shaft falling out!

Thanks mom and dad for an awesome vacation! The memories will last forever.


Sea Turtles


Sunset in Oceanside

It's 2010!!

Here we are on Pirates



Look at Addy's face on the Tower of Terror


Addy's first ride on Indiana Jones

Dallin and Nate preparing to get on the high score list on Toy Story