San Diego!

We spent Friday exploring San Diego... which we also LOVED! I really think I would like living there :) First we went to Old Town - it was so fun! I had one of the best tacos I've ever had (nothing can beat the ones we had from a little stand on the side of the road in Mexico!) and Gallie loved going through all of the little shops... especially the old time candy store :) Caleb and I did too though - black licorice caramels!!!*

The second 1/2 of the day we went to Balboa park (that place is huge!) and the ZOO! The zoo was really fun, but we only made it through about 30% of it since we got there kind of late. We did see all of Gallie favorites, though - Lions, Polar Bears, and Cheetahs.

*Confession - I got my mom a variety of delish caramels to go with her Mother's Day gift... but I ate every single one last night! Sorry mom.

Seaworld

We actually ended up having more fun at Seaworld than Disneyland! It was way less crowded, not as hot, and Callie loved seeing all of the animals... and she especially loved feeding Kallie the dolphin! We decided not to go to Legoland... we are burnt to a crisp and want to avoid being in the sun all day long. We are going to Old Town in San Diego for lunch and may go to the Zoo this evening. Here are some pictures from Seaworld!

Shamu!

Baby Beluga

Polar bear cave

Callie and Kallie

Carlsbad

Today we drove down to Carlsbad for a day off. We really like it here - we found a lot to do even though we had no plans for the day. Tomorrow we are off to SeaWorld! I forgot my camera charger so enjoy some more pictures from Caleb's phone!

Disneyland

Here are a few sneak peeks from Caleb's phone camera. It's been 92 and 94 degrees each day here... I wished for warmer weather, but not this hot! Highlight of Disneyland for Gallie has been meeting Rapunzel and It's a Small World. She also loved the tea cups and the cars ride. She begged us to go on Space Mountain... so today we took her - she said it was "just a little scary."

Happy Birthday Dad!

(Dad's weekend at U of I with my roommate Valari - 8 years ago!)

I'm FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today was my 1st of 12 days off in a row! This hasn't happened for a very long time! Unfortunately Gallie is sick with a cold this week, but better now than when we're on vacation. Today was pretty quiet... but doing nothing at home is a million times better than doing anything at work! She's been inside for 3 days straight so I did take her to the library to get some new books and a couple new movies... she gets more TV time than normal when she's sick :)

This weekend we have my dad's birthday dinner and lots of packing! We leave Sunday morning for sunny 85 degree California - our barely 50 weather will not make me homesick! Here is our itinerary that I've had mapped out for 6 months:

Sunday - Arrive
Monday - Disneyland (character breakfast!)
Tuesday - Disneyland
Wednesday - Drive to San Diego, In & Out Burger, Beach, Old Town
Thursday - Legoland
Friday - SeaWorld
Saturday - Home

We kind of crammed a lot into a week, so we may forgo Legoland if Gallie is too worn out. I'm not sure if I'll post anything while we're gone, but I will try to get a couple pictures up... if not, see you next week!

Happy Easter!

Bunny cake Gallie and I made all by ourselves!

Egg coloring!

The big hunt!!!

Bunny fur! (There was obviously some kind of cat fight here the night before, but it really convinced the girls the Easter bunny was actually there!)

The loot!

Matching Easter dresses from Gram Jennie :)

A whole weekend of Easter fun!