San Diego!

Memorial Day weekend we went down to San Diego for a conference Brian wanted to attend. By the time we got there and planned out the weekend he only ended up going one day, so we had a very nice vacation as a family. We flew out on Friday around 11am, perfect time for a nap, no stress in the morning getting to the airport and enough time to enjoy the afternoon in San Diego when we got there. Well, all that would have worked out perfect if we didn't have to sit on the tar mack for 2 hours before our plane could take off! There was an overflow in the sink that no one noticed until it created a huge puddle. It took them that long to make sure there was no damage underneath. What makes me really upset is they found this while about 15 people had boarded, yet they still continued boarding. It was a packed flight with no room to move and very warm, it would have been much better if we could have been in the air conditioned airport all that time! Luckily we had the back two isle seats, so we gave Ashley a seat to play on and that worked out pretty well. It was another 2 1/2 hours to San Diego after that though and by the end of the flight she was tired, hungry and cranky. We didn't get into our hotel until about 4:30pm and she hadn't had a nap. By that time we just gave her dinner and put her to bed. My dad had been down there on business so he picked us up from the airport and brought us to the hotel. I couldn't imagine having to find transportation after a day like that, it was so nice to have him there to pick us up and help with all the baggage! My mom flew in Saturday so we hung out at the pool and found a beautiful park on the beach to BBQ at. That was a lot of fun, but really cold. I forgot the sun sets so early down there! Sunday we switched to a two bedroom condo with my parents. This worked out so well because we had my aunt and my cousins family over to visit and we had the family room area to hang out. It was great to see them. We went to the pool and back to the condo for pizza. We spent a lot of time at the pool and walking along the beach. We did go for a long bike ride one of the days and that was really fun. I absolutely love San Diego and can't wait to go back. We didn't get to the zoo or Balboa Park, so I definitely want to go back! It was so fun to be there with my parents and they helped out with Ashley so much and even let mom and dad have a few nights out! Thanks!

She loved watching the airplanes and everything else going on on the runway.

She's just making sure she fits as a carry on.

Ashley was up at 5:30am the day we left from San Diego, I guess she wanted to make the most of her last day there! Well, waking up that early made for a really tired little girl later on. This is after we've landed and were taxiing to the terminal. It took her seconds to pass out and I felt so bad waking her up when we had to leave the plane, I don't know why she couldn't just have fallen asleep on the flight. I guess there was too much going on.

Ashley checkin' out the scene.

This is the park we BBQ'd at Saturday night. It got a little cold, but what a view!



Ashley was so interested in this bird in the lobby. All the sudden it would scream out "hello" really loud and she would turn her head really quick like what the heck was that!