Labor Day Wknd

Labor Day Weekend proved to be a busy time for us. We ended up doing quite a bit of driving, but we all had a great, relaxing time. Thursday, September 3rd we were at Sea World. We got there in the early evening when lots of people were already leaving. It was nice that it was no longer packed as it had been earlier in the day. We took the kids on a couple of rides in the Sesame Bay of Play, grabbed some funnel cake and ice cream, and headed over to the last Shamu Show of the day. The kids absolutely loved it as usual! They were screaming so loud that people were turning around laughing to see how excited they were to see Shamu. At the end of the show, JR decided he wanted to go down and see Shamu. He tried to run through the crowds away from us to get to him. I caught up to him and said it was time to go and he was devastated! The poor little guy kept crying for Shamu. "I want MU!!!" We had to tell him that Shamu went nite-nite and even then, he still cried. Now he was repeating "MU go nite-nite!" (still crying). After leaving Sea World, we drove up to Pomona and stayed with D's sister. Friday morning and early afternoon was spent in the LA area, then heading south to San Clemente. We met up with my sisters at Trader Joes. At this point the traffic was picking up on a Friday afternoon of a holiday weekend, so we decided we better stay in the area until after traffic died down a bit. We headed up the road to Pines Park (which is the park we were married at). The kids had a great time playing on the playground, but it was hot so I suggested heading over to the beach. We went down to San Clemente Pier and had a wonderful time in the water. There are pictures posted on my facebook page. The kids had a blast!!! We were ill prepared for the beach as it was an impromptu trip, so we all ended up soaked! It was just amazing to see how much fun the kids had though. They are such little fish!! Saturday morning we left for Lake Havasu City, AZ. We have friends there and typically go out there at least twice a year, however, we had not been there since last Labor Day. It was great to see friends and just relax. It was a "go with the flow" weekend. No schedules, no plans, just hanging out. Sunday evening we went to a friends for a bbq and some swimming. Of course the "fish" had a fantastic time in the water. Karizma was jumping from about 3 feet above the water to her daddy and JR decided that he didnt want anyone to hold him anymore and just started swimming back and forth across the pool! It was a much needed relaxing time away for us.