Vacation Recap: Day 1



It was a busy but fun last week.
We left Sunday morning to begin our vacation adventure.
We stopped by my sisters' church in Phoenix & enjoyed a good sermon, food & fellowship.
Then we headed out on the long drive to San Diego.
The kids did very well & it is so nice to have an older child to sit by the baby & give her a bottle, or pacifier or entertain her. That was nice! What a great big sister Savannah is to Ella.

Hotels are always a fun adventure I think. Savannah particularly enjoyed that our beds were made everyday that we came back.
Legoland
My review is 4 stars, but only for ages up to about 10 years old. After that, the stars start dropping off. :-)
There are places for the little kids to play with legos while a parent waits in line.

They also allow children over 48 inches (Savannah is in this group) to take smaller kids (Dawson & sometimes Hunter) on rides. There are lots of rides geared toward the younger kids & they really enjoy the freedom of riding by themselves.
It also was not very busy and those that were there, were families with young kids and no weirdos like at the bigger theme parks.

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