Day 3-Sea World

Sea World was the next stop on our San Diego adventure. One of our first stops was the Shamu show. I am always amazed at these whales and the things that they are trained to do. I wondered how my kids would like it, and I was very pleased that they loved it as much as I did. When we got there we split up because Ryan and Kaylee wanted to sit in the splash zone. Taylor was adamant that she did not want to get wet. So we parted. Tay and I ended up sitting in the splash zone, but at the very top of it. I also had to cover her with my sweat shirt whenever we knew the splashes were coming. Ryan was very disappointed that he did not get wet even though he was in the zone. Waiting for the sea Lion show. Ryan was complaining before it started and asked "why do we have to sit through another show?" He ended up loving it and laughed the entire time. I admit that my cheeks hurt from smiling and laughing.


I wanted to post this serious picture of Taylor, she is rarely serious.
Kaylee showing her sticker finger nails.




We don't have a picture of the favorite thing of Ryan and Kaylee. They loved the Atlantis ride. I was the sucker who had to go with them. It was a fun ride if only it didn't require us to get soaked. Of course that is one of the reasons that the kids liked it.

Day 2- Legoland

Day 2 in San Diego we spent at Lego Land. The kids loved it! It was pretty fun for us too except that Jeff and I had to ride most of the rides with the kids because Kaylee and Taylor were too short. Ryan had fun, but he kept waiting for the thrill rides like they have at Lagoon. He is a thrill Junkie. Unfortunately the rides at Legoland are a little too tame for him. He enjoyed his day anyways.

This is a little lego family in the parking lot.

The Zebras in the background are made of Legos. Just about every prop or decoration in the whole park was made out of legos. It was pretty amazing.





Taylor did the best Lion Roar!

Posing as always.

For some reason when Kaylee did this ride she fell apart. It may have been because she had to do it by herself or because she had complete control of the car. She didn't have any more melt downs the rest of the day.
Ryan enjoyed his driving school experience, no tears here.

Taylor got to see the real Bob the builder (in costume) and she was so excited. I am thinking she would love to go to Disney and meet all the characters. This Bob is made out of Legos

San Diego-Day 1

Yes this is going to be one of those many post trips. We just love to take pictures too much! We went to San Diego this weekend so that Jeff could do a CE Course. We flew out on Thursday morning and got home Monday afternoon. It was a quick trip that left all of us exhausted. It was fun to be together as a family. The kids did pretty good and we can see many good trips in the future as they get older. Our first afternoon we went to La Jolla to walk around on the beach. Jeff had me look on the map for La Hoya (La Jolla), but apparently I couldn't read Spanish and all I saw was La Jolla sounded out phonetically.
The kids loved running and playing on the beach.





This is the Children's beach in La Jolla which is really a birthing sanctuary for seals. They were laying all over the beach and there were some really little ones. So cute.

Skiing at Targhee

We went skiing at Targhee last weekend with the kids. Jeff had Thursday and Friday off so we went a stayed at the resort and played on the slopes for 2 days. It was Taylor's first time skiing and it was so cute. She is starting the youngest of any of our kids. By the end she was doing so good and skiing on her own. Kaylee got to where she could do it on her own without her edgie wedgie, Only because it broke. We did have a melt down by the 2 girls on Friday morning and they got to experience 4 hours at the kids club. It was really nice for Jeff and I to ski with Ryan on the big hill.

The kids also loved the outdoor pool and hot tub in the evenings. The pool is heated, but not enough for my enjoyment. The hot tub felt great and it was such a pretty setting. Targhee has some great deals for lodging and skiing right now. It was fun to ski right up to the hotel when we were done. We had never experienced that before.

Doesn't this look fun? Jeff is so patient with beginners. He stayed on the magic carpet with the 2 girls for about 2 hours on the first day.

Ryan liked the magic carpet too for awhile, but then we headed up to the bigger hill.



Going up on the lift. Kaylee was pretty brave and wanted to go up. The meltdown happened when she fell down and wouldn't listen to us about how to lay on her side and learn to stand up. She just wanted us to pick her up and do it for her.



Up at the top of the hill. I love the views at the top of Targhee, you can see the Tetons in the background.

Taylor got so good that we were playing ski through the tunnel with her. She loved it. I will have to have Jeff post the video of her skiing. It is so cute.
Jeff could tell her little pizza, big pizza, and stop and she could do it by herself. She was also turning on her own.