Peterson's donuts

We love trying new places to eat and so we were totally excited when mom suggested that we head to a place called Peterson's for a donut breakfast one morning.  You really can't go wrong with donuts, especially gigantic ones.  I have never seen larger donuts in my life.  The maple bars we got were 9 1/2 inches long and about 3 1/2 inches across.  The pictures don't even do justice.  

It was a simple mom and pop style shop with one half of the store having a window across it where they could display all their delicious varieties.  Pretty sure the kids spent a good twenty minutes trying to make their selections from all the options.  This picture of Emma staring into the window pretty much sums up their overall impression...

The little ladies chowing down...Emma wanted one with green sprinkles on it for "clover day" coming up.

Hudson got the most regular sized glazed donut they had and it still was huge.  That was one happy baby....that is until it was gone and he was told he couldn't have anymore.

Hunter was more than pleased with his apple fritter that was the size of his head.  It was a good way to start off the morning, we will definitely be going back.

Balboa park

I always love going to Balboa park, there is so many things to see and do there and just walking around the architecture and the gardens are so beautiful.  

We walked all around the park seeing everything we could .  We went to the Museum of man to see their ancient Egypt exhibit that included mummies.  When you first walked in they had some Mayan artifacts.  It was pretty interesting but also crazy to see what a bloodthirsty people they were.

We were all laughing because Hudson kept going up to the skeletons and the skulls and pointing at them and saying "ew, ew, ew."  It was so cute.  They had a replica of a cave that seriously looked like a small set out of an Indiana Jones movie that the kids kept wanting to walk through.

The kids "dug for fossils,"

Had their names printed in egyptian hieroglyphs.

We got to see mummies and learn about ancient egypt.  It was sad to learn the story of the young woman that they found mummified in a cave, they estimate that she had been about 7 1/2 months pregnant at the time of her death.

I really liked seeing the different sarcophagus that they had on display.  The detailed paintings on them were beautiful.  It was really really interesting, I wish I had had time to read more about each item and some of the history.  

The museum had an area for kids where Emma could sit on the throne like Cleopatra which she loved and they each pretended to be mummified.

Hudson loved the stuffed crocodiles that were in the Nile and kept trying to feed them play food and give them kisses.

The kids played for quite awhile before we headed out to check out some other exhibits.  The weather was amazing all day.  Everything in San Diego is so green and there is always so many things to see and do there.  We spent the entire day down there and then headed home for dinner and games with Kimbre and Garrett.

Spring break in San Diego

 The kids and I spent spring break in San Diego with Grandma and Eden.  Deke had to stay and work which made me nervous about how I would do on the drive with them on my own but they were all awesome.  We packed our days full of fun activities like we always do when we go there.  We did some shopping....

The kids played and played and played together and had so much fun with each other.

Mom and I got a chance to attend a recognition dinner for her years of service at Scripps in downtown San Diego. The dinner was delicious!

We went to museums and the beach, ate huge donuts and got the biggest pizza I have ever seen...

The kids were amazed at how big it was.  We had a great week there, the weather was amazing and no one was wanting to go home and get back to school and work.  I love San Diego.