Me + 3 in S.D.

Last weekend I was adventurous and drove down to San Diego...just me and the girls. I gotta say that aside from my flat tire in Los Angeles on the way down, it all went very smoothly (and even the situation with the flat went pretty smoothly.) My little girls were such troopers...they were a joy to be with and I truly had so much fun on this mini vacation with them.
Our main purpose for going was to be at my niece Julia's baptism. Ever since finding out about it, Grace kept asking me if we could go be there for her cousin's special day. I knew that Aaron was scheduled for a REO conference that weekend, but the more I thought about it...I decided: "Why not?! I can do this!" When I told Aaron what I wanted to do I had his full support, and he even encouraged me to stay a little longer and make a little vacation out of it since I'd just be at home alone with them anyway. So, we did it and I am so glad we did! We drove down Friday afternoon, arriving very late that night. During our extended weekend we spent some time at the beach with cousins, attended the baptism, went to Julia's birthday party, went to church with and visited some more with family, and went to the San Diego Zoo (the four of us...me+girls). I also got to go out to dinner with my dear friend Charlotte and her husband Brady while the kids played at Angela's one of the nights. We headed home Tuesday morning on a newly patched tire (thanks to my wonderful father-in-law for taking it to get fixed once I arrived in San Diego on my temporary spare!) The girls kept Daphne entertained with "peek-a-boo" and the like, while we listened to Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm (book on CD) as I drove. I feel so blessed that it all went so well.

Daphne loved the beach! She giggled when I put her toes in the ocean and tried to eat a fist-full of sand upon sitting her down!

Grace with Julia and some other cousins on the baptism day.

The girls thought it was exciting to stay in a hotel. Here they are enjoying some early morning snuggles with Daphne.

Eve putting on a puppet show with her cousin Dallin.

They thought the monkeys were a crack-up.

This free-roaming peacock made them both a little nervous, but I made them pose for this picture anyway!

Daphne was a pure delight on this trip. She took her naps on the go, adapted to the change of scenery, and observed politely all of the interesting happenings over our four day adventure.