Museum Day

On Saturday we went to the USS Midway Museum.The USS Midway was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class, and the first to be commissioned after the end of World War II. Active in the Vietnam War and in Operation Desert Storm.  Also this ship was the largest in her class in 1945.  The ship was huge!  Plus it had alot of planes, jets, and helicopters on it.  The ship became a museum June 2004.  There is alot of cool history about this ship and if you wanna know it either go there or google it =).

This is one of the planes inside the museum.  Sorry the picture isn't the best.

The back end of the USS Midway.

 The top of the USS Midway

 After we went to the USS Midway we went down the street to Maritime Museum of San Diego.  There were a bunch of ships that looked like pirate ships and acouple submarines.  We went on the ship Star of India.  It is the oldest ship in the world that still maintains a regular sailing schedule. The picture above is the HMS Surprise.  This ship was used in the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.  It is a replica of a late 18th century Royal Navy frigate.

 Kyle at the wheel.

This is of the B-39 Soviet attack submarine. That is one of the "doorways" inside the submarine. I have no idea how people can be on these. There isn't any room and you have to crawl through the openings and you needed to be short to stand up in there. It was cool to go inside but I got very claustrophobic. We also went on the Berkeley, Medea and the USS Dolphin submarine. The USS Dolphin recorded a depth record for operating submarines that still stands and that was in 1968.

After we had been to these museums we called my uncle Russell and aunt Connie and went out to dinner with them in Old Town San Diego. It was amazing mexican food. Right next to the restuarant there was some shopping. All the pots and jewlery were handmade by these people from South America. The things were so neat. After all that they drove us around showing us some beautiful parts of San Diego.  They took us to where most of the surfers go.  It was BEAUTIFUL.  The picture below is of that place.

 This is the pier by South Mission Beach.

Us at the end of the pier.

We went back to the hotel to get some sleep cuz we were going on a speed boat ride in the morning and then heading back to Vegas to stay at the Hard Rock Hotel and then home on Monday.

Seaport Village

After being at SeaWorld we just wanted to relax.  We hung out by the pool and when we had had enough we headed down to Seaport village which was downtown San Diego and it was so cute.  Tons of little shops and good places to eat.  We ate at a place that made gyros and it was SO GOOD!  I could eat there every day.  We walked around looking at the shops and then at 10 they had fireworks.  Every night during the summer they have fireworks over by the Coronado bridge.

We found a shop that sold hats and were trying them on.  It was fun trying on goofy hats.

 As we were going back to our car they had horse and carriage rides.  I wanted to go on one so we did.  They guy was so nice and he actually lived in Ogden Utah for awhile.   We can into people who had connections to Utah all over the place.  It was a short tour of the area by Seaport Village.  We did go by the bar that they filmed the bar scene in Top Gun and that was cool.  After the tour we headed back to the hotel to sleep cuz we had another big day of things to see.

SeaWorld

Get ready for picture over load!  The next day of our trip we went to SeaWorld.  Both Kyle and I had been to SeaWorld but it was years ago.  For the most part it was the same as we remembered but there were some new shows, rides, and the turtle reef was new.  Every show was awesome but we were disappointed in the dolphin show.  They had more people in it than dolphins.  I didn't really care to see them do cool dives and such. I was there to see the animals, but it was still a cool show.  It was hard deciding what pictures to put on here cuz there was so much to see.  The pictures explain themselves.  We can't wait to go again!

We were worn out by the end of the day cuz of all the things to see.  We wanted to go on the rollercoaster there but the line wait was an hour!  So we went back to our hotel. 

California

Our wedding anniversary was Aug 4th and we had planned a trip to San Diego.  With all our bad luck we were hesitant to leave especially leave Keeta with all her problems but we had paid for the trip and I felt we deserved to get out of town while we could so we went.  We left Wednesday afternoon when Kyle got off work and we took my car.  We got to the middle of the gorge and the radiator blew up in my car.  Thank goodness Kyle was driving cuz I don't know if I would have realized the problem and gotten off the road in time.  So my bad luck followed us =(  Some how though we had cell service which we never had before.  Kyle was able to call our insurance and get a tow truck to come and get us.  Boy it was SUPER HOT sitting there waiting for the tow truck.  We didn't know if the truck was coming from St. George or Mesquite.  We didn't know what we were going to do. There was no way we could afford to take the truck to California and I had called every car rental place in St. George, Mesquite, and Las Vegas and nobody had a car to rent that night.  We had reservations at Buffalo Bills Hotel and didn't want to give up the reservation.  The tow truck came and took us back to St. George.  Kyle called our friend Brandon to come and get us.  While we were waiting the tow truck service took us to Zion Motors repair shop and they actually checked my car out to see if there was major damage to the engine.  These guys were so nice to us.  They even let us leave our car there in their parking lot while we went to California.  Brandon showed up and he and his wife were going to let us take their car for our trip.  They are the nicest people ever!  We pick up their car and and get our stuff out of my car and head on our way to Primm.  This time we left at 8:30 that night (we had left at 3:30 earlier) and made it to Primm that night.  Boy I was so happy to see that place.  I was worried we weren't going to make it to California. 

We finally arrived in California that Thursday and we were pleasantly surprised to see how nice our hotel was.  We stayed at the Sheraton on the marina.  The picture below is the view from our balcony.  The room was huge and nice and it was fun to watch all the boats come and go.  We wish we had been on the other side of the hotel cuz the view was Coronado and the ships.



Our Room



View from the other side of the hotel.  Coronado Bridge and Downtown San Diego.



Views from our balcony

 

 Once we were settled in we left for the beach.  We went to Mission Bay Beach and it was so much fun.  The weather was perfect and the sand felt good.  The water on the other had was super cold but once you were in there it wasn't too bad.  We played there for a few hours until the waves decided to take me down and I had drank enough salt water. =)

We weren't able to go on the famous ride at Buffalo Bills so we were lucky enough to find the amusement park there by the beach.  They had some cool rides.  The picture below is our favorite ride. I wish I could remember the name of it tho.  You would sit on this wheel thingy and had control of the seats to either go in a circle forwards or backwards.  It was awesome.

 The rollercoaster.  This thing was so old that it almost killed you.  It was so rough!

 After we had played at the amusement park we went back to our hotel and got ready to go out to dinner for our anniversary.  We went down to the Gaslamp District.  There were tons of places to eat there.  We found this nice Italian restruant where we spent way too much money for ok food.  I guess you have to live and learn =)  The cesear salad was super good tho. 

 A few years ago we went to Tombstone Arizona where the Earp family ran the town.  Wyatt Earp went to California and we found the place he made and went inside to look around.  We didn't find anything good on the menu so we didn't eat there.  But it sure smelled out and was cool.

Me looking at the menu thinking I could only afford the water! =)

 Overall we had a great 4 year anniversary and finally a good start to our vacation.

Kyle got me flowers the morning on our anniversary.  I wish they had survived the trip tho.  They were so pretty!

Bad Luck

So far this month has not been very good to us.  2 weeks ago I was home and Kyle was up on the mountain and I wanted to cook me something for lunch.  So I got the oven preheating.  Well I'm watching TV and all of a sudden I hear this noise that sounded like someone turned on the garbage disposal and then hissing.  I got up and ran into the kitchen to see smoking coming out of my oven.  It was alot of smoke but enough to scare me.  I texted a friend asking her what should I do and she said to let it sit.  There was never any fire and I left the oven alone.  I had a friend come and look at it cuz I was worried I was going to burn the house down but he said it was fine.  The heating element broke.  So when Kyle came home we went looking at ovens.  Since I love to bake we needed to get one soon.  So we got a new one and LOVE IT!!!!

The next day I came home from work early to find my poor Keeta not looking like herself at all!!!  It really freaked me out.  A couple weeks ago she had a really bad tummy ache and was drooling really bad (which pugs do not drool) and she wouldn't let me touch her face.  So I was worried she ate something and was going to die.  This first picture is what she looks like normally.  It isn't the best but you can see her face is suppose to be thin.

 This is what I came home too.  Both her cheeks were swollen and the wrinkle above her nose was swollen.  Of course Jaxsen made  in the picture cuz he LOVES his picture taken.  I called Kyle crying and he said to wait it out.  Maybe she got stung or something.  So I waited cuz also the Vet was at lunch. (of course!  Whenever my dogs have problems it is always at lunch time!)

 Jaxsen looking very guilty when he noticed me crying.  =)

Another pic of Keeta.  It was really sad.  After awhile the swelling got worse and I took her into the vet.  He thought she got stung so he gave her a shot and gave me some pills to give her if the swelling didn't go down by that night.  Thank goodness the swelling went down and she looked 100% better by the next morning. (Can you see Jaxsen in the background?  I told you he loves his picture taken.)
Well the next day I came home from work to Keeta having a reaction to the shot or the bee sting and she had hives all over herself. So off to the Vet once again.  Now I'm sure you are all thinking I'm crazy but I love my dogs and also the very next day Kyle and I were going to San Diego for our 4th anniversary so I was worried to leave my babies home alone.  The vet said of course she was fine we just needed to give her a pill every day.  So thank goodness Kyles mom was willing to stop by our house every day and give Keeta her pill.  I'm happy to say she is just fine and hopefully won't try to eat flies, bees, or wasps anymore. =)

July In Review

I can't believe that July is over.  For the fourth of July weekend Kyle and I went to Gold Springs.  We have been out there a million times but this time we wanted to find the road that went from Gold Springs over to Hamlin Valley.  We did find the road and drove the razor down to the big building that is connected to an old mine there in Hamlin Valley and walked through it.  I wish I had the pictures and maybe I will add more later when we get them from the camera.  It is really neat to walk through buildings from back in the 40's or so and see how it was back then.

The weekend after the fourth was my family reunion.  It was also Brian and Jason's birthdays too.  It was so nice up Hunington canyon.  The weather was almost perfect.  It did rain on us a couple times but not enough to put a damper on things.  We played lots of card games, ate good treats and wonderful food, went fishing, and found "snake grass" and made whistles.  I love being able to see my family and go camping with them.  We always have a great time.  We just need to do it more cuz we don't get together enough.  Below is our yearly family reunion picture.  We need to start taking the picture the first day we are there cuz as you can see it was the last day and we are looking so spiffy!

 Kyle and I went to Lagoon for the 24th of July.  We got up there friday afternoon and stayed until monday.  I have to say being there for 2 days is perfect.  We stayed at the camp ground and we love it there.  All the trees and grass makes it very nice.  We spent the first day riding the rides but taking it easy so we didn't hurt Kyle's back too bad. We even went on the Skycoaster ride and I have never screamed that loud or long before!  I was so scared when they were pulling us up in the air and when Kyle let the rip cord go.  It was alot of fun and I'm not quite sure if I would ever go on it again.  I remember it being very scary but not that much but then again I was alot younger when I had been on that ride. The second day we went to Lagoona Beach and had a blast!!!  You have to rent a tube cuz it is the only way to have fun there.  We can't wait to go again soon!

Us at Pioneer Village