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Monday, January 24, 2011

Day 2 - Legoland

We got up fairly early (like 7am - but that seems really early when you got to bed so late) and get ready to head to Carlsbad, CA to Legoland.  It was a nice drive on the way down, thanks to our handy GPS.  (How did we ever get along with out it!?!)  California is beautiful with all the palm trees, and the San Diego Freeway goes right along the coast, making it even more beautiful.

As we were driving, enjoying the Aztec type buildings, we suddenly see a familiar guy...Moroni.  But he wasn't hanging out on top of a familiar looking building.  So, I grabbed Dave's I-pad, and sure enough, it was familiar, we just didn't know it.  It was the Newport Beach CA temple.  Isn't it cool?
We got to Legoland around 10, right when it opened.  We got our stroller, and admission into the park, and away we went.

 It was pretty cool to see the things that were made with Legos!!
 There were only a handful of rides that we could all ride together, since there were 5 of us, because most would only allow 2 at a time, and you had to have an adult ride with you until you are 48 inches tall.  There was a nice "grandma" in front of us that we also in a group with an odd number, so she said that she would ride with Tanner so we didn't have to split up.  It was very nice of her...we wish she would have been our grandma as it would have made the rides easier for our little family.




Since we got in so late and up so early, everyone was tired, so after lunch Dave and Colty took Braden back to have a nap at the hotel, and Tanner and I ran around and did the "big kid" rides.






Tanner is a thrill junkies - the faster the better.  He loved the roller coasters and the fast rides.  Colty doesn't like these so much, so that is what Tanner and I ran around doing the most....the fast ones!

When the boys got back from resting, they were much happier, and we had a good time getting on teh rides that we could all ride.  I was kind of disappointed in how many rides had height restrictions.  Luckily Braden is 34 inches, so he could do a good portion of them, but I didn't feel like Legoland was very family oriented in that respect. 



 This was a favorite ride.  The riders could spray water at other boats and at watchers, and the watchers could spray them.  Everyone got very wet on this ride.


Dave was amazed at this Volvo.  It was built on a car frame, but it completely out of legos.  Pretty stinkin' cool!

We had a great time at Legoland.  It was a very slow day and we basically walked onto every ride, and the day was a beauiful 70 degrees!  It started to cool down at 5 o'clock when the park closed, but that may also have been due to the fact that we were wet from water rides. 

We ate dinner at TGI Friday's then to the hotel for swimming!  Tomorrow....the beach!

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