Best Birthday ever

For my birthday, Devin got off of work early and we drove up to Disneyland! Disneyland birthdays are the best!!! If you wear a birthday pin, every employee in the park has to wish you a happy birthday. I was kind of creeped out at first, but then I embraced it. And I think the employees make a game of it too, because some of them would try to scare me on purpose with it! Anywho... It was so fun. We ended the day with watching the Magical Firework show while on the Casey Junior ride (My new favorite ride of all time). Devin Also bought the Hidden Mickeys book, So I have now joined in the quest for the hidden Mickeys throughout the park. More of that to come...


Firework show on the ride


Hooray for Casey Junior!!

San Diego botanical garden

The Botanical gardens were beautiful!! They have such a variety of terrains and vegetation. I liked the bamboo forest and tropical rain forests the most. I don't know what Holly is doing in the first pic, but she had fun. She might have been more excited for her bath that night though...

The USS Midway

The USS Midway is a retired aircraft carrier named after the famous battle if Midway in WWII and it is parked in the San Diego Harbor. It's full of twisted hallways, crazy stairs, old planes. and war-story-telling veterans. We knew it was going to be cool and full of planes but we had no idea it was going to take us 4 hours just to walk through the thing!! It was a long day, but it was so worth it.


I told Tyson to try and lift the chain. I know I totally set him up for failure. He sure tried hard!


I found some men sleeping in the barracks... (After a tour as long as this one I wish I was lying down too!)


Fighter jet, convertible style


Is that Radar from MASH?


This is inside a really big helicopter.

Awww Strawberry soda

Phil's Barbecue in Point Loma. This place is crazy busy, and super delicious. The line to get in is ALWAYS atleast 30 minutes to an hour. It was really good though. These are some fellow MBA friends that are doing their internships out here.

Memorial Day

This was early memorial day moment. You drive through this cemetery (Rosencrans Hill) to get to the end of Point Loma. It was very impressive. They have some people from the Mormon Battalion buried here.

On Rosecrans Hill The following poem was written by Jeffrey T. Naas as a Memorial Day remembrance for those interred at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. This poem is dedicated to the more than 75,000 veterans lying in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA, who, in the course of four great wars, fought for the cause of freedom. It is adapted in part from the classic, "In Flanders Fields" by Maj. John T. MacRae, and gives voice to the question every American veteran, living or dead, might ask today. - Jeffrey T. Naas ON ROSECRANS HILL On Rosecrans hill the grasses grow Between the headstones row on row That mark our place as in the sky The gulls, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard against the surf below We are the dead. Not long ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunsets glow We chose for freedom's cause to die And now upon this hill we lie As grasses green above us grow We knew the price we had to pay To keep the enemy at bay We gave our all, we fought the fight To keep aglow sweet freedom's light Remember this, we ask today One thing we ask of those not slain Will you fight on for freedom's reign? If war returns, as it well might Will you take up the gallant fight? Yes, answer us! You who remain And so we lie here, asking still If you, our sons, will have the will To sacrifice as we did then That your sons, too, may live free men As we wait still, on Rosecrans hill * * *

Thank you for serving our country!

Much love,
Heidi

San Diego cramp-packed adventure of death

Danya is here from Phoenix! She was so nice to join us on our quick tour of the San Diego area. We went to Old Town, Point Loma, Seaport Village and a sunset all in one day!

Jumping with joy in a covered wagon at the Mormon Battalion Visitor's Center. They have done a really good job updating the place, and you can see our friend, Andrew, as the lead in the movie!!

Channing, Holly, Cason, Cameron, and Tyson. Wagons West!!


Panning for gold... No luck...


Cafe Coyote in Old Town. Absolutely delicious!!


Cabrillo National Monument on Point Loma. Jaun Cabrillo landed here in the 1500's. He was the first dude in California.


Statue of Cabrillo. We are the group of kids waving on the right.


At the old Point Loma lighthouse. Devin is paying homage to his favorite area of California at Patrick's Point.


Cousins Tyson and Cason


The view from Point Loma





I think this thing was built in the 1800's, but it was too high for the boats to see, so they built another one lower on the point.


The tide pools at Point Loma... Slightly disappointing because the tide was too high. The conversation going on here is Devin asking Tyson why he is crying when we are the funnest place on earth.


The view from Seaport village. Fun place to wander around little shops and look at military ships, etc.


Pizza, finally!! We waited forever, but as you can see, it was thoroughly enjoyed.


Perfect way to end the day at the beach in Carlsbad.

Disneyland trip #1

Spur of the moment, we went with some fellow internship-pers to Disneyland. The trip went pretty unenventful but I guess the quote of the day goes to Tyson. at 9:30 pm we asked him if he wanted to go on the Winnie-the-Pooh ride one more time. He responded, "I think I just want to take a nap." and not 10 second's later he was asleep in the stroller.

I'm very proud of this picture. No, he's not posing, that is just pure joy to be on the Casey Jr. train ride. He was jumping up and down the entire time waiting in line. The duration of the ride he continued to throw his fists in the air and yell "Woohoo!" over and over again.


Yarrr, I found the treasurrrrre Cap'n. When asked what his favorite kind of treasure was he replied, "Moneys....." That's my boy...



Meeting Pooh and Tigger struck Tyson literally speechless. He was in awe.

Strawberry fields

There is a huge U-pick strawberry field near us that is in season from January to July. (I don't think we're in Utah anymore Toto...). The Strawberries were perfectly sweet and delicious as you can tell from the picture. The funny story for the day began when Tyson mentioned he had to use the restroom. We walked over to nearest port-a-potty, and I reached my hand forward to open the door for him. "Here ya go," I said. In my adult mind I think that he will walk in, do his thing, and we'll return to fields. I neglected to think like a 3-year old who had never seen a port-a-potty, and when I turned my head, I see Tyson with his pants down in front of some wild flowers, and his boyhood flying in the prevailing winds. "Ahh!" I scream, as the 30 or so Japanese tourists in the fields start snapping pictures of my nude child like it's going out of style... I quickly pull up his pants and toss him into the "john". Needless to say, we had a lot of fun, and got extremely messy. Holly enjoyed herself the most, I think. We made freezer jam later that night. Yum!

misc

Holly sporting come occupational gear at Legoland. No pictures of Tyson, he was grumpy...


Beach pic that for some reason I couldn't add to the previous post...

The Beach