We left home in the beginning of August. Normally, we would be leaving 110 degree weather, but to our surprise. It was a cool 70 degrees with rain drops sprinkling down on us. Really SacTown? The week we leave?
The skies continued to be bear beautiful sights most of the way there:
The smell through Colinga...Not so much!
The drive was pretty long...so we passed the time with different electronic devices. The kids had iPads/iPods and me and my camera
Our plan was to find a hotel close to Six Flags Magic Mountain, but to our disappointment, there was NOTHING for 45 miles around it! 1am and no place to stay...we had to keep driving. We finally found a place that had one room left. 2am and everyone was tired. We decided that the hotel was centrally located and stayed there the entire vacation. It was a pretty cool chain hotel. It was in an old factory type place. Kind of interesting:
The next day we went to Magic Mountain.
It was seriously 110 degrees outside. The park is full of shade, but after the long drive the day before and the heat, I was just super exhausted and really didn't want to be there. The lines were way too long. We spent like 2 hours in line for a water ride. I was wet the rest of the night. Patrick took the girls on a ride called Ninja. It was a serious roller coaster. Carly went. She said it was so scary but so fun. Ethan didn't want to go so we just waited for the others to ride their ride. We explored a little bit around the park but for the most part, we made funny faces:
As the weather cooled and lines grew shorter, we enjoyed the park a little more...especially the roller coaster the kids went on 15 times in a row until the park closed
The next day we headed the other way down to San Diego area and met up with some friends who we met a few years ago. Malia got to hang out with her old BFF at LegoLand. She had a major blast and so did everyone else...Especially Ethan!
The park was amazing! I wonder how many total legos are in the park. I know That this Albert Einstein head had over 1 million legos in it
There were a lot of cool lego displays. Pictures never do the real thing justice, but it's better than nothing
Ethan's favorite part was all the Star Wars stuff they had. He was able to tell us all the names of the ships, the characters, and places of Star Wars. He truly is a Star Wars fan! Patrick actually took Ethan off on their own while us girls explored the rest of the park. They spent a huge amount of time in a big creation room where they were able to build lego cars and race them. Ethan was in Lego Heaven and us girls had fun too. I actually went on a roller coaster and did not...I repeat DID NOT get sick! That was a first!
Towards the end of the day, the lines for the water rides grew short. In fact, the girls didn't even get off of one of the rides for like 6-7 times in a row. They were sopping wet! Seriously Sopping...and it was kinda cold out!
The end of LegoLand came and we had to say goodbye to our friends Elora and Dee Dee but not without buying a new BFF necklace for the girls to have to remember their special time spent together.
The next day we got up early and took the kids down to the pool at the hotel. They had been begging and begging to swim, so we let them for an hour or so. Then we packed up our stuff and started the long trek home. We got home 2 days earlier than originally planned which made for a nice couple of days to just relax and chill before the kids went back to school...yes, school...already! I will say that this family trip was definitely one of our better ones. Probably because of all the electronic devices and the fact we didn't have a colicky baby this time around...We actually all got along...for the most part anyway.
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