Freezing in San Diego...but still had an awesome time!

We drove down to San Diego area Tuesday during the day. We ate dinner at a taco stand where we were the only white people for miles. We got drinks called watermelon agua fresca that had little pieces of watermelon in it. Totally the best drink I've had in ages! So delicious on a hot day! We got to our hotel in time for bed.

The next day we got up and went to look at the beach and FROZE! It was around 65 degrees, cloudy and windy, and I forgot to pack jackets. Maxine packed her own, smart girl. We went to Walmart and found jackets for Jack and Juliet. The only size we could find for Jack was 5T so the sleeves were too small but it worked. There was nothing in the women's department so I ended up going to fabric and getting a yard of pink fleece cut and wrapped myself in it. I was going to have fleece cut for Jack and Juliet and make some poncho-type things but Merril said he'd pony up and buy real jackets instead of my poncho creations. We went to see the San Diego Temple. It was closed for the 4th of July but we still looked at the outside.


One of the sister missionaries at the temple suggested we go see the Mormon Battalion Museum, which turned out to be really fun for the kids. Jack got dressed up like a Battalion recruit and they panned for gold. They were able to take 2 pieces of gold home. We really liked it.

We ate dinner and drove up to La Jolla Bay to watch the fireworks, which were pretty spectacular. I heard the San Diego fireworks had a technical glitch and the whole show went up in 15 seconds. Glad we didn't hang around for those.

The next day we got up early and went to Legoland, Jack's pick for a family vacation!

We rode in some boats!

Drove some cars!
Mikayla and I hung out and had a good time in the aforementioned piece of pink fleece. :)

Maxine got eaten by a Lego shark and Juliet spied land with a Lego sea captain.

Jack rocked out with some Lego characters.

Mikayla rode around in the stroller and was spectacularly good, which is her nature lately. She is super mellow and hangs out. She's 5 months old today and I really can't believe it!

Yep, we all had a great time and stayed until closing time. Then we drove the 7 hours home and didn't pull into the driveway until 4:30 a.m. Then we all slept in until 10 a.m. the next day. Ahhhhh!