Day 1- We left for our trip around noon on June 20th. A friend of mine drove the kids and me to Andrew’s work and we left from there. Now to keep things as real as possible, I have decided to include the accounts of our morning.
About a half an
hour before Lindsey showed up, I gave the kids lunch, and sent them
outside. I wanted to get all the last
minute stuff done without having them creating more of a mess. About 5 minutes after sending them outside
Winter comes back in saying she didn’t feel well, after acting perfectly normal
all day. She is crying that she doesn’t want to go. I am telling her that she
is fine and that she just needs to calm down.
She sometime will make herself sick by getting all worked up about the
fact that she may get carsick. She sets
her yogurt tube on the floor in the bathroom, then accidently steps on it,
shooting yogurt all over the bathroom floor.
By then I am starting to lose my patience and I am a very patient
person. Lindsey walks in to all this
chaos and I am surprised she didn’t turn around and leave. We finally get everything into the car, and
Winter is still freaking out. About half
way to Andrew’s work she starts gagging; I grab a bag on Lindsey’s floor
dumping out all the contents everywhere, and give it to her just in time. We get to Andrew’s work and while we are
getting everything into our car from Lindsey’s, Winter goes in, and ask the
secretary if she can stay there while her family is on vacation. This lady is so lost since she has no clue
who this little girl is. We finally come
into the office and Winter then proceeds to ask Andrew’s co-workers if she can
stay with them. We finally get her
calmed down and in the car. All the
while poor Weston looks terrified. He
keeps saying maybe we should stay home and maybe this isn’t a good idea. I can tell that he is starting to get worked
up also. He ends up throwing up about 10
minutes into the car ride. Thankfully
after that both kids fall asleep and we have a wonderful rest of the trip! Thankfully we got the worst out at the
beginning!
The rest of the drive to Flagstaff, AZ was uneventful. Just because I
want it noted I drove way more than Andrew!
We got into Flagstaff really late, the kids were already sleeping, and
we didn’t have a place to stay so we ended up sleeping in our car. We rented a space at a KOA for the
night.
Day 2- We woke up in the morning, had donuts for breakfast, and got
cleaned up at the YMCA. We headed to Slide Rock only to find out that they were
closed due to fires. They sent us to a
different area so the kids could get into the water. It was way too cold and we ended up not
staying long. We walked around Sedona
before deciding to get on the road early for San Diego. Got into San Diego around 6 and grabbed
dinner at this yummy pizza place. Ended up calling it a night early so we could
rest up for the next day.
Day 3- Today we spent the WHOLE day at Sea World. We arrived right when they opened and stayed
until closing. We did all the rides and shows.
The kids loved it and had a lot of fun!
Day 4- This day was spent touring San Diego. We started by going to The USS Midway Museum.
It was really neat for Andrew and I, but the kids lost interest about half way
through. After that we went over to the
Point Loma Tide Pools. This was really
neat and I highly recommend it. Just
make sure to get there an hour before low tide.
We showed up a little late and didn’t get the full effect. We also walked around Cabrillo National
Monument and lighthouse. Then we headed
to Coronado Beach. It was so pretty and
the kids loved it. The water was
actually pretty clear and I think our next family vacation will be a week at a
beach somewhere! The kids could have
stayed all day! Sadly everyone was
getting hungry though so we had to say goodbye to the beach. We got a recommendation from a friend to go
down to Old Town and try Café Cayote We
are glad we did because it was really good.
Plus they had margaritas that were as big as your head!! We also walked around to the shops down there
before deciding we needed dessert! This
is also when Andrew his a nail sticking out of the ground and thought he broke
his toe. We went to Ghirardelli’s in
downtown San Diego. By then everyone was
exhausted so we called it a night!
Day 5- When we woke up on this morning it was time to say goodbye to
San Diego and head north. We spent the whole day at Legoland. Once again the kids had a blast. We also added the aquarium onto our ticket so
we could get out of the sun for a little bit.
After the park we grabbed a late dinner at In-and-Out Burger before
heading to L.A!
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