Happy Birthday to me!!!

This past weekend was my birthday. I didn't have anything planned. I was just going to make a cake with Austin. Saturday morning when we got up we talked to Grandma and decided to ride the train down to San Diego. We had a great time. It was mine and Austin's first time riding a train. Austin was so excited. As soon as we got on the train his face lit up and he had a smile the entire time. The ride was about an hour and a half. We arrived in San Diego at this really cool old Santa Fe train station. We got a hotel for the night which was just a few blocks from the train station. The hotel was amazing. It was right in the middle of downtown. We were on the 11th floor and had an amazing view of the city and the ocean. When we arrived we checked into the hotel and then decided to go find a cool place to have lunch. We did a little shopping and rode the Trolley all around San Diego. Later in the day Austin and I went swimming in a pool out on a ledge on the 3rd floor of the hotel and then we walked to the grocery store to get a birthday cake. Austin and my mom sang to me and we had cake in our hotel room. On Sunday we went to Seaport Village and walked around. We found a really cool playground for Austin. We had some lunch got our stuff together and headed back home on the train. I was a little worried about not having a car while we were there but we had so much fun walking around and exploring downtown San Diego. It was a great way to spend my birthday. We all had a great time! I posted all the pics on my flickr account.

Fun Times & Family

Austin and I have been having a lot of fun here recently. Two weeks ago we went to Disneyland with Grandma. We always have fun at Disneyland with Grandma. Every time we go we get to do something new since Austin hasn't been on all of the rides yet. He rode the teacups and the paddle boat for the first time. He also saw his first parade. It was the Disney Pixar parade that had characters from a lot of his favorite movies. We saw Buzz, Woody, Nemo, the monsters from Monsters Inc, and the bugs from A Bugs Life. We ended up staying later than normal since we were having so much fun. The next weekend JoDee and Shelby came to visit us. We spent all day Sunday at the beach having a great time. Auntie Shelby buried Austin in the sand and he loved it. He enjoyed having Auntie Shelby there to make sand castles with. On Monday we went to Disneyland again. I won tickets to the sneak peak of the new Toy Story ride. We were able to go on the ride before it opens to the public. It is a great ride and was a lot of fun. Jodee and Shelby were able to use our tickets for the ride and they got to ride it too! We love when they come to visit us!