Visitors -Travis, Angela & Co.

Travis, Angela, Kendrick & Cohen came for a visit! It's always nice to have family come to stay. The kids had a blast and played so good together.

Thursday:
Travis really, really wanted to go fishing so he offered to watch the troops so Angela and I could have a day to ourselves. We took him up on his offer. We got the kids breakfast and then headed off to do a session at the temple. Afterwards we went down to Ocean Beach to a famous burger joint that I've been dying to try called Hodad's. The burgers, onion rings and malts were to die for, sooooo yummy! I can't wait to go back with Trent. We had to wait about 25 minutes to get in, but it was worth it. After that we window shopped a bit and walked down the pier on the ocean.

When we got home we had to get ready to go out b/c we had a babysitter coming for the night! When Trent got home from work, us adults headed out for the night. First we went to the beach to catch the sunset. It was very cold, so we didn't last too long but we did find a huge male sea lion trying to soak up the last few rays of sunlight. Then we went to the Oceanside Pier for a walk. We had hot chocolate and appetizers at Ruby's diner while we watched the sunset. Next we headed up the street to the late night farmers market. It's a happening street party that Oceanside has every Thursday night with live music. People bring their goods to sell, everything from pottery, flowers, produce, baked goods, ethnic foods, clothing, jewelry, metal works, you name it. It's such a fun atmosphere. We browsed for a while and then wondered over to Trent's favorite sushi joint for dinner. Finally we made our way back to our beds and slept!


Friday:
We were up early to pack the cars and get lunches ready. We headed off to Sea World to spend the day with the animals! The kids loved it and had a good time. We rode the sky tram which was cool, we'd never done that before.

Saturday:
Trent & Travis got up early to rent a boat and go fishing in the San Diego Bay. They had a good time. They didn't catch another record breaking halibut, but still managed to have a good time. the guys got back with just enough time to shower and head out to Priesthood meeting. Travis sent this photo from his phone!


Meanwhile, Angela and I slept in. The kids watched cartoons and when we were all up we piled the kids into the car to go to breakfast. We went down to the Oside pier and let the kids run between fishermen to see what they were using for bait and if they'd caught any fish. We had pancakes at Ruby's, watched the surfers, looked at boats and saw pelicans!! After breakfast we let the kids play in the sand for a while before we headed home for quiet time.

A man caught this bat ray and was nice enought to show it to the kids.
They were very facinated by it. They got to touch it and look at it up close, pretty awesome!

We decorated easter eggs, well Angela's boys did most of them. Luke & Emry were in the dog house b/c they had gotten dye all over their entire hands...I was NOT ammused.

Sunday:
We had an Easter egg hunt for the kids. They loved it. Afterwards we watched conference and then headed to the beach since it was Travis & Angela's last day with us. We had tinfoil dinners and the kids played the afternoon away....until the EARTHQUAKE!!! We felt it so much! In a weird way, it was really cool. I'm glad not many people were hurt in Mexicali. It ended up registering as a 7.2 quake! We were feeling after shocks the whole time we were at the beach.

Carley had no idea what was going on.
She would only pick up eggs if they were pink.

Kendrick was so nice,
he knew that Carley didn't have many eggs in her basket so he started helping her.

Poor Luke, we had to get after him a few times to slow down b/c he was getting everything.

It wouldn't be a real trip to the beach for my kids if Dad didn't bury them in the sand.
This time was way cooler though b/c Travis, Kendrick & Cohen joined the fun!

Thanks for coming! See you in June!