family dinner + shopping

on monday night my in-laws took all us married kids to station park for dinner and some christmas shopping. the food was really good and the best part was santa. 

guys, i was totally smitten. he was the cutest most adorable santa i've ever seen. 

if you need to see santa go to station park. he is worth the drive!

taking baby grange to see him next year :) 

thanks for a good night fam and a new tradition! 

babymoon: sea world!

on the last day of the babymoon at san diego we went to sea world. 

it was a blast! i had never been there and brandon went when he was really little so he didn't remember much. it was really cool. in the next life i would like my job to be a dolphin trainer. 

honestly. sign me up. it was really neat to see all the animals do tricks. it blew my mind away that they could teach a huge whale to do those things and same with a tiny otter. i was so impressed! 

^^waiting in line for the first whale show!^^

^^people are crazy. sitting in the splash zone. no thank you!^^

^^the only ride i could go on was the one that carried us across and back. it was beautiful!^^

^^goodbye to seeing my feet! ha ha^^

^^how impressive right?! brandon loved the sea lion shows!^^

^^this is the moment were i was WHAAASAHSJSJT. HOW COOL!^^

^^friends. if you're ever at disneyland or sea world get one of these. yes it might cost like $7 dollars but its so totally worth it. they're amazing. if i could i would have one once a week!^^

sea world you're rad and so much fun. 

that's all for the babymoon pictures! 

thanks for taking me hubby and surprising me. really it was the sweetest thing. 

I LOVE YOU. 

babymoon: sunday in san diego!

on sunday we decided to keep it low key because it was sunday and we were a little worn out from all the walking around at the zoo. we decided to go visit the san diego temple. both of us have never been there before so we decided to go see it. my goodness it was a trip. from our hotel to the temple was about 20 minutes it took us a total of 6 hours there and back. we had to take buses and taxis but on this day we took a buss and it took 34535 years it felt like to get somewhat close to the temple. i was starting to get annoyed so we got off the bus and walked a few miles to the temple. alrighty, tip one. never do that when pregnant. i thought i was going to die. no joke. we finally got there and it was beautiful just like all the pictures. after that we left and journeyed back to the hotel. ate lunch and rested and went to seaport village that night and to yummy dinner afterward. 

here are some photos of the day. 

^^before i forget the night we got back from the zoo we order cheese cake factory and after got ice cream and enjoyed a night in the hotel. it was a lot of fun and very relaxing after a long day!^^

^^23 week baby bump back then!^^

^^finally made it!^^

^^finally on our way back!^^

^^this night was perfect. the weather was just right and it made up for such a long day!^^

^^we rode one of these awesome bike things to dinner. it was a lot of fun!^^

blurry but good. 

after a long day looking back it was a really great day. 

babymoons are much needed for everyone i think. 

xoxo

babymoon: san diego zoo!

we went on a little babymoon to san diego! it was so fun and i've never been to S.D. 

the first day we decided to go to the zoo. oh my goodness it was HUGE. if you wanna see a huge zoo that feels like it goes for miles and miles then this is your place. it was so fun to see all the animals. some i've never seen before which was neat. the weather was perfect that day. it was such a treat. 

^^alrighty i'm not sure what these are called but they're off lion king and my goodness we spent 10 minutes watching these little things. they dug so fast and would sit up tall and just look at us. 

we kinda loved them.^^

^^hahahahhahahaha^^

^^when we got to the polar bears there was 2 of them and everyone was over to the glass watching one and brandon and i decided to stay put and watch from aside and the other polar bear that was in the back that no one could really see all of a sudden gets up and comes into the water and comes right up to the glass where we were. it was so cool. 

it stayed right by us and that thing was HUGE^^

^^was so happy about seeing flamingos! i never have before!^^

^^next was the hippos! he was totally passed out against the glass. ha ha just sleeping away. i look so tiny compared to that hippo! he was one big guy.^^

^^my favorite thing was these monkeys. they were so involved with us. this little guy stayed right up against the fence and smiled for us. he put on a show. we stayed around and watched these monkeys for 20 minutes. they were so cute! 

^^for lunch we had hamburgers and fries which were sooo good.^^

^^i've always loved giraffes!^^

^^the only line for any animal was the panda bear and it was only about 5 minutes which wasn't bad. ps. look at that bump!^^

^^at the end of the day we rode across on the skyline!^^

thanks for a good time san diego zoo!