Fun in San Diego

We had a great time in Sandiego last weekend. We stayed in San Marcos which is right next to Vista. We went to see the house and took some pictures. We will post all those soon. First, we went to the Clydesdale breeding farm and saw all the new babies. It was so cool, Jerry (Jareds 2nd cousin, I guess) works with them and he got us free tickets to Sea World. The first night we walked on the Oceanside Pier and ate at Rubys on the pier which was fun. The next day was the 4th and we went to the beach, along with everyone else and their mother!... it was packed . Brody loved the ocean and the sand... which he got everywhere, including mom's hair. He liked the reactions it got when he started throwing it at both his parents. We decided after about and hour that it was too cold and too crowded so we drove to Coronado Island and sight saw for a while then we decided to walk through the air craft carrier, Midway which is docked in SanDiego Bay. That was really cool to go through all the tunnels and living quarters and see all the aircraft on the deck. Jared especially loved it. That night we went back to the beach to watch the fireworks at the Oceanside pier. We got a great spot and waited for an hour and then boom.. the first one went off.... nothing. we couldn't see anything so we drove home. It was a real let down. On Saturday we drove to Sea World. We stopped at the temple on the way down but it was closed for maintenance so we took a few pictures and went to sea world. That was really.... expensive. I thought since the tickets were free we would be saving money... The problem is, that's not where they make their money... It cost $8 for a hotdog and a bag of chips. We had fun aside from the expensive food. We saw the dolphins and the whales and rode the skyride. Brody especially loved the Elmo ride and the splashpark. We got to see fireworks that night and were exhausted from all the walking that night. We drove home on sunday morning after sacrament meeting and one more trip to walk on the beach where Jared proposed. It was fun. Anyhoo, I will post the pictures a.s.a.p. Well, gotta run, Brody is tearing apart the computer lab,... Love ya, Mary and Brody