Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Fors' Family Vacation Day #4

Hanging out at the house with her new craft that Grandpa bought her.
The guys went golfing... Rod, Eric, Darron

While the girls went to the pool.

Eliza lounging around.
Followed by an afternoon for more hanging around the house.
Allison and Eliza

Eliza and Grandpa

Then we went to dinner in Old San Diego
Watching torilla's being made. 




Followed by a visit to the Mormon Battalion Visitors Center

We went on a tour with a nice Sister missionary. Here is Eric all signed up to go on the trail.



After the tour we panned for gold.

We sure had a nice time at the Visitor Center. This summer we went to visitor centers at Palmyra, Kirtland, Nauvoo, and San Diego. We sure feel like it has been a summer of Church History.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Fors' Family Vacation Day #3- Sea World

We started off the day by attending the Shamu show. It was really good. The girls really enjoyed it. It was better than I remember as a child, and now Shamu really knows how to get people wet.

The Sea Lion, Seal and Otter show. 
The Dog and Cat show.

The Dolphin show

The 4 D Sesame Street Show

Eliza and Brittany in the Shark Encounter. 

We finished up the day with a few rides. It was sure fun!

Monday, August 16, 2010

August 15 & 16, 2010- Fors Family Vacation Day #1 & 2

If you are following the dates of our activities you realized we got off our cruise on August 15th flew from Seattle to Boise. My mom was nice enough to have all of the girls bags packed and them ready to go because our flight was late. We got home just in time to turn around and fly to San Diego for Fors Family Vacation. The girls had a great week in Boise with my parents. The big news is that Gretta lost her first tooth on August 9th. She is so excited. She had been telling me that she had a loose tooth, but I just thought it was because we watched the Bernstein Bears about Sister losing a tooth this summer. I guess she was right. 
Eliza's big news is that she is starting to potty train. She is turning into a big girl. Nana took both of them to the dentist and they did great and didn't have any cavities. Yeah! Plus the went boating with Baily and Austin and to the Discovery Center with Grandpa Huff. They had a great week. Thanks Mom & Dad! You're the best!


The house was in Coronado Cay's with it's own boat dock. We enjoyed kayaking off the dock.
The whole family went together. I was pretty impressed Eliza wanted to go. Usually she is to scared. She did great. 

In the afternoon we ran some errands and then went to the beach that night for a bonfire and to cook hot dogs and make smores.
It has been a cool summer in San Diego and the water was COLD! Even Eric though it was cold. Luckily Uncle Rod and Aunt Brittany were willing to go in. These waves are a lot bigger than the ones in Michigan.


Getting the fire ready for dinner.
Darron with his shirt off! This is a must photo for Fors' family vacation.
enjoying their hot dogs.

Gretta got herself folded up in her chair. Uh oh!

The whole gang (Minus Allison who is taking the picture.)

Photo by Gretta.
More photo's by Gretta
Strike a pose Aunt Allie!
Poor Allison had to study for the GRE while on vacation. 

Grandma reading stories before bed. 
It was a fun day!

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Victoria,BC- August 14, 2010

August 14, 2010- Victoria, BC
I was super excited to go to Victoria on our cruise. I have wanted to go to Victoria ever since I was a freshman at Rick's College and my little sister went with the Borah High School choir group as a senior. She raved about how beautiful it was. I would have to agree! I wish we could have spent more time there. I definitely want to go back someday. We docked at 6pm and had to be back on the ship at midnight. Due to the lack of time we took the boats tour to Butchart Gardens. We got a little city tour along the way too.

The gardens were spectacular. However, the place was a bit over run. There were at least 10,000 other people there to enjoy them too. Saturday night's in the summer they do fireworks. We weren't sure what kind of fireworks they would be, but they were amazing! They had a theme and a whole bunch that we set up on the ground that moved. It is hard to explain. It was a really impressive fireworks show and a great way to end our Cruise. 
On the way home we go to see the Parliament building all light up with lights on it. It was spectacular.
What a great evening.