spring break part 2

Tuesday was intended to be more of a relaxed day between two busy days.  We woke up when we woke up, which was early again thanks to jetlag, and had breakfast at the hotel. We drove up into the western coastal Santa Ana Mountains and spent the remainder of the morning at Casper Wilderness Park.  We were notified at the park entrance that there had been a few recent mountain lion sightings!  I was a bit skittish about going on the trails, so we explored just enough to check out some cactus and get a good view of the mountians, then spent some time at the playground.

 

 

For lunch, we went to Fisherman's Restaurant on The Pier at San Clemente.  The fish and chips were good but the view was phenomenal.

 

After lunch, we walked down the pier and watched the surfers.

 

Then it was time to get a closer look at the ocean!

 

 



 

There was a high surf advisory, so we went back to the hotel to swim.  After dinner at the hotel and ice cream on the harbor, we called it a night.  Wednesday was going to be a big day!



spring break part 1

Looks like I need to take some pictures of the made-over master bedroom.  I did get it done the day before I added another school to my work week.  I'm now working four days a week at three schools, but I took the extra school as a special project to earn a little extra cash to go on a spring break trip.  Our destination was California.  Bryan travels there for work once or twice a month, so we made it a leisure/business trip. 

 

If you don't count Reggie's flight at 3 weeks old, this was the kids' first airplane ride.  They were so excited, and it was a lot of fun for them.  We arrived late Sunday night.  Pacific Time Zone meant we were up and ready to go around 4:30am Monday morning.

 It was a nice surprise to have a foggy view of the ocean from our hotel room's balcony.

 The kids were less impressed with the view and ready to get to Legoland!

 

 

We should have predicted that Emmet would open up the park to the tune of "Everything is Awesome".

 

 

We took a little cruise and saw both the Eiffel Tower and Mt Rushmore in less than 10 minutes.

 

 

 

We watched the Lego Friends Show and then got to meet them "in real life"!

 Brett is really excited about the Lego Ninjago Ride coming in May.  (We won't be there.)

 

I tried to get a date with this guy, but he was disinterested.

 

 

 

We built race cars and raced them.  Brett's won!

 





 

 

We met a few more friends from The Lego Movie and watched The Lego Movie A New Adventure in 4D.  If you are wondering what the forth dimension is, it is wind and rain!

 

Legoland was a really fun park perfect for kids 6-8 years.  We did do some waiting in line, but the crowd was manageable. The park was open 9-7, we were there the full time, and did not get through the whole park.  After, we went out for pizza at a place Bryan's coworker recommended and checked in to a different hotel in San Juan Capistrano. 

 

to be continued...