Hiking at Mission Hills

The boys and I spent the day, Saturday, hiking in one of the nation's largest urban natural parks, Mission Hills Regional Park. It was no Pacific NW but it definitely had a beauty of its own.

We started at the Oak Grove Trail, one of the many trails at Mission Hills. It was only 1 mi. and I thought it would be pretty easy for the boys. They made it without too many complaints. :-)

The boys taking a break to hug each other so Mommy can take their picture.

Every time they saw a rock they had to climb on it.

Taking a break in the shade.

Watch out for that cactus, boys!

Cooper taking a much needed water break. We were completely out of water by the end of the day.

Taking a lunch break along the trail.

Nothing like the good ol' PBJ. Brody took this picture.

We took another trail that led us to this dam, the Old Mission Dam.

This man-made dam was built 150 years ago.

It's hard to tell from this picture, but there are actually rock climbers up there. This is the Kwaay Paay mountain. They were really fun to watch. Brody said he wants to be a rock climber when he grows up and I told him he was off to a good start.

We saw a few birds along the way but I could only identify one, the Hermit Thrush bird.



What a day! Our only regret is that Daddy had to work.

LegoLand

We went to Legoland this week. The kids loved it and so did Mommy & Daddy. There were TONS of rides for them, including boats, helicoptors, trains, plains & automobiles. :-) There was so much to do and we were only able to see half of the park so we hope to go again soon and see the rest.

This is MiniLand, the heart of LegoLand. They had replicas of New York, D.C., Las Vegas & New Orleans to name a few. It was so fun venturing from city to city and admiring all of the intricate details. A lot of things actually moved such as the cars, buses & even some people. It was very cool!

More of LegoLand

Mt. Rushmore was one of my favorites. It was amazing and actually quite humorous...see the Q-tip in George Washington's ear?

Cooper loved the elephant. It actually moved and spit water out of its trunk.

Poor Cooper was crying b/c he a hard time driving the car.

Brody loved it though, this was probably his favorite thing at LegoLand.


Cooper finally found his favorite thing...Thomas!

Mom Visits San Diego

We were so thankful my Mom could visit us here for a week in San Diego. We were able to go to the beach, Sea World, Balboa Park & Cabrillo Nat'l Monument to name a few. The boys had a lot of fun with their Meme. We were sad to see her leave but we will cherish the memories that were made forever.


We also went to Moo Time Creamery in Coronado.