Saturday, May 28, 2011

San Diego Temple

On our way home we stopped at the San Diego temple. It is amazing and beautiful. Jack said it looked like a castle.

I Love this picture of my boys. They are each other's best friend.

My beautiful little princess:)

Trying to get a good picture of the three of them. Not happening!

This is what our drive looked like.

Jack in the back.


Hahahaha. We were very grateful for the movies. We had so much fun! We want to go back..............someday:)


Sea World Day 3

Every day when Lily would take her morning nap Brendan would take the boys for a walk along the water. We would then go for a walk at night. We loved this and we really miss the beautiful walks. There were seals and rabbits and all sorts of birds.

Poor Ben fell asleep on the walk home from Sea World. It was funny to watch him bob around.

Right before we were leaving for the final time one of the trainers walked by and Jack's jaw dropped. He was so excited to get this picture and he can't wait to have it printed and hanging in his room. Ben just thought she was beautiful. He couldn't stop looking at her.

We all loved Shamu's tank. We could have stayed there for hours.

Ben and Lil at the play land.

Elmo and Big Bird were there that day and it went much better. Ben loved them.

Ben giving Elmo a high five.

Mommy and Lily in front of the sharks.

Me touching a star fish. I felt so silly. I was really scared.

Me going on the Journey to Atlantis ride.



Brendan on Journey to Atlantis. We timed it just right and we shot the water cannon right at him. It was great.



Sea World Day 2

They loved the bus ride back to the hotel.

Going to Shamu's tank was one of our favorite things to do. No one was there and we just watched the whales swim really close to us.

Ben watching the dolphins swim past.

Lily asleep on daddy:)

These lemonades were delicious! We bought so many of them. It was hot and they were sooooo good.

Elmo was there and no one was in line. We thought Ben would love it, but he didn't.

Ben and Lily playing in the little kids area in Sesame Street Playland.

Jack and Ben watching the Beluga Whale.

I'm still laughing when I think about this walrus. This was the biggest thing I have ever seen. Seriously It was so fat! hahaha. Jack saw it before me and he came and told me. "Mom that walrus is as big as two mommies!" Brendan looked at me and said, "More like 20 mommies." It was really funny.

Ben watching the polar bears.


The kids next to a baby alligator.





Swimming and Other Fun!

Just having fun in the hotel. My kids love to wrestle and since there wasn't much room on the floor the beds were the next best thing.

Lily lovin' some licorice after a long day on the Midway.

We loved the swimming pool. Poor little Lil was so tired. She wouldn't let me hold her so I laid her on this chair and she fell right asleep on the lounge chair.

The boys had so much fun. Brendan throwing Jack in the pool.

Cute Lily in a really big swimsuit.

Benner waiting to get in. He loved to sit in a floatie by the stairs and play


Jack LOVED the swimming pool. He could have stayed in this pool the whole week and wouldn't have cared. He played so hard:)





Tuesday, May 10, 2011

U.S.S. Midway

We were really excited to take the kids to the U.S.S. Midway. It is a docked air-craft carrier in San Diego that is now a museum. They give you earphones and you take yourself on a tour. You can go where ever you want. It was so awesome. We loved it and so did the boys.

This is our blue day picture in front of the Midway.

Ben was a completely different boy this day. His eyes had healed and he got a ton of sleep. He had so much fun climbing up and down all the steep stairs.

The boys in one of the showers.

This is the prison they have on board.

You get to touch and move everything.

Jack steering the ship.

One of the control rooms.

Ben was so excited. This is him doing the "Awesome Dance"!

They have a ton of cockpits that you can sit in and play. You can push all the buttons. The boys loved it, and so did I. At one point Jack told me that I was just the stewardess so that I would stop playing with their things.



My cute boys!

I LOVE this picture of Lily. She was so good the whole time. All the older people LOVED Lily. They all had something to say about her.

She loved the cockpits too.

Ben flying the plane

Jack flying the plane.

Ben and Daddy.

We got to go up where all the planes are and get in them.



The boys looked so small on this huge ship.





Jack got to go up in the captain's area.

Ben looks so tiny.



Just chillin on a Tomcat.

It was really hot up on deck. I can't imagine being there in the summer.

This picture makes me laugh:)

This is the sick bay, so we had to get a picture of all the kids coughing on beds. haha

Sick Benner's:)

Even Lily had a cough for us.

The boys in the dentist chair. This is something I would definitely recommend. We had so much fun and it was all very fascinating.