the Mormon Battalion Museum

Did you know that San Diego has a Mormon Battalion Museum? It was closed the whole first year we were here for renovations. It opened up again in January, and we finally went and checked it out last weekend. It's awesome! First, you hear/watch the story of the Battalion. I learned so much that I didn't know. Like, did you know there were some women and children that marched too? During one part we were in the "store room" and Parker got to be the soldier and wear all the gear. He was into it for like a second and then quickly stripped it off.

After the tour we went outside to pan for gold. Found some!

Then we pumped water and learned to make bricks.

We also got a family picture (proof that Lincoln is still around...poor kid).

Definitely a must see while you're in San Diego!

the Fair

We're trying to pack in as much sight seeing as possible in the next couple weeks, so yesterday we braved the traffic and headed to the San Diego County Fair! We had tons of fun playing and eating!

Parker in the smelly Livestock Pavilion

Watching the hypnotist make people shake their booty

Parker rode his first rides ALL BY HIMSELF!

On the planes. Isn't he cute?

Big Truck! (as he would say)

My favorite ride-the swings

Of course we loved seeing all the food offerings and sampling some too

Turkey Legs

Krispy Kreme chicken sandwich...totally fried!

We decided to try deep fried oreos and a deep fried twinkie

First Words

This is kind of outdated now, and he is talking much more, but for posterity's sake, here's a video I took to record some of Parker's first words.

Visit from Friends

Recently we were able to enjoy dinner with our friends from State College who were in San Diego for a visit! We love the Rasbands and always look forward to seeing them whenever we can! They now have two kids who are as cute as can be!

Gabby

My cute kid!

Not in the mood for pictures

Nate, Jared, Jackie, and Gabby