Our Week in LA

We are having a blast! I survived the 11 hour drive by myself and we made it to San Pedro in one piece. The kids were fantastic. Jaden was my co pilot and did a great job passing out snacks and keeping the rest of the troops happy. Kyla and Ella did not fight the whole way here. Kyla would use her camera to make movies of Ella playing with the my little ponies. She would direct and yell directions to the cast and crew. Jaden and I spent our time listening to The City of Ember on CD. We are almost through, so don't tell me how it ends. We got here a day before my mom so were able to pull off the surprise. After that all we have been doing is playing. On Monday we went to the Aquarium of the Pacific. The kids loved touching the giant sting rays and watching the scuba divers feed the sharks and other fish. Their favorite part was probably playing at the water play ground where Jaden preceded to get totally soaked. It didn't matter to him that he was wearing jeans and we weren't going straight home. Oh well, he didn't complain the rest of the day so how can I.

On Tuesday we spent the day at Magic Mountain. The weather was perfect, sunny but not to hot. Kyla and Ella both went on there first big roller coaster, The Goliath! They both said they loved it, but neither of them wanted to go again.

On Wednesday we went a little more low key. We went to the distribution center and took the kids to see the LA temple. Later we met Nate and a great little hole in the wall Mexican restaurant for lunch. We were going to go to the markets downtown but I guess there was a huge Lakers parade going on so we decided to skip the madness. On Wed night Jeanine took my mom and I to an awesome spa for the evening. We all took advantage of the hot tub, steam rooms, and sauna, then my mom got a massage while Jeanine and I got pedicures. It was so relaxing and fun. Thanks Jeanine!
Today we are going to spend the day at Hurricane Harbor. I will remember to take my camera and get some pictures. These are all from Jeanine's camera because I have been to lazy to dig through my suitcase and find mine. We miss you all and are looking forward to coming home tomorrow, but vacation has been a blast.