Discover

We are home from another fun-filled road trip. We visited the beautiful city of San Diego for the Comicon convention. Bobby had to work on Saturday, while the kids and I enjoyed the hotel room. Honestly, after four hours of being in the room with three kids that did not want to be in the room, I was ready to get out. Thank you Becky for making the trip out to spend time with us. You see I was a little afraid to take my three kids out by myself, in a city that I don't really know. We wanted to take them to the park. OK, we got lost, a few times but we did make it there eventually. I guess I should mention that even though there was a navigation system in the car, I don't know how to use it, pathetic I know. But this is why I don't go out with the three kids by myself. The kids got a chance to run around, swing, climb and let some of their energy out. We met up with Bobby for some lunch and then thought it would be fun to take the kids to the beach. But we never ended up at the beach. We took a few wrong turns and then saw a sign for the Cabrillo National Park and decided to go there. What a beautiful view of the city and the ocean. Lots of cool exhibits about California and the kids became Junior Rangers, complete with badges and certificates. We missed the tide pools and the lighthouse but we defintely want to come back. It was a cool unexpected discovery.

By the time we got back to the hotel we were exhausted. Sunday Bobby took the boys to Comicon. They had a panel on animated voice over, where the kids got to see, and hear, the voice of SpongeBob and some of their other favorite cartoons. They also saw a teaser for the new BEN 10 movies, and they took pictures with different lego statues and Star Wars figures. Of course the most anticipated moment was purchasing the new Bionicle toys, not out in stores yet. They could not wait to get to Melissa and Derek's to play with them. I took Sofia to Fashion Valley. She was OK in the stroller for about half an hour and then she wanted to run. So I didn't get as much shopping done as I would have liked. Bobby, did you put her up to that? She finally took a nap and I hit the Nordstrom's sale, HAPPY ME. We met up with Melissa and Derek and went to this new Sushi place by their house. Yumminess!! The food was delicious. Love when you get to discover a new place, and even more exciting when it is sushi.

Monday we visited the Wild Animal Park with Becky and Derek. We missed you Melissa!! It was hot and there was a lot of walking but the kids had so much fun. Love this place. You feel like the animals have so much room to roam and live. And the efforts that are being made for the survival of some of these animals is worth the price of admission (even though we got in with free passes). The only negative thing was when Sofia twisted her wrist trying to get away from Daddy. She cried and said "it hurts." Bobby took her to First Aid where Ryan gently wrapped it with an ace bandage and some ice. Sofia was in love and she felt better. No swelling or bruising today so we may be able to skip a doctor's visit.

Home today to wash and repack for our trip to the Dakes place in Kernville for the rest of the week. Should be fun, again.