Our road trip

It's been a while, but I wanted to share our RV experience that we had at the beginning of the month when we traveled to San Diego, CA. Well, we started out in Pheonix where we stayed the night at the Hilton and probably got our best night's sleep there at the Hotel because the next day we picked up our RV and headed towards Calif. Here are the kids as we're getting ready to leave. We're all so excited. I was going to try to not use Jesse's laptop for movies because I wanted a break from all media and so I had games for us to play, new coloring books for them and was just looking forward to the adventure. Well, as we started down the high way I tried to get out some things for the kids to do and the ride was so bumpy that it made things very difficult. I gave up after a couple of hours and ended up getting the laptop out! I layed down next to Claire in the back and tried to sleep, but it was so bumpy, the baby would not stop kicking. She was probably wondering what was all the racket about! So, we arrived in San Diego late at night and decided to just spend the night in a Wal*Mart parking lot. The next morning I made eggs for all of us (we had cold cereal the rest of the week because after this day my energy level shot way down!) and then we went over the Sea World!

Bryce and Cameron rode their first real rollar coaster ; "Journey to Atlantis!" It's looks pretty scary AND you get wet....let's just say that I was glad to be pregnant that day so that I didn't have to ride it.

We spent two days there and loved it all. The weather was overcast and about 65 degrees. There wasn't a lot of people there so that was nice when it came to rides and finding a seat. While watching the shows Jesse always put us just barely in the "Splash Zone" and I was sooo worried I was going to get wet and cold, but we only got splashed a little at the dolphin show. It made things interesting anyway. So then on the way out of Sea World we drove by a u-pick strawberry farm and I just had to stop and get some yummy strawberries! So, while Claire slept Jesse watched the boys and I treck through the mud and pick some strawberries. Our shoes were just sinking in the mud, but it was soo worth it!
The next day we took a break from the Amusement Parks and spent the day at the beach. We were lucky because it was the only day the sun came out. Still too cold for me though. Bryce and Jesse on the other hand were gun-ho about getting into the water. Jesse bought some boogie-boards and when Jesse helped Bryce catch a wave all I could hear from Bryce yelling sufer words like, "AWWWESOME, EXCELLENT!" Meanwhile, I let Cameron and Claire buri my tired legs under the sand. Afterwards, we walked down the boardwalk and had ice cream and then later ate at an outdoor restrauant that had a surfer machine. We had fun watching people wipe out.





After that day we headed to Lego Land which was so neat. I never knew you could make so many things out of lego's. Bryce couldn't wait to hit more rollar coasters whereas Cameron wasn't getting talked into doing one for awhile. There's too many things there to go into, but one thing that I think the kids liked the most was when they got to drive their own little lego cars. It was set up like a real street system with stop lights and other signs and when they finished they got their drivers license. They're so proud!


One of our favorite snacks there was the Granny Apple Fries. SOOOO GOOOD!!! I really want to learn how to make them someday. After a day and 1/2 at Lego Land we drove up to Anahiem and went to Medival Times. We had a good time cheering for our night (who died) and experience eating a full meal with our hands. That was kind of our last who-ra beacause after that we drove back towards Phoenix. We spent Sunday afternoon with Jesse's College buddy Rob Warcup and his wife Sarah. They made up some good food on the grill and we had a good time with them and their kids. The next morning was spent cleaning out the RV (which was the hardest part) and returning it back to the rental place. Needless to say we got home feeling more tired than when we left, but all in all it was wonderful getting to have some personal family time. You can check the slide show for more pictures of the trip.