San Diego

We have decided we are done staying home for the 4th of July Holiday.  I love 4th of July, but it is not fun here in the heat.  Too hot to do anything but stay inside.  My kids don't realize it is a really fun holiday.  They think it is just another day to stay inside and play video games.  We settled on San Diego.

We stayed in a really nice Vacation Rental in Carlsbad right on the beach.  I guess that area is called "The Strand"  The kids had fun boogie boarding and enjoying the cool weather.
First we visited the USS Missouri Aircraft carrier

Dax , Trey, Derek outside the USS Missouri

A statue made of the famous picture after the war ended.

Trey aborad the USS Missouri, he loved the morse code area.

Trey inside the ship Infirmary 

Our View from the vacation rental

a very cute boy sleeping

Wet Suit Extravaganza

Boogie Boarding, I think Derek enjoyed this the most.  He kept asking for other's to join him again.

View from our Condo- Sunset at the pier

On the 4th of July Dax and I first took a stroll along the strand.  It was fun to see so many people out wearing patriotic clothing, and they had their bikes and  porches decorated.  We had some snacks from food trucks.  Then we went back grabbed the family, then went back out for the festivities.  There were lots of street vendors and food trucks out.  Curtis and I shared a yummy gyro.  It was so yummy we wished we each got our own and not shared.   Then we attempted to walk to a boat parade at the harbor, which was much further than I anticipated.  By the time we got there we missed the parade, the kids were grumpy we walked so far for nothing.  Curtis bought them an ice cream, then we took at UBER back, and they forgave us.

We (Curtis) decided to extend our stay, but that meant we had to move to a new location because our current place was booked.  So we packed up and moved to a cool Polynesian themed hotel that was more south.  We took a few adventures along the way.

We stopped at a cool place and discovered tide pools, sea weed and other things you don't see in AZ

Beautiful photo op.  I love how we look so  patriotic on 7/5/18.  Not planned.

While waiting for our hotel to be ready we came across this treasure.  I think he robbed my grandma's basement, there were security 4 camera's on this  thing protecting these "valuables"

This made us laugh, we thought it said "stupid code"

We met up with our friends the Thomas' to go kayaking.  Janae, & Steve in one, Curtis and Trey in another, Derek and Weston in another.
Dax and I waited on shore and took pics.

We ended our trip by visiting the Mormon Battalion and eating yummy Mexican food.