Fun in the Sun

We've had a crazy week and our lucky readers get to hear all about it. Some of this is for journaling purposes so please bare with the long post.

It started with a visit from Grandpa Davis. It was great to have Brent here for a visit and the boys loved playing and wrestling with him. The "Double Brother Tickle" was a hit.

A day after Grandpa's departure we were off for sunny San Diego CA. As eluded too in my previous post from the hotel lobby, we left very early and made a few extra stops. Just a shout out to GPS systems. They rock! Esp when you have two wiggly boys in the backseat who need a 20 min break at a park. No problem with the GPS, parks are easy to find!

Within an hour of arriving, we were at La Jolla Beach and loving it. The boys loved playing in the sand and chasing seagulls. Penn was all about the ocean, true to form Logan was more cautious. Fun to build "sand castles" with dad. Much more fun to destroy them...Penn just had to eat the sand. Once it was in his mouth he hated it ... Once we cleaned his mouth out he'd forget that little detail and more sand would go in. Crazy boy!

For those of you wondering, we were able to get Logan home without a sunburn. Half a can of sunscreen and his camo hat did the trick. That's saying something consider just how fair he is. We also had the opportunity to visit the San Diego Zoo. We loved it. The CA Condors and rattle snakes were a hit with the boys. The Polar Bear exhibit was also very cool. One of the bears went swimming. He did the back stroke as well as flips. Spencer and I really enjoyed it, it just looked like he was having a great time. Telling Dad all about the flamingo's.

It's very important to stay hydrated on those hot California days!

By the end of the day the boys here pooped. Forget them, I was exhausted. The zoo is situated on a large mountain. Carrying extra baby weight and pushing a stroller up and down all the hills, made for a good day. We found a nice, dark, cool viewing area in the otter park and relaxed for a bit. During our stay we were able to attend a sacrament meeting and visit the San Diego Temple. It was beautiful. They had missionaries there to show us pics of the inside. We'd like to go back sometime and see it for ourselves.Spencer's company had done some impressive work on a bridge in the area and of course he wanted to check out. Only with an engineer as a husband do we visit bridges on vacation. I guess everything they did was under ground so the pic doesn't do it justice. San Diego was a wonderful place to visit and we'll most definitely go back. It was an average of 77 degrees while we were there. As I'm writing this it's snowing out my window! Spencer has been working crazy long hours at work so to have a few days all to our selves was truly priceless. The only draw back to San Diego ... it's 650 miles away!