California: Day 6

Our last full day in California was spent at Legoland.  Out of the three theme parks we visited that week, my kids repeatedly said that this was their favorite.

 There were dinosaurs, animals, cars, and many, many other things built out of Legos throughout the entire park.  Trenton and Colson both decided that they both want a job at Legoland when they grow up.  Then they can build Legos to their hearts content (one of their most favorite things to do) and get paid for it at the same time. ;)

 Vivi loved being able to drive a car by herself.  She did really well.  I'm still not looking forward to her being 16 and having her driver's license anytime soon.

I opted out on this ride.  But I sure had fun watching everyone soak each other.

 There were a couple of rides Preston couldn't go on, but he kept himself amused by going down this slide no less than 14 times.

 We saw more princesses.

 This was my most favorite part of the park.  They had entire cities built out of Legos!

The Lincoln and Washington memorials.

 

 

All of the above are from Washington DC.

Now on to Las Vegas.

Parts of New England.

 We went on a boat tour to see different attractions from around the world.

 Half of the New York skyline was being redone, but it takes over 6,000,000 Legos for the whole thing is built.  Whoa!  As we were leaving, we saw a sign that said over 30,000,000 Lego bricks were used to make all of the different animals, dinosaurs, buildings, robots, etc. displayed throughout the park.  It was amazing to see all of the things that can be made out of Legos.

So that concludes our week in California.  We had so much fun!

California: Day 5

By day 5, pregnancy had kicked my butt, so we had a resort day.  Well, Trent, the kids, the grandparents and Sean had a resort day while I had a lie in bed day. ;)  It would have been silly to not take at least one day to hang out at the resort though.  There was so much to do there!  We stayed at some Marriott condos (gotta love all the Marriott points Trent had racked up with all the travel he had been doing!) in New Port beach, and they were awesome.  (Can you believe I don't have 1 single picture?)  There were 2 pools, 2 hot tubs, a game room, a movie room, life size chess board, and plenty of other things to keep the kids busy for a good 7-8 hours.  They all came back to the hotel room completely exhausted and ready for dinner.  And while I felt refreshed and rejuvenated after so much rest, Trent looked like he was ready for a day in bed by the time they got back.  ;)

California: Day 4

We spent day 4 at Sea World.

 Vivi almost got her hand taken off by the crazy birds that were hanging around while we fed the sea lions.  The sign wasn't kidding when it said to watch out for the birds!  Those things were aggressive!

 We saw the dolphin show, which is nothing like I remember.  The show mostly consisted of people swinging from trapezes, and diving off of high dives.  I wanted to see the dolphins!!!  What happened to watching the dolphins jump through the hoops, and all that they used to do?  We mostly just saw the people.  Oh well.

 They brought out the beluga whales for a quick moment.

 And this is one of the Orcas, just before it completely drenched us!  (Colson insisted on sitting in the splash zone at every show we went to.  This was the only one we ended up getting wet though.  And boy were we wet, from head to toe!)

We even got a chance to see our friend Shawn for a little bit that night.  Whenever he and Trent are around each other, they just pick right back up where they left off, by turning into 16 year olds again. :)  It was quite entertaining to say the least. ;)

California: Day 3

Day 3 of our California adventure found us at another beach.  We headed over to Laguna beach this time.

Trent and Sean couldn't get enough of the waves.  They were having tons of fun body surfing.

 

Sean took a break from the waves to help the kids build a sand castle.

Everyone was having tons of fun playing in the water.

 

Except Preston.  He spent a lot of time standing and watching everyone else in the water. 

 Or sitting and watching.

He also spent lots of time chasing the birds with a huge stick.

 And smashing the sand castle Sean and the kids worked so hard to build. :)

These are my personal favorite shots of the day though:

This kid cracks me up.

That night we headed over to Midieval Times for dinner and a show.

 What a crack up!  The kids  loved it... I think mostly because there is no silverware and everything they ate they got to eat with their hands.  I guess the fact that they got to watch knights sword fight and joust during the meal was a bonus as well.  :) Poor Trenton had an allergic reaction to all of the horses, hay, dust, and whatever else was floating around in the air there.  Trent left early with him to get him some Benedryl. :(  He at least got to eat his dinner and see most of the show.  Plus, we saved his dessert for him, which made him happy.