This is the Life....

This post is going to be yet again, lots of pics, and few words.

We just spent the last week in a beach house in San Diego!  And man, was it wonderful.  Below is us at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps.  Super cool!

 

Here is Kaylee's - "I am having the time of my life dance move..."

 Kase and I at the look out point at Scripps.

 If you ask Kaylee and Konnor one of their highlights of the WHOLE trip, this will be their answer...

THE TEETER-TOTTER.  Kyle and I even jumped on.  We were a little out of balance, so I put Konnor on my lap and we were good to go.

 Kaylee is testing out the Shark Cage.

 

On Sunday of our vacation, we went to a local LDS church.  And while we were sitting in Sacrament meeting, I looked over and saw a sister from my mission!  What a small world!  It was so wonderful to see her.  And then we drove to the San Diego Temple, walked around the grounds and enjoyed the castle-like beauty of the temple!  The spirit is so special there.

USS MIDWAY:

We wanted to see the flight carrier while we were in San Diego.  It was awesome!  Super huge and even had a small surprise for Kyle... His fave. plane in the world was tucked away in the corner.  The F-14 Tomcat.  He has only seen it one other time (on our honeymoon).  I loved the smile that was on his face.  It was a really cool plane.  The kids loved it too!

THE BEACH:

 MERMAN!  I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how I got him to hold still for that long.  But isn't he cute!

 Mermaid Kaylee.  She wanted texture on her fins. 

 JUMP!  Look at Pauls Nike jump/gang sign!

SEA WORLD....

Every baby has to have a little milk!

 Kyle and Konman cheesin it up.

 BURRRRR... We are in an igloo.

 Shamoo Show was incredible.  I have never been to SeaWorld, and have always wanted to go.

It was even better than I thought!

 Grandpa Paul and Kase

 The Dolphin show was my favorite!  It had so many cool elements to it!

 This was a highlight for ALL of us.  At the end of the day, we went to the dolphin pool to see if we could see any swimming around.  Then a trainer came over to us and brought along 4 dolphins.  She trained them right in front of us.  That blonde hair in the bottom right part of the pic, is Kaylee!  We got to pet them, do commands, it was incredible!  The dolphin is my personal fave. and for everyone else with us, it was their first time to touch one!  What a treat!  And it was FREE!  Just in the right place at the right time!

 While the older kids were tearing it up on the massive jungle gym, we grabbed a quick pic with the baby!  Sure love him!  He was such a good little guy the whole day!

 I know what you are thinking... are those boys twins?  ha ha.  I loved this pic of them.  Not sure why, just will always remind me of their cuteness that day!  Little blondies, gotta love em.

 Mormon Battalion Historic Site-  That was a cool place to go.  I had no idea all that the Mormon (LDS Church members) did in the 1800's for the state of California.

 Kaylee's fave. usage of a boogie board.  I sure got a work out.  Good for both parties I guess.

 We got to see these everyday from our porch.  Isn't this one breathtaking?  (It has not been doctored in any way.)

 Kyle and the kids on our steps.

 Time to say good-bye to our awesome trip.