The next day we headed to San Diego! We had a surprise in store for Nathan. Our first stop was the Mormon Battalion museum. It was so cool. One of Tyler's Great-Great-Great Grandpas was a Sergeant in the army.
At one of the stops Nathan got to dress up in the gear the members wore and hold a 6 1/2 foot gun.
He loved it. The kids also got to pan for gold.
After stopping for lunch we took the kids to our surprise- The USS Midway!!!
Nathan was speechless. It is the longest serving aircraft carrier in U.S. History. It is a museum now, but was the first one commissioned after WWII- and it only took 18 months to build! It was pretty incredible. We got to go on all these levels of the ship (we skipped the captains bridge because Ava was a little too short, and we were cold and tired). There was an audio tour too so it was all explained to us. I kept getting really claustrophobic in all the tight (hot) spaces below deck, so we moved quickly.
Look at the kids pictures in the next two pictures. Ha! Such little goofballs.
Nathan and Tyler also got to do a flight simulation, and Tyler threw in a few barrel rolls.
On the flight deck that had lots of planes to check out. You could actually get inside a few.
And here's the proof I was really there....
After seeing everything we wanted to we grabbed a pizza, went to the hotel, and then soaked in the hot tub before bed.
2 comments:
such a fun trip and happy birthday to cute Ava! Four already!! They look like they're at such fun ages, Monica! Cute cute family. : )
How cool for Nathan! Those Navy ships do look awfully claustrophobic. I don't think I could live on one.
I'm glad you got at least one picture with you in it! I know how it is to always be behind the camera!
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