San Diego Trip

My boss and her family spent most the summer in Carlsbad so she invited us to come join them to a Padres game. How could I say no! She even got us a room at the Hilton Bayside in downtown San Diego. We met them for pizza and then walked to the ballpark. Of course we stopped to take our picture with the Petco Park Pals!


Thanks Joanne. I'm having a ball!

Here's a view of the game from our awesome seats!

Unfortunately the Padres lost, but we had so much fun!

I took this picture from the hallway window of our hotel. That's how close we were to Petco Park!

We went to Seaport Village to have breakfast by the water.

Then we drove over the bridge to Coronado Beach where Kayla enjoyed building her first sandcastle!

Yikes, the water is chilly!

Lemon Lily Festival

In late July we wanted to get out of the desert heat, so we went to the Lemon Lily Festival in Idyllwild . Kayla was excited to go hunt for pretty yellow flowers in the woods.

We hiked along this trail down to a little creek where the Lemon Lilies grow. Apparently they are very rare now-a-days and the only ones we spotted had not bloomed yet. Kayla was disappointed that we did not find any flowers. But at least we got to check out the Idyllwild Nature Center which had some cool exhibits!

We had lunch at the Ildyllwild Pub. Then on our way home we stopped at Hurkey Creek Park so Kayla could play on the playground (as we promised)!