San Diego Trip

Last week, I had the crazy idea to take a quick trip to San Diego.  I knew my sister Betsy wanted to go and that her husband Geoff was too busy with work and wouldn't be able to go with them.  I asked the kids if they would like to go and if they would be willing to help Betsy and her kids.  They all said yes, so I asked Betsy if she wanted to go and she did so we went!

We drove to San Diego on Monday.  We stayed at a Homewood Suites just down the street from the Courtyard Marriot where Betsy and her kids stayed.  

On Tuesday, we drove to Legoland.  They opened at 10am and we got there a little early and got right in.  We had so much fun!

When we were at Legoland in Florida in 2014, we rode the Coastersaurus.  The picture that was taken of us on that ride was so funny that I had to buy it.  I almost never buy those pictures, but this one is a classic.  Even though Nathaniel wasn't with us, we did our best to re-create it.  I think we did a pretty good job.

On Wednesday, we went to Sea World.  I really like Sea World.  Last time we went, in 2019, I remember thinking it would be nice to go back because we didn't get to see all the animal shows I wanted to see.  We saw the orca show, but we had missed the dolphins and sea lions.  Well, this time we saw them all!  We had so much fun and the kids had a great time on the rides.  The wait times were pretty long for the good roller coasters, but all the kids got to ride the ones they wanted to ride so everyone was happy.

On Thursday, we slept in and got checked out.  

As we were getting ready, the power went out in our room.  When we called the front desk, they asked if we were using a hair dryer.  Yes, we were.  Hello??  So they know this is a regular problem?  A maintenance man came up and flipped the breaker for us.  We could have easily done that if I knew where the breaker box was, lol.  Anyway, we got on the road and stopped to eat at Marie Callender's and had a nice, uneventful trip home.  It's the last weekend before the boys start school!

Daniel's Swim Team

Daniel had fun doing swim team again this year.  We are so proud of him because he has improved so much over the last year!  His swim lessons have helped him so much.

Great job, Daniel!  Next stop, high school swim team!

Suns Game

Michael and Andrew had the opportunity to go to the first game of the Suns vs. Bucks playoffs.  The Suns won 118-105.  They had a great time!  

They spotted Guy Fieri in the crowd

Go Suns!

Emily's Trip to San Antonio, Texas

Emily and her friends wanted to take a trip after graduation.  They would have liked to go to Six Flags in California, but California is so closed up because of Covid that they couldn't go.  I suggested that they could go to San Antonio, which has Six Flags, also.  After a lot of discussion, that's what they decided to do.  Since they are all 18 and younger, they needed an adult to go with them to rent a car and get a hotel.  Actually, we ended up getting an AirBNB.  I volunteered to go and all of the other moms seemed grateful.  We had a wonderful time!  I was basically the chauffer, but the girls definitely made me feel included.  

We flew in on Wednesday, and the first place we went was to the Alamo.  We couldn't take pictures inside, so here are some we took on the surrounding grounds.

Next, we walked near the Riverwalk

On Thursday, we went to Six Flags.  These are the only pictures we took because it rained so much that all of the rides started closing and we left.

Drenched!

Dinner at Genghis Grill

It was Sabrine's birthday, so we bought her a cake and it was so good!

On Friday, we went to the Natural Bridge Caverns.  The girls did the ropes course first and had fun.  Unfortunately, the next cavern tour wasn't for later in the afternoon so we left and headed to the Riverwalk.

On the drive, we were commenting that it wasn't raining and we wished we had gone to Six Flags today instead.  I said something along the lines of, "Well, what's stopping us from going today?"  The park admission for Six Flags was the same amount we almost paid for the cavern tour.  So, the girls decided that was a great idea and that's what we did!

Six Flags Boardwalk

On Saturday morning, we packed up and checked out.  Here are some pictures of our cute AirBNB.

Finally, we went to the Riverwalk.  Our flight wasn't until 6:30pm, so we had plenty of time.  First, we went to one of the touristy places that had a mirror maze (which was harder than we thought it would be), laser maze, and escape room.  That was a lot of fun!  We did some shopping at the souvenir shops and then we bought tickets for the river cruise.  We had lunch at IHOP.  This picture was taken right near there, at the end of the road that had all of the tourist attractions and souvenir shops.

The river cruise was great!

When we got off the boat, we stopped at the mall for some ice cream at Ghirardelli and Marble Slab Creamery.

It was a fantastic trip and the girls were great and they had so much fun!!