San Diego
Paul's new company headquarters are in Carlsbad, CA and earlier this month he had to take a business trip there. Do you know what else is in Carlsbad? LEGOLAND! Of course, we had to take advantage of the situtation so on a Wednesday morning we woke the boys and surprised them with a trip to San Diego! I think they were shocked, but quickly got excited about a trip on an airplane and five nights in a hotel. With a pool. More about that later.
Somehow we all got upgraded to first class, so our three boys have already experienced the luxury of rich and famous. :) They fit in just fine and I will say they wondered why we weren't sitting in the front on the way back!
Paul actually had to work for part of the trip (fancy that!), so I took the boys to Legoland the first day. Our hotel was actually right next to it, and we had our own private entrance! Very nice. They loved all the rides - Andy's favorite was the the horse ride and while Caleb and Jakey enjoyed rides, their favorite thing was this ball area where you shoot foam balls at each other.
We went back with Paul the next day, and it was more of the same crazy fun. They sure loved that place!
Aunt Peggy came to spend the night with us that night, and it was so great to have her with us! The boys were pretty tired out by then, though - Caleb even fell asleep at dinner! That was a first. We all went to Sea World the next day and watched as many shows as we could.
In between all the fun, the boys spent every spare minute in the pool. Now, it was warmer in San Diego than here in Oregon, but I didn't think it was THAT warm! Fortunately the pool was heated, but they stayed in there until their lips turned blue. Fortunately Paul is a little tougher than me and he hung in there until they were ready to come out.
On our last day there, we relaxed at the pool (again!) and went to hang out with some friends. It was nice to catch up and we all had fun.
Paul had meetings the day that we left, so I nervously boarded the plane with all three boys at 7AM. I guess I shouldn't be surprised to say that they were amazingly good. They have become such wonderful little travelers!
We all had a great time, and can't wait until our next vacation.
Posted in: on Monday, December 15, 2008 at at 8:56 PM