San Diego Vacation!

We had been talking about going to California at either the end of Aug or beginning of Sept. Then, we got a wedding announcement in the mail for Patrick's last missionary companion. They were having a open house in Ocean Side this past weekend so that helped us decide which weekend we were going! The reception was beautiful and the couple seemed very happy.

To start our trip off, we saw this awesome vehicle in front of a random shop on our way out.

I mean look, IT HAS EYES!! lol

This is a picture of us...just in case you couldn't figure that out. This was the day that we went to Old town San Diego. We went to the Mormon Battalion and walked around all the shops.

While we were there a man was preforming playing some crazy instruments. All different types of ...mouth harps? I think they're called. Anyways, you just have to see it for yourselves..here a few videos of it. Unfortunately this stupid blogging website won't let me upload it :( So I'll try to upload it on facebook. Hopefully you can see it there.

Anyways...more about the rest of the trip! We spontaneously decided to go to the San Diego Zoo that afternoon. It was about 3pm when we got there. We thought it would only take us a few hours to see everything. NOPE! We were there until closing which is 9pm, and we didn't even see everything. When people say that that place is huge, they aren't kidding.

Here's some pics of some of the animals we saw.

I LOVE how this pic turned out...so funny.                                                         

Check out this birds "hair" he has a Mohawk goin on. Awesome. And to top it off..look at his name!!

And then a few of us....

 

In this pic we were on the "Skyfari" at the zoo. I look like I was totally fine...but I was a little freaked out. It was really high! But once I got used to it, I had tons of fun. If it wasn't closing time i would've been begging my hubby to do it a few more times :)

Getting hot and tired about half way through

At first he didn't really smile...but then he did for me. Isn't he handsome? <3

Finally, our trip was coming close to an end. On Sunday we went to go see the San Diego Temple (My personal favorite). It's so beautiful and I love the spirit that is felt there and at all of the temples.

We also went to the beach for a little bit, and went over to my cousin's house for a yummy dinner, games, and just to visit. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of either of these events. :(

But all in all our trip went perfectly. We LOVE California and never wanted to leave. Hopefully we don't go too long before we go back again. :)