Matt and I went to San Diego at the end of September. My parents came to watch the boys and we headed there on a Friday after work. I came home Monday morning and Matt stayed for a work conference and came home on Wednesday. He was going because of his work conference so we just went a little early and hung out in San Diego for the weekend. The weather was beautiful, upper 70's and sunny!! We had a lot of fun and of course the boys loved staying with Grandma and Papa :)
Saturday morning we got up, walked to breakfast and then went paddle boarding. Matt has always wanted to paddle board, so he was in heaven. It was fun, but I cut my toe right at the beginning and it hurt to stand on my foot so it was a little harder for me. Matt didn't understand why it wasn't as easy for me until he saw my toe afterwards. I'm glad we did it though and now we know we can!!
We went paddle boarding at Coronado Island and Matt went all the way to the bridge. Here is a pic of the bridge going to the island.
Here is another view from where I was…it was fun to watch all the planes come in so low and land.
After paddle boarding, we headed to the Naval Base. We went in some helicopters and Matt also got in a hummer.
Next stop….the beach at Coronado Island. We had gone here the last time we went to San Diego and it is gorgeous. We spent the afternoon just laying on the beach and enjoying the weather.
Right before we left, a jet made a heart in the sky.
And then another one...
We went to a sushi restaurant Saturday night and then got dessert downtown by our hotel. Sunday morning we got up and walked to another breakfast place and then we went on a kayaking tour at La Jolla. We are glad we went with a group because we saw a lot of fun stuff and learned a lot of interesting facts as well. We kayaked over leopard sharks, saw a lot of orange fish (Ghirabaldi), went into a cave and saw a ton of sea lions. It was a lot of fun! Here are some pics from our adventure:
After kayaking, we headed to Torrey Pines Golf Course. Matt really wanted to go here and it was gorgeous. It would be hard to focus during a golf match. Here are a few pics from the golf course.
Look at that view...
We went to a couple other beaches that day and then went to Sunset Cliffs to watch the sun set before dinner that night. It was so pretty. It looks like we are right on the beach, but we were actually high up on a cliff, overlooking the water. It amazed us how quickly the sun actually went down.
After that, we went to a seafood place for dinner, downtown again for dessert and back to the hotel. I left at 5am the next morning for my flight. The next two nights Matt tried different places for dinner and also went to a Padres baseball game. Here he is at the stadium:
The ballpark has sand in Center Field!!
We had a great trip to San Diego and hope to go back again. A big thank you to my parents for coming out and helping us and taking such good care of the boys. Thanks for also staying with me until Matt got home!! We really appreciate it! :)
