I love Harry Potter

I was able to drag Drew to Harry Potter with me. I still think he only came because he thinks Hermoine is hot :)

My first 3D movie! 

Neville Longbottom: My hero. 

Optimus Prime: my other hero.

Harry Potter: my imaginary bff

Just a couple of nerds

I can't wait to see it again!

July in San Diego

July is easily the greatest month of the year in San Diego. There are a ton of big events, too bad we haven't been able to do most of them! They will stay on my list for next year~!

-4th of July festivities
-County fair
-Sand Castle Competition in Imperial Beach
-Del Mar Horse Races
-Comic Con
-Padres games
-Coronado Concerts in the park
-Newport Landing Whale watching
-La Jolla wine tours
-America's Finest Beer festival
-Coronado Ferry Landing concerts

I can't believe how many awesome things there are to do here...seriously, is there anything cool in the midwest? :)

Good Experience

Unfortunately, a fellow med techer at work had appendicitis and had to get emergency surgery.

Fortunately, I get to work his 3 days a week for the month.

Unfortunately or Fortunately, that means I am working 6-7 days a week this month and the first 2 weeks of next month. Ugh.

I am finally starting to feel like a pro and am gaining a lot of experience going into school!!

Exciting stuff :)

Work

It's official!! I put in my notice to work today. My last day will be Friday, August 12th. That gives me a week to relax/prepare before school starts.

I am both excited and sad....it will be hard to leave all my little grandmas but I am READY for the next chapter of my life to begin!

Sooooo, I am working 6 days a week through July and probably those 2 weeks in August.


 I doubt I will have many updates in the coming days.

4th of July!

Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th! We had such a great time but sadly, our final day went by way too fast!

Morning- La Jolla 

Afternoon- Pacific Beach

Flagged down the ice cream man!

The beach was packed! Barely found a place to camp out. 

The kids had a great time digging holes with Drew :)

Night- Embarcadero  for Fireworks. 

Super cool fireworks, easily the best I've ever seen! Some of the others in our group said the same. We sat across the street from the Star of India pirate ship and were able to see 3 different sets of fireworks. It was awesome because they were all synchronized. 

After the fireworks, we ate at a place called Los Panchitos next to the hotel. The others weren't very impressed by what they ordered but my rolled tacos were AWESOME. 

It's always hard to say goodbye again and again. Especially when I don't know when I'll be home again....I am shooting for Thanksgiving! 

Planking

So apparently no one informed me about a world phenomenon called "Planking". In case you aren't in the loop like me, it is when you lie flat on your stomach and try to lie flat as a board (hence the name planking) in the strangest places you can think of. A google search provided Drew and I with a ridiculous amount of entertainment. We decided to do a couple of our own planks today.

Jenny- "Cactus Plank"

Drew- "Rose Plank"

Mom's birthday trip: Day 4

Today was definitely my favorite day of festivities so far!

We started off the day at Balboa Park. I knew Mom would love it because it has so many gardens!

Nice picture of Mom in the Rose Garden. 

Peppermint Rose?

We spent most of the day at SEA WORLD.  I loved Sea World, I think it is the bee's knees. We saw some great shows and the animals were so cool.

Shamu show. "One Ocean" Life changing-would watch it everyday if I could. Seriously, like super cool. I think I liked it more than the kiddies.

New exhibit. "Turtle Reef" Super cool had Nemo and Dori fish too.

Beluga whale. 

Nice sunset/night pic of the Palm trees.

Sea Lions at night intro. Hilarious, this is supposed to be a guy dancing to Katy Perry's "California Girls".

Doing sweet tricks.

Sky Tower at night.

Penguinos!

Super cool Sea Lion. Would talk to us and wave his fin to give him more fish. Then, he would catch one in his mouth and juggle it. 

Loving the Shamu show. 

Mom's birthday trip: Day 3

Today, was a LONG but very fun day!

We started out at Legoland. It was so cool, both the kids and adults really enjoyed it. 

My life is complete. Lego Harry Potter.

Kid at heart. 

Edward Cullen's car made of legos. 

4 year old on the road....watch out!

In. Heaven. 

Mini-Vegas. So cool!

MiniLand- New York

Star Wars Land...pretty cool, even though I had no idea what any of it meant. Drew loved it. Strange right?

Lego-ed out.

Next, we pushed past the exhaustion and 90 degree weather and headed over to the Wild Animal Park in Escondido.

It was a unique kind of zoo experience and was really fun too but we decided that we enjoyed the ZOO yesterday better.

Baby Elephant- so cute!!

Baby Gorilla! Even cuter!

I thought all flamingos were pink? Apparently, there are white ones too!