Since moving to Northern California in (gasp) 2008, I've made an annual summer trip to San Diego. This year was Holly's first long car ride and she did great. The drive took an extra three hours because of all the stops we had to make for her, but it was nice to get out and let Parker stretch. Once we were there we had lots of fun activities to choose from, but also lots of time to relax as a family. Of course, most of the things on my to-do list were food related. Last summer we took Parker to Sea World and had a great time, but we decided to go big and take the kids to Disneyland! My mom was able to get the day off work and she came with us. It was so nice to have an extra pair of hands while there. Thanks mom! We are so glad you could come with us! We also spent lots of time in my parents pool, playing in their backyard, and taking family walks. It was a fabulous trip to San Diego and I'm already looking forward to next year's trip when Holly will be walking and talking!
Here are some photos from our trip...
We took lots of trips to our favorite place, Pizza Port.
We went down to Seaport Village to look at the boats.
We went to Poway to ride the old steam train!
We visited La Valencia (where our wedding reception was 4 years ago)!
We went to Disneyland!!
Parker's favorite ride was the cars. He even loved the "traffic jam" will waiting to get off the ride.
Our friends, the Kloors, were also at Disneyland that day so we met up with them for a few rides. Here's Parker and Beau waiting to ride Dumbo.
Parker walked the whole time we were at Disneyland until around 3. He wanted to get in the stroller to walk to Main Street to pick out a toy. He crashed on our walk to the toy store and there was no waking him! We shouted, offered him candy, and even walked around a few toy/souvenir shops to see if he'd wake up, but no luck. So we took some pictures, of course!
We got one last family pic before we drove home.
He even slept as we got him out of the stroller to put him on the tram to the parking lot. Then slept through us packing up the car and putting him in his car seat... and the hour drive to San Diego. Maybe one of the longest naps he's ever taken. Hmm... too bad I didn't live near Disneyland.
Swimming in the pool was a daily occurrence. He wasn't sure of his "puddle jumper" floaty thing at first, but by the end he was swimming around the pool all by himself.
We even hiked at Torrey Pines.
One of the last days, we met our friends at the beach.
The three girls: Stella, Grace, and Holly
All the kids!
Parker, Lucy, and Beau - summer 2013
*throwback to summer 2011*
Now they're giving kisses all around...
Such a fun trip to San Diego this year. I can't wait until next summer to do it all over again.