California, Here We Come

Last week, Matt and I enjoyed a quick getaway to San Diego, CA. He had a conference to attend, and I was just along for the ride! Fortunately, most of his meetings were in the a.m. which left me just enough alone/downtime (EVERY momma's dream, right!?!) while also giving us plenty of time together to enjoy the city!

All vacations begin with a good book, and this one sure fit the bill! Have you read it yet? If you haven't, what are you waiting for!?!? It's the happy, fun-loving kind of read I've been searching for! I read it on the plane, in the room, by the pool, and successfully finished it up in less than three days. Consider this my stamp of approval!


Next on the list for any good vacation...good food! We found lots of it. Our favorite was Rama Thai. We haven't had Thai food since moving back to Mobile, and this version was as fresh and yummy as I've ever had it! We also hit up Nicky Rottens for a very large delicious burger and Lou & Mickey's on our last night for a steak dinner. Quite honestly, we could have been served cardboard, and we still would have been excited about the opportunity to eat adult food sans the kiddos!

We didn't venture beyond the Gaslamp Quarter simply because it was a convenient walk from the hotel. If we'd had a car, I would have liked to have tried the Captain Crunch pancakes at Cafe on Park or any of the pizzas at Alexander's on 30th. We'll save these for our next visit!!

Which leads me to my San Diego sales pitch...I really think this would be a great vacation spot for families with kids. Maybe not very small kids (if your like me, I'm not ready to fly cross country with two five year olds and a baby), but 5 years and up....perfect!!!

There's the San Diego Zoo, Legoland, and SeaWorld just to name a few. I look forward to taking our little crew back one day!

Matt and I took advantage of some of the local "to do's" by touring the USS Midway located in downtown San Diego just minutes from our hotel. Here we are on the deck...

Matt in the cockpit...

Me in the brig:)
Our hotel, Manchester Grand Hyatt, is located in the back right of this photo...

The next day, we took a cab to the famous San Diego Zoo. It did not disappoint!

Here are some of our favorite animals...





My absolute favorite...I could have just snuggled right up with these koala bears. They were so.cute. all cuddled up in the trees like that! Who knew we had a thing for bears? Just realized they make up more than half of these pictures!


Thank you Nana and Papa and Tula and Pops for keeping our little ones so Matt and I could get away. We had a fabulous time, and we couldn't have done it without your help!!!