~San Diego!!!~

I am dying to post pictures from our San Diego trip! Unfortunately, I can't do that yet! I took most of the pictures while we were there (Becca's camera died, and I've always been the picture taker anyway!) and I've promised her that I won't post any pictures online until she gets to look at them! Which is fair and I understand, but it's killing me already! So I'll post about the trip and then add pictures in later when Her Majesty! (j/k Bec) has looked at them. So I had made plans orginally to go to Vegas for 3 days right before school started I was excited about going, but let's face it I've been to Vegas lots of times! So Wed. Becca called me and told me she was planning on taking the boys to San Diego and that Jeremy wasn't going to be able to go with them. She never asked me to cancel my plans, but I really wanted to go! So I had a hard decision our Vegas plans were all set and everything. To make a long story kind of short I decided at about 10 that night that I wanted to go to San Diego instead, which I know now was totally the right decision! I hadn't been there since I was about 5 and really wanted to do something that was new before school started. Sooo we packed up and left at 7 the next morning. Becca hadn't told her boys where we were going just that they were going to have a "fun day" so it was so cute to see their faces when she told them they were going to be going to Seaworld and the Beach. I kinda blew it and Caleb heard me talking on the phone before they were suppose to know! (oops!) We got there around 2 California time and headed straight for the beach. It was awesome! I don't remember going when I was younger, so it was like the first time for me. It was so fun to just play in the water and jump into the waves. Becca went back to the truck for something and while she was gone Cooper and Caleb buried me in the sand. I had my eyes closed and couldn't see exactly how they were burying me. I have a picture, but I'm not sure it will be an "approved" one that I can post! After hanging out at the beach for awhile we went to a place called Belmont Park right by the beach. It had a lot of fun rides and stuff to do for the kids. I think Caleb went on every single ride. No fear for that kid! It was so fun to just see them run from one ride to the other and sometimes getting off and getting right back on the same ride. I have to admit the rides were fun they had some bumper car things that I more than enjoyed bumping into Bec with. We stayed there until after dark. On the roller coaster they had there when you got to the top it was perfect view of the ocean at sunset it was so pretty! The hotel was right by Seaworld and the Beach (perfect location!) we headed back and pretty much all crashed. The next day was Seaworld of course! We got there a little before it opened and stayed all day until it closed! We saw every show and went on every ride there. Becca and I are so much alike and like to have everything organized and thought out so we made good traveling partners. She was able to look at the schedule and plan it out to make sure we could see everything. The boys were such troopers keeping up with everything and just going with the flow. By the time we headed back to the hotel that night everyone was ready for bed! On Saturday we got up again and went to the beach. We couldn't leave without going one more time. Caleb noticed that there were a lot of people boogie boarding with the same board and figured we must be able to rent them somewhere. Well..he was right so Becca rented a boogie board mostly for Caleb and I. Him and I had the best time out there trying to "jump" and "ride" the waves. Caleb was my "buddy" for the trip. Becca wanted to make sure the kids stuck by one of us at all times since we were in so many places that were so crowded. He was so cute with me and stuck by my side and held my hand. He is such a cute kid and it was so fun to get to spend some real time with all 3 of her boys and get to know them better. Becca has told the boys that her and I aren't DNA sisters, but we are as close as sisters and think that we must have been seperated at birth so I get to be their "Aunt T" which I love because they are such cuties! Before we knew it, it was 4 our time and we had a 6 hour drive ahead of us, so we packed up and headed back to good ol' St. George! On the way back we stopped to eat and Becca went in to get something and asked me to watch the kids. Well....most everyone reading this knows that I'm not always good at being the authority figure so I was watching the kids in the sense of making sure they weren't getting hurt but I didn't know she was watching us out the window and in her words (I hope I get this right!) "I look out the window and Cooper is throwing french fries at you, Caleb is messing with the umberella standing on the table, and Jayden is dancing around throwing french fries at the garbage can!" What can I say :) The drive didn't see long at all, either way. When we were almost home I told her I couldn't believe that we had talked for almost 12 hours and never ran out of things to talk about. With the expection of the time we stopped Bec went in with Jayden to go the bathroom, so Cooper and Caleb wanted me to act like I was asleep when she came back. Of course she didn't buy it. I was burying my face in the pillow trying not to laugh while she sat there talking to me like I was totally awake until I couldn't hold it in anymore. I think I lasted all of about 2 minutes faking sleep. I guess actually can believe we talked that long in her words, "We were actually able to finish a conversation!" Both of our lives get so crazy that we very rarely have time to just talk, so that was actually one of the best parts of the trip. It never ceases to amaze me how alike we are in so many ways, and how I can really talk to her about anything. One of the many reasons I call her my Bestie!! Pictures coming soon, and they are some great ones :)