Saturday, July 2, 2011

San Diego!!!

We're going to San Diego! Sea World and the San Diego Zoo here we come!

Tea, Emily and I making our first stop at Starbucks before hitting the road! Gotta have my latte before making the drive. Let the vacation begin!
After a long drive we pulled up to our hotel, got our swim suits on and jumped in the pool! The water was nice and cool and the weather was absolutely perfect! The girls played on the water slides and went pool to pool swimming like little fish!

This is one of the views from our hotel room. There was a sea lion that sat out on the dock every night and sang to us. He's no Celine Dion that's for sure!




After a hard day of driving and swimming I took the girls down town for some of the best sea food in SD, Anthony's Fish Grotto! And what do they order? Pasta with red sauce! Emily did eat a few of my shrimp but really?? Pasta??









The girls loved the pier! So much to see!





First stop after walking into Sea World, the Sea Lions! They were extra hungry. So Tea and Emily fed them breakfast.





We had a brief encounter with a sea gull but the fish made it into the Sea Lion's belly. They were so cute!














Pasta, Pasta, Pasta!






Getting ready to watch the Dolphin show! Our first show at Sea World!






Checking out the Sea Turtles in the brand new exhibit!






I hope he has a good dentist!






Watching Dad's favorite show! The Pet's Rule show! As Justin says, "Any show that can train a house cat is impressive!"






"We want to sit in the SOAK ZONE!" Us: "Ok, suit yourself! We'll be up here." The girls got so wet they were literally squeezing out their socks! Here's a picture of their laundry set out to dry! Shamu doesn't mess around!











For only $5 you can attempt to climb this latter, fall on your butt, and not win a prize! "Can we try again!?! I know we can make it to the top this time!" Lucky for them, Dad's a total sucker! So $20 later we walked away with no prize...








The longest line we stood in all day was to see the Sesame Street characters! Elmo and Big Bird!





The tide pool! The girls were infatuated with the star fish! The water was 55 degrees but that didn't stop them!





Sea World has rides!





The San Diego Zoo!





Love this!





This was seriously a sign posted by the lion exhibit! Hilarious!





Checking out the giraffes!











Emily taking a picture of Justin and I on the Pier. One more time.....Back to Anthony's! Justin wants clam chowder! My response is, "well, let's go back to the best place for it! Anthony's here we come!" This time Emily got the shrimp and Tea changed it up and got the chicken tenders...What am I going to do with this child?


















Great picture of the 4-D Sesame Street show at Sea World! It was actually really fun to watch!












Leaving the Zoo. We had a great time in San Diego! What a great family trip!