LaCombe Chronicle News - LCN: January 2008

Family Day in San Diego

After a week of meetings and meetings and meetings, we decided that David needed a day of family fun! So, we headed out early... without a cup of Starbucks (go figure!?!)... and explored San Diego. We started our day at the world famous San Diego Zoo.

Our photo upon entry to the zoo!

ARGH.... argh... spiders, spiders everywhere...even Pookah's forehead!!!!

These beautiful flamingos greeted us!

The elephants made quite an impression on William... he repeatedly told us how they "made a mess"!

One of the big attractions is the pandas... we saw the newest panda cub as well as other full grown pandas. All are on loan from China.

Mama Panda taking a nap!

We rode the SkyTram so many times! William loved it!

We spent some time at the Children's Petting Zoo... William was excited to pet the goats.

We left the zoo around noon and headed to Coronado. We saw the Hotel Del Coronado and drove past the Navy Seal training area until we got to the SW most point in the United States. It was there that we finally got a cup of Starbucks... thank goodness! On our drive back to San Diego, we stopped at Silver Strand Beach. It was just gorgeous. We ran on the beach, searched for sand dollars, which we found but crumbled in the luggage on the trip home :(.

Playing on the beach!

We all ran around pretending to be airplanes!!

The boys!!

After playing on the beach, we piled in the car and headed back to San Diego. As we drove back to our hotel in the late afternoon, Dave said, "I don't want to go back." Kathryn replied, "Me either... let's go tour the Midway." So, off we went...

Our family photo as we boarded The Midway aircraft carrier.

We started our tour... Mommy had to get control of the boys... so she threw them in the Brig for a little "time out."

Back in the hangar, Dave tries out a WWII era plane... this brought out the little boy in him... as did the Tomcat flight simulator he did before we left!!

Planes and helicopters are displayed on the flight deck. William, as you know, loves planes and helicopters. We were able to go inside this helicopter, which was the one the rescued Apollo 13 astronauts.

William loved being inside the helicopter!! He cried when we tried to get him to go and see other aircraft!

We had such a fun day together in San Diego. What an amazing city! We can't wait to return!!

Funniest Home Video

Someone was having so much fun with his friend Brielle that he couldn't keep his composure!! Enjoy!!

Holiday Highlights

We had a wonderful holiday season... seeing snow on the ground, spending time with our nearby friends, receiving cards from friends near and far, and spending time together!! We are so blessed!

William must have been a really good boy... Santa brought him a train set for Christmas!!

Merry Christmas, William!!

The boys are doing some serious playing!

Proud Daddy!

Mommy enjoyed her surprises from Santa!!

Daddy got some assistance ripping into his loot from Santa!!

Then, we sat down for a wonderful Christmas dinner... ham, dressing, cranberry sauce, sweet potato casserole, corn pudding, fruit salad, and red velvet cake!

More Holiday Highlights

We shared some special holiday time with Uncle Ron and Bridget right before Christmas!! You'll never believe what they gave me... a new bike! I ran across the room when I opened the box, "a bike, a bike!!" I said!!

My very first bike... keep up Mom!!

Thanks, Uncle Ron! WOW!

These things are not easy to put together!

My friend Brielle and her mom spent some time with us during Christmas weekend! We exchanged gifts and visited over coffee and pumpkin bread! Then, Santa visited on a firetruck! Whoa!!