San Diego Fun Begins!

83% of the McCurdys arrived safe and sound in San Diego yesterday. After a quick snack, the kids jumped in the pool.... for 3 hours!! We were able to keep everyone awake until 8:30 (11:30 our time!) and everyone slept until 6am! I think that is a McCurdy family 1st morning record. We are usually up around 4:30!!

Today we went to Sea World.... nothing like hitting the ground running! I took the kids early and we stayed until 1p. We don't want to burn out, we'll be back at least 6 times! Spent the afternoon in the pool.... again!

Hopefully I can keep up my blogging. Please feel free to email me gentle reminders if I fall behind! (Mimi, I said GENTLE reminders!!)

Here are some pictures from today..

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Summer 2008

We started our summer fun at home this year. Dad took a few days off work and we had a blast. We visited the fountain at The Atlanta Botanical Gardens and the fountain at Centennial Olympic park on the same day! Wednesday we hit Stone Mountain for a hot and steamy day. Today, Emma, Finn and Maggie did a triathlon in Peachtree City. They were awesome!!!
Check it out!!
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Fun with Uncle PG!

We took Uncle PG on a hike at Torrey Pines State Park. We strolled 1.2 miles down to the beach... and then had to hike back up! It was a beautiful day. There were some men fishing down at the beach and one of them caught a baby shark. He threw it back in!

We went to the Zoo late in the afternoon. We took the bus tour and saw the special night show. Finn was handpicked out of the audience to help the clown warm up the crowd. He had to do all the dances that she did. He was awesome! He was picked for the same thing 2 years ago. It is now his goal to be picked every year!

Legoland!

Dad's brother PG flew down from San Francisco to visit us in San Diego -- and first order of business was a trip to Legoland!










Maggie and Owen had a blast getting their driver's licenses.



Uncle PG, Emma and Finn tried their best to keep the pizza lunch at bay while spinning on the Bioncle.



The hit of the day in the hot sunshine was the Pirate Shores area -- everything devoted to getting wet - including the Splash Battle -- where the fun was firing water at other boats, and even people watching from outside!

Emma is 10!

The first day of Emma's 10th year started with a 6:55am pajama swim! And a big stack of pancakes for breakfast. We went to Sea World in the morning. We pet some sting rays and fed and pet a few dolphins. We also took a special "Saving the Species" tour for Emma's birthday. We got to go back behind some exhibits and see some of the research areas. We also touched a baby shark and fed some endangered Sea Turtles. It was a great day. We came home and had a little party with Scott. Nicole and Megan. We swam some more and had cake and ice cream.

USS Midway

Tuesday Grammy and Maggie had an afternoon together and the rest of us went to the USS Midway. It is a huge aircraft carrier that is now a big museum. We sat in the cockpit of a few fighter planes and helicopters. We also got to see what is was like to live on the ship.

More Snorkel Fun!

We went back to La Jolla Cove on Monday afternoon to do some more snorkeling. We brought some frozen peas this time and the fish swarmed us! There were so many fish all around that you could not swim without bumping into them. Scott, Nicole and Megan came with us and we finished up our fun with a picnic snack!