We normally wait until the Monday after Thanksgiving (our FHE activity) to get out all our Christmas decorations and put them up, especially the tree. William was anxious this year to do it sooner, so we ended up decorating the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
For Thanksgiving this year, we stayed here in Shelley. We had Thanksgiving dinner with Kryssi’s family. They invited a lot of her dad’s side (some people that I didn’t even know) and so we ate at the church, since we had a group of about 50. It was a good meal, though always chaotic with that many people.
We didn’t do much else during the break. Went and saw Coco as a family on Friday, which has always been a tradition since I was younger, to go see a movie over the Thanksgiving holiday. But other then that and a little shopping, we mostly were at home, enjoying spending time with each other.
Our last full day in San Diego we went to SeaWorld. I think this was my favorite of all the places we went to. Had lots of animal exhibits, fun shows, some rides and kid play areas, so a little of everything. It was also the least crowded of the places we went, so I enjoyed that.
We decided to stay at the Legoland Hotel the night before we went to Legoland. It was a little pricey but not as bad as I thought it would be, and it meant we were literally right next to Legoland the next day (and got to go in 30 minutes early).
The hotel had legos everywhere to play with and had a castle play area in the lobby the kids loved. They have multiple shows you can participate in, which Lucas and McKinley did one of those. The kids loved the disco balls in the elevator, that would turn on and play dance music every time the elevator started. Also had a nice, kid-friendly breakfast buffet in the morning.
After going to the zoo on Tuesday, we had some more time in the day, so we went to the Mormon Battalion exhibit. It was really well done and the kids loved it.
The next day we went back to Old Town San Diego and explored some of the old building they had there. The blacksmith shop was the best, as the people there were really good at doing demonstrations.
After lunch we headed to the beach. It wasn’t super warm but it was pretty nice and the kids loved playing.
After the beach we stopped at the temple on our way to the Legoland hotel. The temple is right next to the freeway, so it’s impossible to miss. It’s a beautiful temple.
The first place we went on our vacation was the San Diego Zoo. They were offering kids free during October so it saved us a bunch of money and it was a lot of fun. Lots of walking but lots more to see than at our local zoo.
This year we decided to go to San Diego for vacation during spud harvest. We planned to go to the zoo, Legoland, Sea World and the beach, with some other things mixed in.
