Last weekend of summer break

Last weekend was our final weekend of summer vacation.  It turned out to be one freakin' awesome weekend.  I made the plans and I am so glad I pushed it.Jason took Thursday and Friday off and we drove down to San Diego.  We heard about the Mormon Batallion Historical Museum from friends and had to go.  After settling into the hotel we headed to Old Town for dinner and the museum.  Trying to find a parking spot, WOW, I couldn't believe how many people were at Old Town San Diego on a Thursday night.  We finally found a parking spot in the Museum parking lot and then walked to the restaurant we wanted to go to.  Now this restaurant is, we think, the restaurant that was recommended to us by friends.  We were told about a Mexican restaurant near the museum that has AMAZING mexican food.  We figured no problem, we can find a mexican restaurant.  Yeah right, there were half a dozen mexican restaurants.  We decided on a restaurant that we found out about at the hotel.  I am SO glad that we did.  This restaurant was AMAZING.  I am willing to drive back down to San Diego just to eat there again.So, we headed to the museum and the boys loved it.  Their favorite part was the end though, panning for gold and playing with the water pump.

Saturday we decided to go explore the USS Midway aircraft carrier.  They happened to have a plane on there, the SBD Dauntless.  It was a plane that Jason's dad guarded on Guadalcanal during WWII.  I had a blast exploring a ship.  I couldn't live on one but it was neat to see how the Navy lives for months at a time. 

After that, you can't go to San Diego without visiting Sea World.  It was the second time we took Cody and Wyatt.  They loved it, of course.  They wanted to feed the dolphins but we got there too late to do that.  Luckily they were allowing you to feed the Sea Lions, so they did. 

The best part of the whole weekend...we were sealed as an eternal family.  We got to take all 3 of the boys to the San Diego temple and become an eternal family.  It was awesome.  I was worried about how the boys were going to do in the youth center with the sisters that watched them while Jason and I were taking care of all the stuff we had to do.Silly me, the San Diego temple had been closed and we went on the first Saturday after it reopened.  It was PACKED.  So packed that I actually got "kicked" out of the bride's room because they didn't have room.  It was fine though, I kinda felt out of place being there anyway.Needless to say we were there for a LOT longer than we anticipated.  We should have been done with everyone no later than 1:45, I don't think we even got started until closer to 2 or a little after.The boys looked amazing in white and were so excited to finally see us in the sealing room but Wyatt was only happy for a short time.  When he kept being told on where to go and what to do he got frustrated and threw a trantrum.  Then he didn't want to participate in the sealing.  Our sealer gave us some time to try and talk some sense in to him but he just wasn't having it.  Another brother came in to try and calm him down but as usual, it wasn't happening.  Finally that same brother took Wyatt's hand and held his down so our sealer can seal us as a family.  It was quite an experience.Cody and Garrett were amazing and I couldn't be more happy on how well they both handled the situation.  Of course, after Wyatt was crying Garrett started in so trying to hear what the sealer was saying was difficult.We hired a photographer to take some pictures after the sealing so as soon as I get those I will post them on here for everyone to see.  I am so happy and can't believe we made it.  Now, I can't wait to go back to San Diego and be able to spend some time in the celestial room.