Wild Animal Park

Our girls are huge fans of the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park.

The other day we decided to head up to the Wild Animal Park and let the girls lead us around.

They have lived these little caves and nests sine they were tiny.

The new tiger exhibit was amazing and we enjoyed that whole section.

Each of the girls got a foot massage.

Alyssa, Allison and Mom.

There are so many fun little places for the kids to explore.

It was a beautiful day.

You can't go without riding the tram!

We were able to get so many wonderful pictures of the tigers. This was Madelynn's favorite. 

Zoo Day

Alyssa and Allison have two independent study days every quarter and today we decided to venture out to the zoo.

They really enjoyed this quality time.

Their favorite part, the Skyfari. 

We stopped by the play area.

A quick lunch on our way to see the polar bears. 

After the polar bears.

On our long hike to the bottom of the zoo, these belts are always fun.

This little lady had school pictures today!!

Disney on Ice: Dare to Dream

In January, we took the girls to see Disney on Ice: Dare to Dream.

 

Here are all four girls before the show.

Alyssa, Madelynn, K, Allison

 

K and her mommy, Sarah.

Our little family.

Remember when I said that Alyssa likes anything with equal parts nurturing and authority?

This was her reaction when K chose to hold Madelyn's hand and not hers.

Johnathon's mom was able to be in town for the show.

My beautiful little ladies waiting for the show to begin.

Oh, Madelynn.

 

Typical.

 

It was a terrific show and we will definitely be going again should they come back to San Diego.

 

Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Donald started the show and introduced each of the acts.

 

Princess and the Frog was first.

 

Followed by Cinderella.

 

Tangled was last and my personal favorite.

 

She twirled around on her 'hair' and it was by far the most fun to watch. 

I was pleasantly surprised with the finale when all of the Disney princesses (and their princes) came out in coordinating cream colored dresses.

It was such a wonderful time and the girls are still talking about it.

 

xoxo

Where oh where...

It's no new information when I say that we are a military family {US Navy to be exact} and we live in sunny San Diego, California. That's not a big deal to most of you, but when you come from a small town in central Illinois...it IS! For obvious reasons, most of our family has never been out to visit us in the 4 years that we have lived here {5 for Johnathon}.

I thought it would be fun to show them a little of where we live.

So....here ya go.

Clearly we live in military housing. It's a very nice subdivision and we are very lucky. However, all of the houses look exactly alike {which is why the twins are always trying to open someone else's front door} and even though we each have our own 2 car garage, the houses are set up in a townhouse style. We were lucky enough to get an end unit and have extra windows!! :)

Here is our view from our front 'yard'.
I say 'yard' because it is literally a few square feet!

The building to the right is our district office and the buildings to the left are historical houses...also military housing.This is would be our mailbox! It's set up a little like an apartment complex would be. Most everyone's mailbox is within walking distance from their house...except ours! It is at least a block away. For those of you will children, you will understand what I mean when I say that it is too far to walk without your children and it is too close to be worth loading them all up in the stroller.
*sigh*

Oh, and Joey, this would be why we are ALWAYS losing our mail key...so inconvenient

This is just a shot of our street. You can't actually see our house from this view, but you get the idea.

We are within walking distance to a small lake {it's literally in our back yard...but fenced in, of course}.

It has a neat little trail around it, a few jungle gym areas for the kids and thousands of squirrels. THOUSANDS!

*It reminds me of Weldon Springs...but a lot smaller!

I wasn't comfortable putting a photo of my actual house on here, so I was a little sneaky.

Do you see the small window that he arrow is pointing to?

Yep! We live back there!

There are literally speed bumps every few yards. It is a relief to know that people have to drive slow, but I tell you what!! Those speed bumps were NOT fun when I was pregnant with the twins! Even if I didn't have to go pee, my bladder was shot after a few of those puppies!

And just for fun I had to throw in a picture of a palm tree. This is one from in front of our district office. I know I am short, but this baby is TALL!

It wasn't anything too crazy, but I hope you all enjoyed this small glimpse into my life.

{Joey, this was mainly for you!}

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