San Diego Nov '11

Part of Abby's birthday present this year was to go with Chad and I to San Diego. It was a short trip, just 4 night, but it was fun and much warmer than Washington!

Abby and I wait for Chad to get the rental car.

Since it was Halloween the day we left, we dropped by the hotel, got Abby dressed and was off to trick-or-treating in Little Italy.

Here is princess Ariel!

Mermaids should be by water right?

We hit up lots of stores but Abby got bored and we were all hungry so we walked on over to Extraordinary Desserts (conveniently close to Little Italy) where we got some awesome food, tea, and dessert of course!

The next day we went out to dinner at Kojacks (our favorite gyro spot).  Then we took a walk on the beach. Abby was a bit disappointed that it wasn't hot but that didn't stop her from playing in the sand.

And being at Mission Beach, I had to stop by the Skechers outlet and stock up.

On Wednesday we went to the zoo.  Abby and I took a bus there, then Chad got off work early and met up with us.

The panda viewing area had changed a bit and we got quite close to this one.

the Tram!

We tease Abby with her new animal.

Actually we have like 10 of these shots with all the different "scientist" cut-outs.

After the zoo we stop by the Balboa park playground and Chad rips his shirt wide open as he jumps off a swing and catches it in the chain.

But we really wanted to go out to Oggi's for dinner so we stop by Costco and get him a new shirt first.

The next day we stop by In-n-Out (that's what a burger is all about) for some guilt-inducing yummy food. Why did they have to put the calories right on the menu?

At one point Chad asked Abby if she missed her brothers and she said "No, it hasn't been long enough yet."
I asked her one morning if she was having fun and she said "there is no one here to fight with"!