San Diego... part 1 at least!

Well, amidst all of the moving, we did enjoy a REALLY awesome trip to San Diego, CA with some of our really good friends The Pounders. I think I took over 300 pictures, which I expect you to look at closely! Okay, I will try to cut it down to a few less than that....
We were fortunate enough to fly... so instead of listening to Alex fuss for 10 hours in a car, we only had to listen to him for an hour 1/2 in the airplane. He actually did well, with just minimal fussing, but when we go on a longer flight (someday) I'm pretty sure I'll drug him!
After arriving and picking up the car, which was a joke.... here's your warning **NEVER USE DOLLAR RENT A CAR**, there, now you can't say you were never warned, we met up with the Pounders. We spent most of the first day getting settled and then took a quick trip to the SD Temple, which was closed, but we still peeked through the fence.
The following week was filled with tons of fun, and lots of activities! We did the main attractions of Sea World, San Diego Zoo, and the beach. We also went to Point Loma State Park and played in the tide pools. We found a lot of crabs, some weird squishy things that shot water at you when you stepped on them (good find Ellie!), tons of birds and awesome scenery. Sam was dead set on finding a hermit crab..... thank heavens he found one just a little while before we left.... whew!
Hard to see, but yes, this is the hermit crab.....

A few more random pics from the tide pools.....




Obviously, we did have to hit the pool. Well, the boys did, and Alex was not a fan. The water was cold and so he only lasted about 5 mins. I do want to show off Sam's fancy moves in the pool.... swimming lessons have paid off!
Back floating:

and his killer cannon ball!

There are so many more pictures to post! I will do this in smaller posts though so that I don't bore you!:)