Adventures in California!

We found out that someone we knew was getting baptized and joining the church. We had known it was going to happen eventually and had talked about going and supporting him, but we didn't realize it would happen so soon! Luckily for us we had just received our tax return money so we knew we could do it. Why did we need money though? Well because he lives in CALIFORNIA! Why not make a vacation out of it, right? The baptism was one of the first things we did when we pulled into beautiful, sunny, CA on a friday afternoon. Things went great and I thought the speakers did a really good job. Things weren't going to stay so sunny and great. A storm began to blow in the very next day. We decided to brave the rain and drive into San Diego from Steve's (the newly baptized friend) house in the mountain area about 40 minutes away. We wanted to see the ocean. A first for our kids.

It was cold, a little windy, and rainy. And although Brody found the ocean pretty cool, it wasn't exactly a picture perfect day by any means. Ry wasn't very happy about most of it. We even visited some tide pools and got to see some sea urchins and little crabs. Brody loved looking, but wouldn't touch.

I think we spent maybe an hour out until the fog and rain really started to come in, and we decided to find "dry ground." We ate in Old Town San Diego and found a museum up the road that was all about the Mormon battalion. It was a pretty cool (and free, rare around these parts) little museum to visit.

We finished the day at the movies and then dinner. We were just crossing our fingers and hoping for better weather. I mean when in California.....disneyland, sea world, beach, zoo, all outdoor-sy things!