SUMMER VACATION PART 2!

The Beach and Sea World!

After going to Disneyland we drove to San Diego to go to the beach and Sea World. The kids loved the waves at the Beach. Brayden actually went out into them and Jaycie just ran away as they approached. She jumped over a few little ones but was a little nervous about going in too deep.

After cleaning up after the beach we went to the San Diego Pier and walked around the little shops and saw all of the huge ships. It was very neat.

Jaycie had fallen asleep right before this picture, so Nick is trying to hold up her head. It reminded us of The Princess Bride when the Giant is holding up the Man in Blacks head. (You've been mostly dead all day). We at least thought we were funny!

We went out to eat at this really cool fish house where we got to sit out over the ocean. It was so neat. There were ships passing through the whole time. We did have a few birds come to visit which was quite disgusting. The dinner cost us a fortune, but it was fabulous.

The following day we headed to Sea World. We were able to get in free because of the Military it was awesome. The kids loved seeing all the animals. We watched the new Dolphin show, The acrobat show, the seal and otter show, and then of course the Shamu show.

The kids loved being able to touch and pick up all of the crustaceans. Their favorite was the star fish.
These Sea Lions were Nick and the kids favorite. I thought they were so obnoxious. They made the loudest most annoying begging noises. They would get right up to the glass and "aaarrrrt" as loud as they could. Then they would clap and wave. Nick thought they were hilarious so he had to buy the food and feed them. They laughed and laughed at those things. I was just grateful to move on to something else.




Nick is so afraid of sharks. He hated the shark exhibit, he was walking so fast, nearly running out saying "what if the glass breaks, we will all be dead." Jaycie had to cover his eyes to protect him from the many sharks floating around him. So Funny!
We got out of Sea World at 6:00pm and headed straight to St. George. We didn't get there until 2:00 am. We were so exhausted. It was nice having the kids sleep through the whole drive though. That following day we hiked the red hills, played in the splash park and swam. It was a very nice relaxing day.

We had such a great time, but it was time to go home. We were ready! What a great Summer Vacation!