California Vacation: Day 7 - Last One

We made it to Wednesday! Our last day we all took our time waking up and getting to breakfast in the hotel. After eating, we asked for a late check-out because I knew we weren't going to get everything picked up and packed in time. I got everything picked up in the hotel while Dave played Tetris in the suitcase: we had to figure out how to get all our purchases AND everything else we brought, to fit in the large suitcase. Once we had it all packed, we laid down for about an hour and watched The Amazing World of Gumball one last time. 

We checked out and headed down to Huntington Beach to meet up with Ruth, her kids, and Mom, at The Corner Bakery for lunch. It was nice to see them one last time before leaving. And fun to hold the babies too. They're just so adorable and sweet. 

We said goodbye and headed down to San Diego. I didn't get a picture of the temple when we arrived there on Thursday, so I wanted to be sure to snap a photo on the way down to the airport. I had no idea it was so close to the freeway! Such a beautiful temple! 

We arrived in San Diego and had time to kill. We headed to Balboa Park, had a potty break, and quickly learned that the aerospace museum was closed for a private event. Everything else was closing as well, so we got this lovely picture right here outside of the automotive museum which was also closed. Cruise was having a really bad day. 

After talking to my sister Charlotte on the phone, we headed toward another part of the park that she had suggested, but we saw a play area first, so we decided to just do that instead. The kids needed to run around before heading to the airport anyway, so it was a good spot. 

We then drove to the car rental place where we turned in our car and took the shuttle to the airport.

 We checked our bag, the stroller and the car seat, went through security, and then found our terminal.

 We had about an hour to kill and the kids were hungry again. Unfortunately the only place to eat was a hot dog and burger place. Each hot dog was $13 dollars. Yep. For a plain hot dog. So we bought two, some fries, and a bottle of water to share. We let the boys eat most of it, we figured we could go without until we got back to Utah. While we waited, I used the airport Wifi to download Minions from Netflix so the kids could watch it on the plane. Technology is awesome.

We landed around 11:00pm. We were all exhausted. We found our car, paid an obscene amount of money for them to let us out, and finally made it home to our own beds.

And that was the 7th and final day.

Honestly, we spent more money than we wanted to and there were moments where I was kind of questioning whether or not it was all worth it, but I do have to admit, it was one of the funnest vacations we've ever been on. And I'm pretty sure it's because we flew. So much time and restraint to not choke someone goes into driving for hours and hours on end with three boys who find entertainment in trying to irritate the hell out of one another. So yeah, it was good.