Our trip "Down South"

Last week, we had a great time with Nana, G-pa, Uncle David, Aunt Kathy, and Cousin Erin in Southern California. We drove down and everyone else flew in to get together and to celebrate my parent's 40th anniversary. We met my parents in Universal City and spent our first day at Universal Studios.

Meeting Jaws

In the water

Some of the characters really liked Ian

and he really liked them

We got to pose with all the characters

Emma really liked Fieval the mouse
Overall, Universal Studios was alright. It is not a really kid friendly park, but the studio tour is great and Emma had fun meeting the characters.
The next day , we headed down to San Diego to meet up with the rest of the family. On Sunday, we all headed to Sea World.

The place was decked out for Halloween

Emma got to feed the dolphins

and she loved the rides in the Sesame Street kids area

Ian was ready to watch Shamu

It was a pretty impressive show

This was really impressive... the trainer was launched by Shamu and they both flew through the air

That night, we took my parents out to this great restaurant in Coronado
The next day, we headed to Legoland. Emma had a blast riding all the rides


Mommy and Daddy had to help out on this one

Volvo Driving School

Emma will not be getting her license any time soon

Ian got to ride his first ride, too

He liked it!
Our last day together was spent at the Wild Animal Park

Emma actually asked for her picture with this elephant

They had a great carousel

Ian got to ride, too. We think he had fun....

Or he was just fascinated with the shiny gold pole

We also rode on this...

to get an aerial view of the park

It was a great view, but a bumpy ride
The last thing we did was go on Safari

Emma with the antelopes
It is always great to get together with family and San Diego was a great place to visit with everyone!