San Diego

This year Bretts national Anesthesia conference was in San Diego, so we decided to turn it into a family vacation. My parents also flew down from Idaho and spent the week with us. It was so nice having them there because Brett was in conferences during the day so me and the girls were able to go and play with my parents.
While we were there we spent 2 days at seaworld, but I think McKinley could have had fun there all week. I'd forgotten how much fun Seaworld is. The shows and exhibits were great and they have a really fun playland with rides, toys, and splash pads.



One of the highlights of Seaworld was feeding the dolphins. McKinley was really nervous at first, but she finally did pet one of them.


Another one of the animal exhibits that McKinley really liked was the ray pool. The rays would swim right up to Brett because they thought he had food. McKinley was able to pet them quite a few times, and it was really exciting for her.

Elmo's playland was somewhere that McKinley could have spent an entire day. They had really fun toys and rides.


My favorite part of Seaworld was watching the shows...well, actually watching McKinley during the shows. She would get so excited to watch the dolphin and shamu do their flips. We went to a pet show while we were there. It had dogs, cats, pigs, and birds performing. McKinley was cracking up during the entire thing.
One of the other things we did while we were there was to visit the beach. This was the girls first time at the ocean, and McKinley loved it.




Near our hotel there was a really neat museum that was on an aircraft carrier. Its called the USS Midway. Brett was really excited because his Grandpa was stationed on this ship.


Thanks again Mom and Dad for coming out with us. We had so much fun with you guys and you were so much help to me.

Overall it was a really fun vacation and I'm glad we were able to go to San Diego with Brett. Next time we'll try and do better about scheduling our family trip around Annabelles teething. Don't believe the pictures, she really wasn't happy on this vacation.