Monday, March 21, 2011

Spring Break 2011

Well this past week was my Spring Break and it was so nice to have a break from school and be home with people who I love and have missed! The first weekend was a mix of family and friends, my niece Ava turned 6 so I went to her birthday party on Saturday after taking her older brother Morgan to his karate belt testing! Then Monday and Tuesday I made "me" days I got a facial, a massage, a pedicure and got my hair done! It was so nice and relaxing! Wednesday my sisters and I along with my sister Krista her 3 kids and her friend Adrian with her 2 girls headed to San Diego! It took us forever to get there because we had to keep stopping for potty breaks and food breaks, we finally got there around 3 and headed to the beach! The water was still freezing but it was so nice to be on the beach and not stuck in the snowy mountains! That night we met up with my brother Danny who has just moved to San Diego and we got to see his new crib! I didn't take any pictures of it but I should have, it literally looked and felt like a tree house to me at the top of hill overlooking the city! The next day was Sea World all day! Which I realized I didn't take very many pictures there but I have been there a million times! Danny's fiance Megan was able to join us, Danny unfortunately had to work. All the shows were great as usual and the kids just loved it! The dolphin show was a little artsy and focused a little too much on the acrobatic people instead of the dolphins and the shamu show is still impressive but the trainers no longer get in the water with the animals. Friday we went to the San Diego Zoo and I haven't been here since I was really little, I had forgotten how big the zoo was! It's huge! All the animals exhibits are really well designed and crafted and the animals are so much closer and active than they are at the Phoenix Zoo. Saturday we came home and I had to turn around and come back to Flagstaff this morning, and it's snowing and has been all day and makes me want to move to San Diego where the beach is! So the pictures might be a little animal overload but I was just so impressed with the zoo!


Adrian and Krista's girls on the beach
Everyone near the shore but me!
Polar Bears at Sea World

Cute cute Koala bears
Gorgeous Giraffes
These two are brothers, how sweet is that?
This bear was just chilling in his tree
Pandas! There was a long line just to look at these guys!
Mama and her baby! She kept shoving the baby off her! It was awesome!

Jaguar! He was beautiful!
Weirdest looking Camel ever!

It was a great week and I wish I had another week to recover from my vacation! There were many more cool animals at this zoo, so if you are ever in San Diego definitely stop by the zoo!