San Diego

We just got back from San Diego and we had an awesome time. It was a week full of firsts for Reese. We went to the beach. She did ok, but refused to take a nap. There was just too much to see and do.

Spence loves to boogie board. Unfortunately I am lame and won't get in the ocean if it's too cold. Luckily he had his boys to go with him. Josh (Kara's hubby), my cute brother Almen, and Boone (Megan's new husband)

We took Reese swimming. She loved it- we knew she would. She even put her face in the water! I'm pretty sure she did it on accident but she didn't mind. It was so fun.

We went to Sea World. Don't worry- no trainers were eaten while we were there. When I was a kid I wanted to be a whale trainer. I would check out books on Orcas at the library and take notes in a notebook. A lot of the trainers are actually psychologists who specialized in animal behavior, and I was a psych major. Oh well- we have to let some of our dreams go, right?

Reese loves the song Baby Beluga, so we had to get a picture of her with the Beluga whale. They became great friends. We also bought her a little plastic whale for the bath tub- 9 bucks!

We also went to Universal Studios. It was so crowded, but we really had a good time. We used the Single Rider lines so we wouldn't have to wait in line, so that really helped.

We took Reese on the Studio Tour and she did great. She made it through the King Kong part, the Subway crash and the flash flood. Unfortunately by the end she was tired and hungry, so when the water cannon went off and Jaws came up to the boat she started to cry. She didn't mind him so much here- I guess because he was dead.

Reese is loving to sit up, but of course we couldn't bring her chairs. So she spent a lot of the week in her pillow-throne. She is the queen baby!

But the best part of the weekend was hands-down when we played Minute to Win It. Spence and I had gotten on the website and picked a bunch of the challenges and brought all the supplies. If you want a good time with a group of friends or a really fun FHE, play this game. Watching my Mom try to move an Oreo from her forehead to her mouth without using her hands was hilarious. Seeing my sister Kara try to knock stuff over using a baseball in a leg of pantyhose attached to her head was so funny. It was awesome!