SUMMER VACATION!

So I am a little/a lot behind on the blog. We did take a family vacation this summer and headed back to Heather's condo in San Diego Sunday August 28th and came home Wednesday August 31st. It was a short trip, but a great trip. Our kids don't require a lot on these San Diego vacations, they just need some food and some beach and they are happy as can be.

We hit up Mission beach when we got there on Sunday and hung out there until we were all starving for dinner. The next day we headed to Coronado Island first thing in the morning and spent all day there. The kids just LOVE the beach - that would be a Grandpa Rodgers thing they inherited for sure :)

They spent the day chasing waves, finding sand dollars, collecting crabs, chilling on the towels under the umbrellas, snacking, eating ice cream, we just had an amazing day. We went back to the condo and had dinner and then headed back out to Seaport Village so everyone could get their own bag of salt water taffy, mmm delish.

The next day was Sea World day (Thanks Danika for the discounted ticket hook-ups)! The kids were a little warn out from the sun all day the day before, but they were still very excited. We hit up all the rides the kids could go on, Eli was able to go on the majority of them and me and the twins spent a lot of time riding the same 3 rides over and over again because that was all they were tall enough for. We sat front row for the Shamoo and Dolphin show with our ponchos on so we could get nice and wet and they all loved it. After the park closed we headed off to Phil's BBQ (which will become a regular hot spot for us each vacation). The kids devoured their food and we all left happy and satisfied!

The next day was our last day there and we had planned on going to the beach for half of the day before driving home, but everyone seemed warn out so we popped in some movies and the kids just chilled and played while we cleaned up and took a nice easy time getting ready to go.

It was a great vacation and our family always bonds and grows so much closer when we get to take these trips together. It is so good for us to get away from the stresses of every day life for a bit and remember how much we have fun together and love each other.