Thursday, June 14th

We went running in the morning (again).  This time we took a picture!

After running, we went to the Hotel Del Coronado beach.  The sand was gold.  Okay, not gold in reality, but it really did sparkle!  And, finally, (jackpot) there were shells at the beach.  This beach also had Sand Dollars by the hundreds! We collected as many as we could, and there were lots!  It was tons of fun.  This was by far my favorite beach because it was also sunny that day!  All together a perfect beach day.

Just as we arrived a monster airplane flew over.

Oh what a perfect family! Two in love parents and a cute little boy!

And the real family: two parents and five pugnacious children.

No this is not our castle.  Some guy was doing it.  So cool huh?

Twinners!

Our treasure trove!

Just as we were leaving, a monster airplane almost the same as the first flew over us again!

After a morning at The Hotel Del, we went home to chill at the pool. We stayed there pretty late, but after we went to see La Jolla Cove.  Just Mom, Megan, and I got out and went down.  It wasn't really a swimming beach, at the time, because the tide was so high.  But it was pretty and cool.  We ran from stairway to stairway while the wave was out and I climbed out to a little cave thing.  It was so awesome.

There were seals just to the left of where we were.  It was pretty cool.

  After checking out La Jolla Cove we went home and cleaned up.  We went out for dinner at Mr. Fish & Chips, at my request.  For some reason that is just so cool to me.  It was good.

After a late late dinner we went home, watched even more Disney Channel and went to bed for the last time at the condo.

Wednesday, June 13th

Today we went to Tijuana, MEXICO!!
We were the only people, other than the natives there, so everyone was calling to us.  Soren bought a Poncho and Megan bought a bag.  Ethan enjoyed looking at the statues of the Aztec (Maybe Mayan) gods.  We spent more time in line to get back to the US than actually in Mexico.  They also took away our chocolate eggs with toys inside because in the US they are a choking hazard.  Boo.  But hey, I got bragging rights.  I have officially been out of the country.

After returning, we returned home to change into swimsuits and headed for La Jolla Shores.
*Sigh* The beach.  Who doesn't love it?

These Pictures are of Dad when he used to outgoing wave to sink into the sand.  I tried but gave up after a little while.  I'd rather hit some waves!

BOOGIE BOARDING!!

Megan tried some of the little waves.

Dad showed us all up with his Boogie Boarding.

Even Mom tried the boogie board!

I of course was pro at riding the waves.  Well, fine if I wasn't a pro, I at least loved every minute of my rookie career!

 Of Course who needs a boogie board to have fun?  We did just fine without!  Sand castles, buried people and simply being at the beach made a perfect end to the day!

Though a little blurry, I love Ethan's expression and position in this picture.  He didn't actually like the ocean very much.  He liked to play, but got cold fast and hated seaweed.

 After, we went home, chilled in the hot tub or pool and went home.  There we changed, showered, and got ready to go to dinner at Red Robin!  There Mom got her scrapbook ideas from the kids menu.  There was a game where you are "Going on spring break and you took...A____."  You keep going through the alphabet, repeating everyone else's luggage before you. In the car on the way home we did it about San Diego.  I went to San Diego and saw/smelled/tasted/heard/touched A_____.  It is a cute Idea.  We came home and watched Disney Channel for a while before finally heading to bed.