Tuesday, April 14, 2009

San Diego

SAN DIEGO
Our trip to San Diego was a blast!!  My mom, dad, Brian, Daxon and I all went.  We drove down to Vegas and stayed the night at the Fiesta.  The next morning we went to the airport and flew out!  Daxon was so excited to fly in a real live airplane!  It was a rough take off, because it was really windy.  Daxon was LOVING it, but Brian and I got pretty sick!!  We stayed at the Hilton Harbor Island in San Diego.  It was such a fun place!  We went to Sea World, the San Diego Zoo, and the Padres season opener game against the Dodgers.  There were some other families that went with us.  We had so much fun with Wade and Mekeisia Westwood and their family.  Their boys, Jaxon and Jaden, are so cute and so much fun!  It was fun having them there to share all the fun with Daxon!!!  It was so much fun taking a nice vacation and spending some quality time with each other!  We really enjoyed ourselves! It was hard to come home to reality again!!

The boys checking out the BIG airplanes at the airport
Daxon was so excited to have the window seat!
Daxon with his very own "Carry on"!
Brian with the rowdy bunch!!
Just waiting to get on the plane.
Walking in the Las Vegas Airport
Mekeisia, the boys and I at the dolphin show.
Jaden, Jaxon and Daxon amazed at how big Shamu was!
Dax and I in the polar bear cave
Cutest boys ever!
Dax holding a real live starfish!
Daxon took this pic of the polar bear.  He was lovin it!
Jaxon and Daxon!! (It was a tongue twister for a couple of days!!) 
Daxon with his million dollar Shamu cup! I got a lot of crap for purchasing this cup!! :)
Brian and I with the flamingos.
The boys had a blast with the giant punching bags at Sea World!
Shamu showing us his tricks.  We had great seats in the very center of the stadium. We sat on the very top row of the splash zone.  We got SOAKED!!  Daxon was pretty excited about it!

Wade was a good sport to go on the rides with the boys. 
Driving to Vegas!
View from our Motel
Dax liked the seagulls as long as they stayed away from him.  They were too friendly for him.  He thought they were going to eat his cereal!
The marina by our Motel

Grandma and Dax in the Hot Tub!
Brian was checking out all the mussels on the rocks.
View from the Fish Market Restaurant.  (Best crab legs EVER)!!
This was just right outside our Motel.  Beautiful!

Brian, Daxon and I at the San Diego Zoo.
Jaxon, Daxon and Jaden on the Gorilla.
Us and the Westwoods at the Zoo.
Daxon WAS NOT excited about feeding the giraffe.  Brian had to help him.

Grandma and Dax with the Rhino
The boys having fun with the elephants
The pool was so nice!  We had so much fun just swimmin at the motel
Brian and his farmer tan with Dax at the pool

Dax got pretty brave in the swimming pool.  He even jumped in a few times without his floaties on.  He was so proud!
Opening game of the San Diego Padres game against the LA Dodgers
They handed out hats to everyone who entered the stadium.  They had a record attendance... 45,000 fans!!  It was lots of fun!
Dax enjoying one of his many treats with grandpa at the ballgame!



That guy behind us was so cool!! :)


What a trip!  Dax was so pooped at the end, but so were we!!  We had soooo much fun!

9 comments:

Unknown said...

ah your trip looks like so much fun!! I'm pretty jealous about the baseball game! I loved it when i went!

Doty Family said...

It looks like you guys had a blast. There is something so great about family vacations. We just got home from Disneyland! So magical for the kiddo's. We are going to do San Diego next year, unless I can convince everyone to go back to Disneyland!

P.S. You and Brian are so cute together. You look so happy.

WESTWOOD'S said...

YEAH for fun pictures! It sure makes me want to go back. Loved the picture of the Shamu cup :)

Jolee said...

Cute pictures! It looks like you guys had such a fun trip. I love Sea World especially!

Cale and Cortney said...

Are you sure you are pregnant...you look great! What a fun time, great pictures :) Miss you guys.

Natalie said...

Were you guys there over Easter weekend? If so, we were there too! I wish I would have known-we could have met up. Maybe next time...

Dave and Kelsee said...

I am so jealous! That looks like such a fun trip! I just kept thinking as I was looking at your pictures... I wish I was there! I absolutely love Sea World. Also, I love the name Destrie I always wanted to name one of my kids that!

Carrie and Jesse said...

Looks like fun. Next trip, Orlando Florida right?.. We wish we could hang out with you two. I can't believe how soon the baby is coming, you don't even look pregnant yet. Eat girl!

youngkinfam said...

This is from Dennis, not me:
Ah yes, San Diego, I believe that means a whales vagina.