Anniversary trip!!

Matt and I left on Sept. 28th (our anniversary) to San Diego!

We haven't had a trip alone since our honeymoon.

Mission Beach. LOVE this place!

Beautiful sunset from the boardwalk on our first night

We went whale watching!
This was the boat we were on.
The Privateer.

The people said this is the resident sea lion that stays
at the dock. They named him Clyde.

Clyde was so friendly.
He swam around us while people took picture.
It was like he was posing.

They said these were common dolphins and there were HUNDREDS
of them!  They swam right next to the boat and played in the wake.
They are such playful animals. SO COOL.

Then we saw FIN WHALES!
You can see how close to the boat they were by
the guy standing in the corner of the picture.
They were also playing with the boat swimming from one side
to the other. They said the fin whales don't usually do this.

They said this one was probably about 80ft long and
140-160 THOUSAND pounds! They are the second biggest whale.

The fin that you see is about 2/3rds of the way down its back...
they are HUGE.

They called this as mega-pod of dolphins.
There were hundreds.
It was so hard to get a picture that shows how many
there actually were because they don't all
jump at the same time.
In this pic you can see a baby one.
There were so many babies and they would swim right
next to their mama. It was so cute.

We had a blast!

After 4 days though, we were ready to come home

and hug our babies!

They were excited to see us, but I asked

Maddi when we got to my moms if she wanted to

come home with us or stay with grammy...

she said stay with grammy. LOL!

Grammy spoils them.

Every few days now Maddi asks me when we

are going back to San Diego because we told her

we would take them next time and she REALLY

wants to go to the beach.

She tells me she is going to go all the way in the

water and she is going to pet a dolphin.