San Diego Trip, Part 3

With Legoland, Sea World, and the zoo behind us, we had one more evening and almost a full day to enjoy San Diego (we didn’t fly out until 6 on Wednesday evening) . One of my favorite memories of the trip was dinner on Tuesday night. Earlier in the week while we were driving somewhere, Ben saw a sign in the window of Tony Roma’s that they have a deal on Tuesday nights where you can order 1/2 lb of ribs for $9.99. The boys LOVE ribs, so we thought this would be a fun surprise for them. Like any good family with growing boys and a pregnant mama, we order each ordered a plate with 1/2 lb of ribs, wondering if we’d ever be able to finish all the food. Would you believe that both Seth and Sam ate all of their plates by themselves? Yep. I really wish I would have brought my camera to capture the before and after of this meal. Before: a plate piled with ribs and a corn cob. After: a completely empty plate and two boys covered in barbeque sauce. Hilarious! I can only imagine when they are teenagers!

On our final morning, we all headed down to the beach by our house to play. Thankfully, it was our first clear and sunny morning. There was barely any wind and the water is SOOO much warmer than the Oregon coast! Seth and Sam had a blast playing in the water! I LOVE the joy on their faces in this picture! Seth, Sam Silly boys

We had to check out of our house by 12, and didn’t have to be at the airport until 4, so visiting the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier was the perfect way to spend our final afternoon in San Diego. We were all very fascinated and amazed by this museum and had a wonderful experience there! The boys loved looking at the jets and helicopters; but even more so, loved sitting in some of them and pretending to fly. If we would have let them, they would have spent hours pretending to be pilots in each of the aircrafts. Ben even took them on a pretty intense flight simulator and they loved that as well. If you are ever visiting San Diego with little boys, please don’t miss this museum! It was so well done, clean, and tons of friendly and helpful staff. I give it five stars. Sam

Seth Copying the manikin

The screen where I could watch them in the flight simulation Least to say, after flying in a jet for the first time in their lives, and visiting the aircraft carrier, Seth and Sam are completely obsessed with jets and flying now. It’s been so fun to hear them talk about our vacation and pretending to do various experiences we had while in San Diego. We are so thankful that we went on this vacation together!