San Diego - Part One.

I had the girls join me for a San Diego work trip.  We planned to stay a few extra days for the three of us to enjoy, but figured they would have a good time venturing out on their own for a couple days too.  The weather was absolutely amazing and there was NO SMOKE!  After a very smoky July, this was a welcome respite.

It was fun to have them along.  Occasionally they would walk by my meeting room and give a wave.  Everyone enjoyed meeting them, as they hear about them a lot:)  My co-workers and I had some fabulous work dinners and even enjoyed a concert the last night.  

My co-worker, Mary, took this amazing picture looking back at San Diego from Coronado Island.

There was a Trader Joe's near the place we were staying, so the girls loaded up on food to avoid the endless eating out.  I have taught them well!  Kendall, of course, had to lay it all out for a 'food haul'.

While I was slaving away, the girls were off and running.  They found a new favorite coffee place and explored the Fashion Valley Mall the first day.

Sid sent me this picture.  Yes, I was a bit envious.

One of the other days, they went down to Mission Beach and rode the coasters and ate these ridiculous ice cream sandwiches.  They said they got about 1/6 of the way in and felt so icky they did not even want to think about sweets for awhile.  

Kendall rode the wooden roller coaster.  For those of you that remember, this is the one that Kevin and I took her on circa 2015.  It caused her to swear off rides for a couple years.  I was quite surprised to hear she gave it another whirl.  

This one kind of makes me giggle.  They found a store and purchased some goggles and spent the afternoon messing around in the ocean.  

If I recall, Kendall did not have sunscreen.  She really need some and weirdly, none of the little shops seemed to carry it.  After several attempts to find some, one of the store owners went in the back and gave her his personal bottle.  These girls.  Never a dull moment.

One of the evenings, they dressed up and went out to Sunset Cliffs. 

Unfortunately, it was overcast, so the sunset was not as amazing as it could have been, but they still had some beautiful views and took some great pictures.

I think this was the first evening.  While I was out for dinner, they went to the hotel bar and got some mocktails and drank them poolside.  It was so much fun to pass them in the hall or see them here and there and know that they were having a good time.