Day 3 in San Diego

On our last full day in San Diego we checked out the hotel and the Bay, ate lunch in the hotels restaurant, went swimming in the pool with Grandma and Grandpa and had dinner at Tony Romas with them, and drove over to the San Diego Temple.

Here they had some huge fish and ducks. This hotel fish pond/stream went along the pathways throughout the hotel.

They even had some Tropical birds next to the Lobby.

The hotel was right off Mission Bay. Here were some boats my son was fascinated with so of coarse I had to take a picture of the kids with the boat.

Enjoying our lunch.

And once his tummy was full he curled up in the chair and went to sleep while his sister and I finished our lunch.

In the last year of my Mom's life the San Diego Temple was Dedicated. I have fond memories here of working at the Open House as people came to see what this massive building the "Mormons" had built. I remember her smile as she volunteered and answered questions. I remember being at the Dedication for this building and feeling the spirit so strong. I remember promising that when I grew up I would get married in the Temple. I signed my name on a piece of paper and that paper was placed in the corner stone of this building to be viewed 100 years from the day of this building Dedication. I feel apart of the history of this building. I long to see it when I am in San Diego and loved taking my children to this place and tell them of the Grandmother they will never know in this life. But hopefully I can help them know her a little better with experiences like this.

Their last night sleeping at this hotel. These were the smallest beds I ever saw at a hotel. But what they lacked in size they were still really comfortable.

On the way to Disneyland................

So like last year's Annual meeting I am going to have to break this up since I have a weeks worth of pictures and breaking it up makes it easy for you to follow and me to blog. Well mostly me to blog but hopefully it is also easier to follow as well. I will start with our drive there and just explain as I go.

We stayed the first night at my sisters house to cut an hour of driving off of our time. So this is the start of our trip at a Wendy's getting some lunch and heading out. My husband is so good to let me take a picture of him eating to document this.

Below the kids are doing their favorite car activities while driving. I had made both of them a flannel board with Disney characters out of a dollar store cookie sheet that also functioned as a hard surface for them to color on and do puzzles. However puzzles did not work so well still. Maybe I will make flannel puzzle pieces the next time we go on a trip. My daughter did the crafty things and my son played with his flannel board and toy cars the whole way.

Here is what we mostly saw of Vegas on our way. We actually did stop in North Vegas and went to an IHOP for Dinner. It was a great chance to get out of the car and stretch our legs have a potty break and have something somewhat healthy that the kids love to eat.

We stopped in Barstow for the night a couple hours away from Disneyland. So here is the first hotel we stayed at on our trip. We stayed at the Comfort Suites and we were not disappointed. The rooms were spacious and bed were comfortable. My daughter and I went to the pool for a little bit to work off some energy before it closed.

We had a late check out and went to church before we packed up and left. Here we are after church packing up and the kids being oh so "helpful". At least they are cute!

Since it was Sunday and we had time we though it would be fun to stop at a few temples that were not too far out of our way. The first one we stopped at was the Redlands Temple. We were surprised how small it was and that the entrance was actually through the stake center parking lot next to it. We didn't have too much a chance to walk around the grounds since 1)The gates were closed and 2)Our kids were asleep.
I kind of have a lot of pictures of this next temple. Our kids were awake and the grounds were open for us to walk around. We actually ran into another couple who didn't live to far from us and were on their way to Disneyland as well. So they took a picture of our whole family for us. Newport Beach Temple was also beautiful.
Here's a few of the flowers. The flowers were amazing as well.
Something funny. My daughter in the car while at this Temple Said," Um Daddy I think you forgot something......." Daddy asks,"oh ya what is that"? Daughter replies,"Dis-ney-laaaaaaand". What can I say she knew where she thought we should be.

Temples, Grandparents and Another Month Older

We went to a Temple Open House last week. The Temple is beautiful.

After we went to the Temple Open House we went to visit my husbands Grandparents. Below is my daughter with her Great Grandpa who is letting her play with Great Grandma's combs.

Brushing her hair.
Great Grandma and Great Grandpa with our kids.
4 months old. Isn't he a cutie!

At his 4 month appointment he weighed 17 lbs even and was 26 1/2" tall. He is the size of a 6 month old and impressed the doctor with what he is already able to do. He is healthy and smart. Plus he is getting so very social these days. We love his smile and his personality is so fun.