California

Shawn and I made the decision that no matter what we would always take an annual family trip.  We want our girls to experience the world (or as much as we can give them).  This year we decided to go to California and escape this dreadful heat!  We all four had such an amazing time.  Last minute we decided to head over to Cali Thurs early afternoon.  We wanted to take the girls to Sea World so, we stayed in Downtown San Diego at the Marriot, which ended up having the best view!  That night we ate some dinner and headed to bed.  We thought it would be better to get two beds in the hotel. 
It ended up that Shawn and Ava were in one bed and Adisyn and I were in the other.
 Even though I couldn't snuggle with my hubby I slept rather well! 

We couldn't resist eating at Hash House again!  Love that place!  They have the most interesting dishes that are huge!  After stuffing our faces, we headed to Sea World.  The girls had a great time and still talk about what Shamu does as they slide they're hand up and down. So cute!  It was so exhausting for all of us, so we only ended up being there for about 6 hrs.  Plenty in my opinion.  After Sea World we headed to Beautiful Oceanside where we stayed for two nights.  Shawn's Aunt's boyfriend let us stay at his apartment.  It was cute and perfect decor for an oceanside (literally)

apartment.  The best part was amazing landscaping that reminded me of being in Hawaii. It was so beautiful!  We mostly hung out on the beach the rest of the trip, it was AWESOME!




The girls are ready to go!

 


Gaslamp San Diego




View from our hotel room... Petco Park

 One of our favorite places to eat!

 It was soooo good!!!!!!!!!

Shawn's favorite!

 This pancake was HUGE!  I don't think this picture does justice!  By far the best pancake I have ever had, no need for syrup!

 This was a really cool billboard!  The shadow is made from cork screws! How cool!



SEA WORLD!



Shamu





The girls tried cotton candy for the first time and naturally loved it!




look at that cheesy smile of Adisyn




The girls got a stuffed Shamu and a Dolphin that we named Snowflake




Oceanside





Oceanside Harbor




Ava could not get enough of the water.  Adisyn on the other hand like playing in the sand... the water not so much!





toes in the sand




Daddy helping with a sandcastle





Charlie on the pier




The apartment complex had a pond where you could feed the coy fish.



We had a great time in California and look forward to wherever we are going next year!

When Shawn and I were dating and became serious we made a tradition that we would always get a picture frame for every new place we had vistited together!   This is our picture frame from oceanside, isnt't it cute!