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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

San Diego: day 1 Recovery + Aerospace

Our flight was a pretty late one (I was a deal seeking gal big time for this trip) so today needed to be fairly chill. We are at the Kona Kai Resort out on Shelter Island here in San Diego so we really needed to get a car (a sporty Mazda, which was so fun to drive!). While I went to fetch it, Todd and the kids had breakfast in the hotel's restaurant. Once I returned we headed out for Balboa park. This incredible park will certainly be our most visited destination this week I can already tell. Today we chose to visit just one spot given our tiredness and eagerness to also have time for the pool etc. So, we went to the Aerospace museum with our Seattle Museum of Flight pass! 
It was perfect, Todd and Quin especially loved it, we got to see a cute little 4D movie which was fun, and we didn't even spend a dime! 
I SO recommend using the reciprocal membership benefits! 
From there we stopped by whole foods to pick up some snacks and other essentials, and then came back to the hotel to eat, chill and then play in the pool! Q had a fun time with some boys, H was a giggling machine and had great time too. The hot tub was a hit, and H and I also enjoyed a game of giant checkers as well.

Back in our room we had takeout for dinner and vegged out, we're all tuckered out!

San Diego Surprise!


For the last month or so I've been planning a surprise vacation for our family for Spring break. It's been lots of fun being all secret about it, even Todd didn't know!
So, when the big day arrived, Monday April 1st, we had a very chill morning getting ready etc. and then in the afternoon with all the bags loaded we headed off. Our first stop was my former co-worker's home. They knew Florene was "helping us on our journey" but not how she was helping. She and her husband Jerry were a delightful distraction, giving us lovely company and a wonderful feast for dinner!
Then it was time to head to the airport and Todd finally figured it out! It wasn't until we got there and I said "April fool's! We really ARE going to California!" that the whole fam believed me! Q got pretty excited in the car though when he realized we were in fact heading to the airport, his smile was awesome in that moment!

We checked the car seats and headed to our gate for our flight and took off on our first big secret family adventure!