Friends came to visit!

On Thursday evening Melissa and Vince arrived from Arizona.  Peter and Melissa were college buddies.  Melissa had a librarian's conference to go to in Anaheim and since we're only 1 1/2 hours away they decided to stop and visit with us a little and see San Diego.  On Friday we toured the USS Midway.  Vince really wanted to see the airplanes.  He was like a kid in a candy store...so excited.

 This glassed in area made you feel somewhat uneasy.  Step on and look straight down to the inside of the boat.  Connor was more interested in the chain.

 A big plane

Next we went to the World Famous San Diego Zoo.  Peter kept telling Melissa and Vince that our Zoo was world famous.  Then on the bus ride around the park, the driver said something along the lines of welcome to the world famous San Diego Zoo.  We thought it was funny.

 Look at all those happy critters

The Polar bears were out having a bit of fun.

 There's a baby giraffe on the right sitting down.

 Mama and baby Jaguar

Above-Melissa and Vince on the Skyfari, below Connor and Daddy on the Skyfari.

We left the park totally exhausted, grabbed dinner and then Melissa and Vince left for Anaheim.

On Saturday we ran errands and then went to Sea World for a couple of hours.  Connor made friends with a seal.

Connor loved Elmo's Bay of Play area.  It was roughly 8pm and Connor was having a blast playing in the water.

Saturday evening Melissa and Vince came back.  Sunday morning we went to church and then headed home to put on comfy clothes and then headed out for a little more sight seeing.  We stopped and walked along the temple grounds.

Then we went to La Jolla Shores to see the seals at the children's pool and were shocked to find people playing at the children's pool and no seals!  The seals were further out lounging on a rock or many were swimming in the water with the scuba divers.  I've never seen the seals get that close to people before.  After the seals we went to Mount Soledad to see the war memorial and the really nice view.  Then we went home and Melissa and Vince left for their 6 hour journey home.

Later Sunday evening we went to Alex's homecoming party at the Leavitt's.  Connor enjoyed playing with Landon.

Here are some fun videos we took.  The first one is the dolphin show at Sea World.  All the high pitched screams are Connor.  He thought it was just wonderful when the dolphins jumped out of the water.  The second video is Connor playing in the water.  The third is Connor showing us how he jumps while we're at the temple.