Friday, July 31, 2009

Legoland


Day 2 of the trip we met up with my cousin Brooke, her son Evan and her cousin Bryce. It was so much fun going to Legoland with another kid because Ryan and Evan didn't seem to notice that they had been standing in lines. We were there from 11am to 8pm and we didn't get to try every ride. We spent too long in some lines that ended up being dud rides but the fun roller coaster rides were fairly quick lines - we will definately remember that for next time. We got a lot of pictures of us from the roller coaster rides but I'd have to scan those in to post:( Instead, I'm posting pictures of us around the park. There were lots of Lego creatures to be on the lookout for and tons of little rides to go on - boat tours, helicopter rides, horse rides, boat rides, the list goes on. We competed in a firetruck race where we had to pump the fire truck from one end to the other, put out a fire, then pump the truck back. We were in second place (but I think we could have done better if we had coordinated better). So much fun ~ here are the photos:

Thursday, July 30, 2009

San Diego Zoo


This is the first part of our San Diego 2009 Vacation.

We left Washington with barely any sleep in the few days before the trip due to record breaking temperatures of over 100 degrees!!! When will we ever get to say we flew from Washington to San Diego to get a break from the heat?

Our first stop from the rental car place was the San Diego Zoo. We walked around for 6 or 7 hours and had a ton of fun looking at the animals, riding the arial tram and zoo tram. Here are some pictures of us at the zoo.




One of my favorite moments is finding out that it is mating season for the Galapagos turtles. They crack me up! Where was the video camera when we needed it? We got to see the rare panda sisters but missed the mom because she was about to give birth. The elephants have a new area and they looked like they were really enjoying it - they get there food up high in buckets with a hole that they put there trunk through. Of course we visited the reptile house and rode the tram twice because Ryan liked it so much. Although it was fun, we were all ready for a good nights sleep with air conditioning:)