At the end of 2017, our family had an awesome time in San Diego! This was our first ever family vacation, and it was a doozey.

Our trip down began with an overnight layover. We told the boys that we were flying for a single night in Calgary. The next morning, we told them the plan. Here is their response:

Below is a slideshow of our best pictures. If you view it on a tablet or computer there are captions (they won't show on most phones)

Airplane Ride

4 trips on an airplane were a huge highlight for the boys

Legoland

Thanks to youtube, this was a place the boys knew about and desperately wanted to get to. We spent two days here.

Lego Santa

Legoland Hotel

We spent a night at the Legoland Hotel. Every night they have a lego building contest. On our night, you had to build your favourite food. Theou chose Sushi and won first place-this was the highlight of his trip.

USS Midway

Seeing all the US Navy hardware in the harbour was neat. Here is Theou in front of the USS Midway during our harbour cruise- a decomissioned aircraft carrier we got to tour.

Disc Golf

Morley Field is a historic course Dylan always wanted to play on. We happened to be in town the weekend before a big tournament, so Dylan got to play on the course with some of the world's top pros.

Zoo

The San Diego Zoo has always been a place Naomi wanted to see. Our family spent two full days here and Naomi spent half a day by herself at the zoo.

Toby Sized

Legoland and the Zoo are made for kids, including low toilets and sinks. Toby would point to them and yell "Toby sized!" These were one of the highlights of his trip.

New Friend

A highlight of the zoo for boys was a playground right next to the polar bears where they could climb in and a round a model ice berg.

Birds

Naomi loved the aviaries. Here was her favourite bird.

Deep Fried Goodness

Dylan and Theou went to Balboa Park during their Christmas festival. All the museums were open for free so they visited the science, model railway, photography, air & space, and natural history museums. But Theou's highlight was getting deep fried smores.

Ocean Day

We spent a morning swimming in the ocean. We were swimming 10' in front of the wave break. A great white shark was circling 10' on the other side of it!

Mexican Restauraunt

Naomi loved loved loved this Mexican restauraunt. So much that despite it being quite a drive, she made us go there a couple of times. It was on an outdoor courtyard in the back alley of a few historic hotels.

Pineapple Trees

Toby loved seeing "Pineapple Trees" everywhere we drove.

Donuts

San Diego apparently has quite the donut scene. We walked to a donut shop many mornings. Here was the boys' favourite one, but it was a drive downtown.

We surprised the boys with a night in the Legoland Hotel- this was what they got most excited about for the whole trip. They loved the incredibly themed room. They loved mounds and mounds of lego to play with in the lobby. They loved the decorated restauraunt. They loved the giant whoopie cushion on the carpet near the elevator (you jump on it and it makes noises). But actually riding the elevator was their favourite part of the stay:

Legoland rides were great. Toby claims he was brave on them all. But I'm not so sure...

The boys recounting their highlights of the trip inside the San Diego airport.

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