San Diego #2

 We ate lunch one day at this Mexican restaurant, it had the best salsa and queso. It is kinda hard to find good mexican food in Idaho, shocking huh.

 

 They had an outdoor patio that was really nice. We were out of the wind so it felt warm. I realize Aaron's eyes are closed but this picture showed the most of the patio. There were trees right next to us and birds flying around. We also had a really good drink that was lemonade, ginger ale and mint leaves. I have tried to make it but it doesn't taste the same. Once again... I miss all the food!

The plastic hanging over the windows is where we ate breakfast every morning. It was a heated porch and had a view of the ocean. We sat there with our news paper and caught up with facebook before starting our day.

 

On our way to meet everyone for sailing. Notice that we wore our Cable One wind breakers. Not everyone wore theirs, I bet the wind cut through their hoodies and they were freezing,

  Tuesday was sailing day. Honestly, I have never thought about sailing, it never sounded fun to me. It is the best thing ever and now I want a sail boat. They had lunches made for us, that's what is in the fancy cardboard boxes. They told us it was sandwiches but I wasn't expecting a gourmet sandwich with apricot spread and brie on the most delicious bread ever. They also gave us water, an apple, sea salt and vinegar chips (how appropriate), and a chewy peanut butter cookie. We were the only ones on the boat that don't get sea sick and we ate part of our lunch on the open sea, not really though because we just stayed in the bay, but everyone else had to take dramamine and hope for the best. On the left side of the picture by the trees you can kinda see the water, that is where we walked to get on our boat.

 It was nice that most places we went we could walk to. I love how all the boats look lined up.

 There were several boats all with Cable One employees on them. I didn't know that we would actually learn how to sail, be responsible for moving the sails, steer the boat, and then RACE!

 We are lucky that we got put on this boat. I don't remember his name but he let us do everything ourselves. On some of the other boats we found out that people just sat and watched and there was even a boat that you just had to push a button and it moved the sails for you. I call that cheating! And also boring. I thought for sure we would win the race because this guy used to race sail boats, but the race started before we got to the starting line. We got ahead a few times but ended up finishing last I think. I didn't care though, I was having so much fun anyways.

 To get out to where we were going to race we turned on the motor, which I didn't know sail boats had.

 We went to the front to do a Titanic like picture but you can't tell that's where we were standing. We were the only ones besides the guy in charge that were comfortable moving around on the boat. Everyone else stayed in their seats until we had to move a sail.

 

 It was a little scary walking to the front because there really is nowhere to stand and almost nothing to hold onto. The ropes on the side are really low so you have to bend over to hold on to them. And they are ropes, not rails, so they move.

Aaron took this while I was walking back. This is before the sails were open. The water was nice and calm as you can see.

 

Open sails. All I could think about almost the whole sailing experience was the episode of friends where Rachel teaches Joey to sail. The guy kept saying all the same terms and someone even got hit with the boom when the wind changed. It wasn't funny but it made me think of when Rachel would tell him to duck and he would jump up and say where? 

Aaron was the first one brave enough to steer the sail boat. When the guy asked who wanted to everyone just sat there trying not to look at him so they wouldn't get picked, so Aaron said he would. What a team player. He drives his parents boat all the time but this was so different.

A cool picture I took. Now I know why my doctor has pictures of sail boats in his office. I always thought they were boring to look at while you wait 45 minutes for the doctor. Now I think about how much fun sailing is when I look at all the pictures I took. My next doctor appointment it will be a breeze to wait.

The other boats we were racing against. It is weird to race a sail boat because you can't go straight. You have to turn when the wind changes, so if the finish line was ahead of us, we were most likely not even going towards it most of the time.

We sailed by some interesting looking Navy ships.

We heard some of the other boats start their engines during the race. So we may have finished last but at least we used the wind the whole time.

It was a little scary to me that this guy would jump up and tug on the sail if it got stuck. I thought for sure he would end up in the water.

Ahoy! I steered for a while because no one else wanted to. The wheel was hard to learn at first because you have to turn it quite a bit for the boat to respond but once it starts turning you have to quickly turn the wheel back the other way or else the boat will just go in circles. I may or may not have done that.

This one looked funny to me because it is so skinny.

When we got back to the hotel we finished our lunches and took a nap. We met everyone for smores on the beach at 8 that night. They gave us these really nice water proof cable one beach blankets and they had hired a guy to sit by the fire and play his guitar and sing. The hotel makes their own homemade marshmallows. There was plain, mint, and strawberry. They also had every cracker, cookie and different kinds of chocolate you could imagine to make a smore. All gourmet of course, no graham crackers and hersheys. We also had hot chocolate and cider. Every time we had an event at night we would sneak away before it was over because everyone would stay late to drink and it was boring. We went to the hot tub every night instead. We used the robes in our room, that's right we had our own fancy hotel robes, to run to the pool. We saw other people wearing theirs, and it was nice because they were warm, but it was kinda embarrassing because we had to walk by the 5 star restaurants and all the shops downstairs with people dressed in their best going out clothes because they were dining at the Del! We got a lot of weird looks. 

No Corey, I saw no ghosts. We walked around the hotel a lot, there are so many floors to explore, but even in the pictures we took there are not even any ghost looking blurs or orbs. I touched the door of the room the girl stayed in that was murdered like 100 years ago. She was found outside by the beach on some stairs. She had been shot. Supposedly, she checked in with no luggage, and was supposed to meet someone there. No one ever claimed her body, and she hasn't left the hotel since! Aaron would not touch the door. When we got back to our room there was chapstick on our dresser that wasn't ours and it had dark red lipstick on it. Haunted chapstick!! Aaron said the maids that gave us fresh towels and made the bed earlier must have found it on the floor or something, OR the ghost thought my lips were chapped.

San Diego #1

Aaron won a trip to San Diego a few weeks ago for being in the top 7 sales people for the whole company last year, go Aaron! It was the best time ever! I was so nervous to go and leave my kids, I knew they were well taken care of (thanks Brenna and Peggy) but I have never left them before so it felt weird. I took a bunch of pictures on the airplane because it had been about 5 years since I had flown anywhere. Aaron even let me have the window seat, even though I offered it to him.

This was the bridge we had to take to Coronado island where our Hotel was.

 The view from our balcony. As soon as we checked in to the room we wanted to go explore. It has been SO long since just Aaron and I have been on vacation. It was fun but it also felt like we should be changing diapers, letting kids nap and pushing strollers so when we had free time we didn't know what to do.

The Hotel Del Coronado was built in 1888, so it is very old and has settled and all over the place the walls, floors and hallways are crooked and dip down. It was kinda funny.

 This is the whole hotel. We were amazed at how large it was. It was right on the beach so we went for walks at least 3 times a day.

 The first night they had a get to know you type dinner for all the Cable One people, it was outside by the ocean but we didn't take pictures. Almost every meal was a buffet, and had such good food. Everything was cheesy and buttery. I miss the food. When we got back to our room every night there was a gift from Cable One. This bag had treats inside, you know, the expensive nuts and candy you see in the hotel gift shop that you don't buy because it's expensive...

 There was cool looking old furniture all over the hotel, this was kinda right by an old elevator above the lobby.

 This was the rewards dinner the second night. This is the first time I have ever had a full 7 course meal with tons of silverware and several wine glasses. They even gave us the stuff to cleanse your palate. It was lemony and Aaron ate all of his because he thought it tasted like lemon sorbet.  FANCY. You can kinda see the ocean out the windows too.

 I think this is the next morning. We woke up early every day, mostly because we were some of the only people not drinking the night before, and I felt like 6 (which was already 7 in Idaho) was sleeping in, and we actually got a full nights sleep. I didn't want to waste any time there. We would walk on the beach and collect sea shells for the girls, and then go to breakfast. I should also mention that breakfast every morning was also a buffet, there was fresh fruit, donut holes, a yogurt bar, omelet bar, ham, bacon, biscuits and gravy, pancakes waffles, and some delicious stuff that almost tasted like red enchiladas, there was a lot more but I can't remember everything. It was so hard to decide what to eat every morning. So many choices! We only had to pay for 2 of our meals while we were there. Cable One even gave us $100 to cover the cost of meals that they didn't provide. It was so nice.  I loved being outside in the morning. The wind was calmer, and it was quiet, not very many people around. There was a guy that drove a big machine to groom the beach so I also wanted to get there before he did and all the good shells and things were gone.

 After the awards dinner we had these nice windbreakers waiting for us. They were nice to have on the sail boat.

 One of our many walks around the hotel. I never got tired of being outside and looking at all the different plants there.

 This was a little walkway that goes to our room. Its weird because the doorway that's around the corner from Aaron that leads into the hallway has no door. So you could always feel the fresh air and breeze in the hallways.

 It was sunny only a few times that we were there. A lot of the pictures look like it was cold, but 65 definitely feels better than 30!

 I thought all of the things that washed up on the beach were cool. Aaron thought it was gross that I was touching them. I have only been to the ocean once before when I was very little, so I felt like a kid. I was running around and picking up everything to examine it. We came home with a lot of shells and sand dollars. After we got home I even found some seashells in the pocket of my jeans. When I went to bed at night I had a hard time falling asleep because I was excited to walk on the beach in the morning.

 This bird was out early in the morning with us enjoying the sun.

 My hand is full of shells.

 Some nice lady took a picture of us.

 Aaron thought I was weird but I had never seen seaweed up close.

 The ocean!

 I had to get my feet in the water even though it was freezing.

 Some guy made this. It was really cool, up close you can see that he even made the bottom part look like tiny bricks. Amazing.

Now you have seen the first 2 days of our trip, hopefully it won't take me so long to post the rest.

2013

I have not been blogging lately, so I am going to do a quick post so that everyone knows what the Morgans are up to. Today 8 years ago we got married! It makes me laugh to look at our wedding pictures, we look so little. Aaron and I went to Lava Hot Springs on Saturday, we try to go for our anniversary every year, and we also went shopping and out to eat, ALL WITHOUT KIDS! It was great.

Cambria
She is such a good helper, I always tell her she is my babysitter for the day because she likes to feel like she is in charge of watching Jett and making sure he is safe. She likes to feed him, dress him, help with baths and play with him. she is so grown up. She loves 1st grade. She loves it even more when it is canceled because of snow... She just lost her 5th tooth, and she thought it was funny because the night it fell out we had watched The Tooth Fairy 2.

 Aaron took this picture right before we left (late) for church. I am her teacher at church and she thinks it is so fun, also she likes having Jett in her class too. It seems like Aaron has to teach in priesthood whenever it is my turn to teach so Jett gets to come to class with us.

 

 This is the poster she made for the 100th day of school. She got to stand up in front of her class and count all the cotton balls by 10's. She loves getting up and talking in front of the whole class, and at church. She likes it when everyone is looking at her and listening to her.

 

This was one of the days where school was canceled because we had a ton of snow and lots of wind. The girls just loved it. 

 

Ashlynn

She is my crazy one. It is hard to get a picture of her being serious, I guess she takes after me. She is excited to go to pre-school next year, we even went to meet her teacher the other day, but she is also glad she still has a few months of staying home with me. We play polly pockets, princesses, do puzzles, and chase Jett all over the house. She also likes to help me clean the house, she is the duster and the mirror cleaner. Since Christmas she has worn this nightgown almost every day, even if we get dressed and leave the house she puts it on as soon as we get home.

 She is always running around the house when it is time to get in the car to leave, or time to go to bed. She actually wanted to sleep like this one night. She also begs for me to let her have a sleepover with jett in her room. She doesn't believe me that he will cry and wake her up and probably fall off the bed.

 

This was before church also. She started in primary this year and LOVES it! She is so good and quiet and stays in her chair, so unlike her. She always tries to sit next to her one of her teachers, she loves them. Cambria and I sit in the very back and so she turns around to wave at us, but she does it quickly and quietly. She was so proud of herself for going to the bathroom all by herself at church.  I think because she was our second we treated her like a baby longer than Cambria, so I still think of her as my baby sometimes and it makes me kinda sad that she is so grown up, but I love her personality and she is so fun!

 I've never really said this but up until Jett was born i was wishing he was actually a girl. I didn't even take any tags off of his clothes. I have 4 sisters and no brothers and two extremely girly daughters so I was scared to have a boy. Well it turns out that this boy is the funnest baby ever. The girls always preferred Aaron over me, and weren't very cuddly. Once Ashlynn could crawl and walk on her own she hated to be picked up or carried and she never sat on anyone's lap. Jett always wants to sit on my lap and wants me to pick him up. At church he is restless and fussy unless he is on my lap. At home he follows me around and tugs on my leg until I pick him up. He also smiled and laughed earlier than the girls did. When the girls were babies I did everything I could to try to make them laugh and they just stared at me. Jett smiles and laughs at me just when I look at him. He is so fun. He plays different than girls, and acts different, and I love watching him. He also said mama first :) He loves daddy too, and always gets sad when daddy goes downstairs to work in his office. Jett stands at the stairs and shakes the gate and yells at Aaron.
He also learned how to do this and thinks it is hilarious.

 

Jett makes the craziest faces.

  

 He got new bath toys for Valentine's day. He loves splashing in the bath tub. I can't wait until it's warm so he can play and swim outside, he will love it.

 He also has the weirdest hair. It sticks up in the back, and it is so hard to get it to stay down. When gets up from a nap he looks so funny.

This little boy is going to be 1 in only 2 weeks. I just might cry. I am not ready for him to grow up and be a big kid yet.

I don't ever have any good pictures of me and Aaron, he won a trip to San Diego for work, so maybe we will try to get some pictures of us on the beach. We are really excited to go on our first trip alone without kids but I am also SO nervous. I have never left my kids before and I am going to miss them. I worry that Jett will be sad without me. Anyway, there is our first post for 2013!