San Diego

Last weekend, Abby, Lexi and I went to California with Cam's sister, Are and her family.  Sadly, Cam had to work during this trip too, so he stayed here in Utah and worked on bringing home some bacon.  We left Friday and drove from about 5am till about 5pm to get to California in time to have dinner with Cam's grandma.  Unfortunately, it turned out that we missed her, she left a little early for a senior retreat of some sort.  So, the next day we went on to San Diego where Cam's sister Cynthia lives with her husband Alex and little girl Emma.  That night, the men watched all the kids, and us girls had ourselves a night out on the town.  Actually, not really.  We went to dinner.  But it was nice and peaceful. 

Sunday, we went to Sea World.  It was a blast.  Abby enjoyed the kid section that was totally Sesame Street themed and of course Shamu.

Monday, we took a trip to the beach.  It was drizzly and overcast the entire time we were there, so, we didn't get in the water, but managed to collect some pretty rocks and sea shells.

We had so much fun, but in the last couple of trips I've taken, I discovered, it is SO much easier when Cam can travel with us.  Lexi just doesn't do well when we are away from home for a long time, she gets really clingy to me and cries whenever I'm not holding her.  That makes showering and many other daily tasks very difficult.  But we survived, with a lot of help from Are and Will, of course.

At the hotel.  It was right along the harbor.  Abby loved the balcony.

A penguin at Sea World.  Apparently, he terrified Piper.

A little toddler area in Sea World.  Lexi got in on the action for this one.

One of the kids rides.  It's a teacup-like ride.

A mermaid.  Abby was so lucky so meet her, mermaids have been one of her obsessions as of late.

Touching the sea stars.

At the beach

Everybody except for me and Lexi.

Here's Lexi, in her main mode of transportation while in California.