California Part 2

After our time with the Graff Family we headed down to San Diego with our good friends from AZ the Gunnells.  We shared a condo and mostly just enjoyed time away from home.  The husbands enjoyed golfing one day, each of us took a date night, and the kids played great together. The Gunnells have twins that are a couple months younger than Austin.  The first day we went to Seaport Village and walked around and did some window shopping in their cute shops.

 Sitting on the Ben and Jerry's cow.

 Austin kept pointing out to us the boats and the bridge

Austin was mesmerized by a kite shop that we walked past that had tons of spinning kites out front. Of course the truck and the airplane were his favorites.

Another day we went to the beach! It was a little chilly and windy but totally worth it.  This was Austin's first reaction to the beach:

Austin was intrigued by the water at first but then once it hit his feet he wanted nothing to do with it.

But I was definitely ok with that. The kids had so much playing in the endless amount of sand.

 Austin didn't mind being buried until he realized he couldn't get out by himself! 

Austin really wanted to help Daddy play Frisbee.

Needless to say, there was sand everywhere!  And it was completely impossible to change a diaper on the beach and not have sand involved.  It took lots of scrubbing at bathtime to finally get all the sand out of Austin's hair.

So much fun. Gotta love the beach.

The last day in San Diego we went to Sea World. We had a blast. We spent the morning in the kiddie area riding rides, and letting Austin run and play.

Then we went back to the condo and took naps! In the afternoon we tried to hit as many shows as we could.  I think Austin liked the sea lion show the best. He sat there the whole time, staring at the sea lions, eating popcorn, and laughing when everyone else around him laughed.

 This is Austin at the dolphin show.

Overall, San Diego was a fabulous and much needed trip and we were so glad the Gunnells could join us.