Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Vacation to San Diego

Dad hurry!!!
Me and my boy
My two boys
Our not so little man
Jace crawling in the sand he was so funny
Dan and Jace watching the waves
Family pic at La Jolla beach
Kasey in the butterfly pavilion

Beluga Whales
Fun boat ride with Jace and Cooper
Amusement park rides

Sea World Day 2
Day one seeing the beach
Jace on the pier

Our Room



Ahh... vacation what more can I say!! We had the opportunity to go on vacation this year and thought April would be a great month to get in on the free flying for Jace so we started looking for some where to go and San Diego California kept coming up on our searches as a great place to go for a family trip. Funny insight, our friends the Merrell's had the same plan in mind and so we planned our trip with them and had a big group" family" trip for our vacation.

Day one was filled with waking up at 3:30 am to get all our things done for our 9:00 flight out of Denver. When we arrived to San Diego we were tired( already) and hungry. When we got to our hotel we were met with lots of ducks who were wondering were there food was that we were supposed to be feeding them. We had lots of fun feeding ducks. We even got to feed them out of our hands. Jace was a little to scared to let them eat off his hands but he was quick to throw them lots of food.

DAY 2 was filled with Sea world and lots of it!! We saw dolphins, whales (Shamu to be exact, which Jace fell asleep at so we went back for the night show so he would not miss out=)) We also saw sharks, and the beluga whales which all of us including the Merrel's were calling them baby beluga and singing the song to the kids. Jace and Cooper love that song. Jace and Cooper also had the chance to ride carnival rides!!! The kids loved it and were saying "more" when the rides stopped. Then that night Dan and I had a date and went to the pier and Dan had sea food at Joe's Crab shack.


Day 3 was filled with lots of walking, now let me let you know that even though we were on vacation we were still working out and I was still working on my running so I was so tired by the end of the day from all the walking. We went to the wild animal kingdom which was cool very pretty but as for animals it was really hard to see them due to them being in a more natural environment=( On the upside the kids had 2 good naps ( naps were hard to come bye because there was so much to do and not tons of time to fit it all in)one on the way down to the park and one on the way home which made it a perfect night for some good authentic mexican food with freshly made tortillas. YUM!!! Jace loved the tortillas so much he even started eating all the butter that came with them. I choose at that moment to pick my battles( calories are calories right?) Oh just a fun side note about the animal kingdom, we did get to feed some birds with nectar which was super fun because they just flew right to you when you walked inside there cage. We also went to a butterfly expo where you got to be inside a big room filled with lots of butterflies and they would land on you!!


Day 4 was my favorite day because it was our day to go to the beach and just have some fun!! It was so fun to watch Jace dance and play in the sand. He loved looking for seashells, and standing in the water and yelling here it comes to the next wave rolling in. At La Jolla cove we saw the sea lions, which was really cool. We went to La Jolla beach and Coronado beach that day. Coronado beach was really pretty the sand looked like it had gold in it!! To bad it was not so or we could have come back to Wyoming rich!!


Day 5 was a morning and afternoon of playing in the sand and enjoying the fresh ocean breeze. It was a bitter sweet day because I loved the weather and the ocean but I missed my bed, house, dog and the convenience of just being home.


We had a wonderful trip as a family and as friends. We are so blessed to be able to do these fun things and hope you all enjoy them as well.


Love,


The Dunns

2 comments:

The Bryger Family said...

Yay for family vacas! Love that pic of Jace on the Peir, and I LOVED watching him eat butter, haha!!! Such a great time with you guys, thanks for the memories!

kasey

linda said...

Way cute pictures! I love San Diego, would love to go back again sometime. Miss you!