San Diego

We went to San Diego two weeks ago for our winter vacation! We stayed 6 days in the warm and wet weather. 60-70 degrees felt so good! We had so much fun including the 12 hour drive times two with a 23 month old! Sienna actually did pretty well in the car with the help of DVD player, books, and many many snacks. We decided to go see the ZOO and Sea World for our big things. We also were able to see my sister Steph and her family who live in Vista and my friend Sarah who lives in San Diego. Here are a few highlights...

Swimming at the condo in Oceanside. Sienna wanted to go swimming everyday! And we almost did although it was a little chilly at night.

Oceanside harbor-our first night we had to eat some seafood even if it was at Joe's Crab Shack

I think Sienna felt the energy from the sun as much as we did. She had so much fun playing outside at the playgrounds.

She loves to CHEESE!!!

At the zoo-the elephant odyssey exhibit was awesome. I think the San Diego Zoo is 10 times bigger than the Hogle zoo, especially when carrying around 20 pounds through most of it. Stinker did not want to stay in her stroller most the time.

Always love the head pictures

My friend Sarah and her two girls-notice how I am wearing a tank top and she is wearing a sweater. She made so much fun of me for dressing like its summer! Hey 65 degrees is warm to me!

We went to Sea Port Village which is close to down town-beautiful views of the ocean and Sienna loved chasing all the birds away

Beautiful flowers at Sea Port Village

Sea World with the penguins

Love this picture! She is sitting on her stomach totally amazed with this walrus! It was so fun to see her get all excited with every new animal we saw.

Shamu show-in which was NOT part of the show a pelican getting eaten by both whales! You would think birds would know not to land on Shamu's stage! It was a crowd pleaser, but shook up the trainers just a little bit!

Can't tell you how many looks we got for having this cute monkey leash on Sienna through out the parks! She fell in love with this monkey thank goodness! I think it's better than pushing around a screaming kid in the stroller or losing you kid! I was just waiting for someone to say something to me!

Enjoying the sprite and popcorn only Sea World has to offer

This was actually Sienna's favorite part of Sea World-They had a few cute rides and a huge playground for kids to play on. I need one of these in our backyard!

At Oceanside beach with my sister and her family. It was so windy and a little cold that day but she still wanted to dip her feet in the ocean

Let's get ROWDY!!!

Once my husband gets an idea in his head-there's no stopping in what he can do! Sam is the most creative half of us! And when the Utah Jazz were offering free tickets for the rest of the season, he had to get in on it! A couple weeks ago the Jazz were looking for the craziest, loudest, and most obnoxious fans! They had a try-out for the free tickets during the game against the Clippers. They showed the game at the Salt Lake Megaplex theater and the fans who stood out the most got free tickets!

Sam decided to put together a couple of "themes" for him and his friend Matt. Sam was the "X-factor" and Matt was "The Misfit". He thought they would be like the Super hero fans! I had nothing to do with the costumes or idea. Other then helping them paint their faces!

After two hours of watching the game and competiting with 500 other fans, they picked 75 fans and 10 alternates. Sam and Matt got alternates so if any others bail out they get the tickets! I'm so glad they were picked. I know they will have fun in the "Rowdy fan" section the next few months! You are crazy babe!

True Jazz fans

The super hero capes!


We can fly!

Strike a pose Misfit Matt

All the other fans trying to get attention from the ticket holders. Notice the guys with the SHORT SHORTS! Almost see a little cheek hanging out!