California 2014 - San Diego Part 1!

We spent four amazing days in beautiful San Diego!

The drive down from Anaheim Friday evening was easy and so pretty.  We checked in around 9:30 and crashed!  We spent our first day at Mission Beach and had lunch off the boardwalk in Belmont Park.  We were all ready for a few relaxing days at the beach.  We took a beach tent and bought the kids these body boards at a shop on the boardwalk.  We played in the waves, built sand castles, went shell hunting, and did some reading each day on the beach.

Late afternoon, after lunch we packed up, made a coffee run and drove San Diego while the kids napped in the car.  We drove  through Balboa Park, the seaport and then over the Coronado Bridge to find a good spot for the next day.

We walked Seaport Village that evening....

Then we grabbed panera bread sandwiches to take back to Coronado.  We ate dinner on the beach and watched the sunset.  This was our very favorite night.  Coronado is so beautiful and it was so peaceful in the evenings.  Ava found the best shells there and Keegan chased the birds and waves.

Ava jumped up here and yelled "surfs up!' then asked me to take a picture to blog it.  Ha!  

And of course little brother had to do it too..

My sillies on Coronado Beach.....

The perfect end to our first day!

California 2014 - Part 2

We snapped a few family pics in front of the castle Thursday night then headed for Cars Land in Disney Adventure Park.

This was Keegan's night!  We walked Radiator Springs and saw Lightning McQueen and Red and rode Luigi's Tires and Mater's Tractors.  

Ka-Chow!

We stayed for the World of Color show that projected movie clips with music onto water using lasers, fountains and the occasional fire.  It was really amazing.  Ava said it was her very favorite thing besides meeting Elsa and Anna.  We didn't fast pass it so we were standing in the back of the park with a not-so-great view.  Five minutes into the show an employee came and grabbed us and a couple of other families and took us to VIP seating by the water.  We were so excited.

We headed back to the hotel after the show and slept in the next morning!  

We got to Disney Adventure the next morning around 10:30.  We saw a Disney Jr. show, Aladdin in the theatre, rode Ariel's Under the Sea ride and a Toy Story ride and saw lots of characters.

We ended the day with the Pixar Parade.  The kids loved seeing their favorite characters come through dancing and waving.  

It was the perfect end to our Disney trip!  We grabbed another much needed coffee and then took off  to San Diego!  That post coming next :-)