California - San Diego Zoo & Sea World

This was a first for us to go the the San Diego Zoo.  That place is huge!!  We were there for 8 hours and we didn't even see everything. We saw a lot, but not all of it.  Crazy!  It was really cool and the kids loved it.

You can go inside the aviaries with the birds.  While in there Payton decided to chase one of them (because it is so much fun!), but we quickly put an end to that.  Notice the size and beak on that bird?!?  Hello, not a good idea to chase him!!

One of the main attractions for the kids was the cute chimps!  There was a cute baby chimp and some other young ones in the mix.  They were so much fun to watch and see how they interact with each other, especially their mom.

The elephants were really cool to see too.  One of them even posed with Payton with under its foot!  He and Emma both thought it was really cool!  

Another day, off to Sea World we got to see Shamu (of course!) and many other attractions.  Emma & Payton really like watching the whales jumping and splashing around.

Sesame Street's Bay of Play was a lot of fun (for Megan & Marcus too)!  They had some fun rides that Payton loved and a really cool rope course that all three of us could go on.

The penguins were a hit attraction for all of us.  They are so cute and so much fun to watch.  Emma loved the cute stuffed penguins at the gift shop that Grandma couldn't resist buying one for her. Lucky!

The Christmas decorations were fun to see while there.  It helped remind us that Christmas was coming even though there wasn't any snow (but it was still pretty dang cold!). 

Also, while we were in San Diego we ate at one of the best BBQ places ever.  We would highly recommend it!  It is called Phil's BBQ, if you are ever around there, you should stop and eat!