San Diego Part 3

Sorry I had to post of recent San Diego trip in three posts to get the pictures in so continue down to see all of them. Okay so by this time of the trip we are all happily exhausted because we have not gotten to bed before 1am in the ten days that we have been here :) :) I love it :) On the next Friday we went to Balboa park. We are going to try to hit up at least 1-2 museums each trip until we see them all. This place is so beautiful. Next time I want to take a picnic lunch down there because I could just sit and stare at the buildings they are so beautiful.This time we decided to go to the model railroad museum. It was so cool. The whole museum was filled with model railroads. The kids were fascinated. I loved all the small details like the crops in the fields and the tiny light posts and minature people. Again if you get a chance go and see it it is great.

They had a section for kids with trains that actually puffed out steam and they let the kids take turns running the trains.

Avery was bummed that she was too little to help but Hunter and Eden readily accepted the opportunity and each took a turn driving the train.We then headed over to the Botanical building to check out all the different types of plants and other various foliage there. Again another beautiful building.On our way in the kids spotted this little turtle sunning himself.

Inside once again they had some fun areas for the kids. They had a section devoted to carnivorous plants including venus fly traps which Hunter was disappointed are not huge as depicted in Journey to the center of the Earth. The favorite section however was the touch and smell section which included plants that smelt like everything from Rosemary to Lemon to even Chocolate. There was also this giant tree which made for some great climbing.

On Saturday we went to Old Town Poway and went to the craft fair and rode the train. Again another cute pic of the girls. Again in matching outfits :) They had everything all decked out in celebration of the 4th. We enjoyed taking a couple of family shots on the train. We also toured the little shops and stopped and enjoyed a little gelato before hitting up a local scrapbook store.The next day was the 4th. We went to church and then came home and played games and made homemade icecream. A cute shot of Avery and Kaulin. We went to watch fireworks at the high school and laid on the field. The fireworks were right above us it was awesome. Emma was scared of them if we put her on the blanket or in the stroller but if we were holding her she stared bright eyed at them a little unsure. Her eyes remind me so much of Hunter when he was a baby. Some pictures of the kids. Boy do we love these three and they are the best little buddies. Hunter is such a good big brother and Avery is a great big sister. They both love Emma to pieces. Avery fell asleep about halfway through I swear that kid can sleep anywhere through anything and Hunter snuggled up with Brenn and Kaulin to watch the show.

A cute shot of Kimbre and Eden who loves Kimbre to pieces and is attached to her at the hip.We headed out on Monday after ten days of non stop family and fun. Here is the whole bunch of us. We have such a great family we are so blessed. We LOVE you guys so much!!!