This post is months late in coming, but better late
than never, right?At the beginning of June Luke and I went with my side of the fam to San Diego for a fun family vacation. We got to go to Sea World, Wild Animal
Kingdom, California Adventure, San Diego Temple grounds, and the Beach. It was so much fun! Personally, Sea World was my favorite. I loved all the cute shows they did with otters, sea lions, seals, walruses, dolphins, and of course Shamu the Killer Whale!!!
My favorite ride at California Adventure was Soarin' over California, by far. Y
ou felt like you were in the movie screen, like your feet were going to get wet while soaring over the ocean. It was incredible! If that's the future of movies and movie theatres, bring it on. Right afterward we went on the Tower of Terror, which for me was a big mistake. Rides in general are not my favorite thing, mostly because I don't like the dropping feeling in my stomach. So why did I go on the Tower of Terror, a ride that consists entirely of being dropped, raised, and dropped again? I have only one reply--Peer Pressure. The age-old evil of our times. ;)Anyway, that kind of ruined the rest of the day for me and I opted not to go on anymore rides except for the Brother Bear water one. Me + Water Parks = Love, Happiness, Joy, Laughter. Me + Theme Parks = Nausea, Convulsions, Crying, Hatred.
Wild Animal Kingdom was cool to see. We got there just before it was closing, so the only thing we got to do was go on the African Safari. It was a lot like the zoo, only much, much bigger, so you don't feel like reporting animal abuse because of the tiny enclosures. The only down side is that the animals were further away and harder to see in general. It looked like there were a lot of other cool/fun things to do there, but we missed them.
The San Diego Temple is just beautiful. We went to see it on the Sunday we were there and Ashton and Kaden had a hey-day taking tons of pictures. I would love to go inside sometime and see what it's like.Finally, the beach. The beach was the beach. Sun, surf, sand, and much relaxation while lounging on towels. All of us were pretty tuckered out, so we spent most of our time sunbathing, but Ashton and Kaden enjoyed running in the waves and playing with seaweed.
One of the best parts of the whole trip was just going swimming at the hotel! We went two of the nights we were there, Once with Ashton and Kaden and once with Heidi and Devin. It was so much fun!
The weekend after we got home from San Diego was Luke and I's first anniversary. We decided to stay at home and have a nice evening together, since we had just gotten back from a fun trip. We watched our wedding videos and then read the letters we had written to one another. Now I know why my mom always cries when she gets her letter from my dad on Christmas morning. :) After that we went and got frosties from Wendy's, and watched Quest for Camelot, which ended up being a lot more for little kids than I remembered, and Luke fell asleep. Ha ha ha!Since then the summer has disappeared! Here we were at the beginning, so happy to have a break from school, and now we are just weeks from starting again! Good Grief! Some of the other fun things we have done include hiking Adam's Canyon and having a barbecue with my family for the Fourth of July, going swimming with Luke's family at Herriman's perfect little reservoir, having dinner and game nights with friends, having a barbecue with Caleb and Lauren on the 24th, trying to hike Stewart Falls but not being able to find it (which I blame entirely on the fact that we were with Heidi and Devin. Ha ha! We always get lost when the four of us are together), and so hiking to Bridal Veil Falls instead, and generally having lots of fun.
Well, that's it for the update. We have a few more fun adventures planned for August, and then the summer will be over and school will be upon us again! Luke is actually getting really excited for it. I'm starting to get somewhat excited, but my two unfinished internet courses are making it a little difficult to want five other classes to begin. Ha ha!
