Spring Break in California

Hello everyone! Here are a few pictures from our Spring Break in California last week. They're a little out of order. We spent three days at the Newport Coast villas near Newport Beach. Then we headed down to San Diego for two days. The first few pictures are in San Diego

Seaworld--enjoying the sun, waiting for one of the shows to start.

The Shama Show. Unfortunately, the trainers weren't able to get into the water with the whales, which made the show a little less exciting than in years past. But it's always fun to see Shamu leap like this. 

Arr, arr. The sea lions were quite entertaining. 

Tamsyn was determined to touch a dolphin. This is as close as she got.

Mama and Baby Beluga. So cute.

At Universal Studios. Here's a faux Norman Bates taking off after our shuttle, a knife in his hand.

Here's a set from Whoville.

There are a few nice, tall guys in the world. Here's one the girls found. 

Here are the girls at the tidepools near the villa in Newport. Tamsyn has a handful of hermit crabs. We didn't find out until later, at Seaworld, that we shouldn't have been picking them up out of the water.

The Newport Beach Temple at night.

This is the villa where we stayed in Newport. In this view you can see the living and dining rooms and the fully furnished kitchen. There is also a washer and dryer back there.   

Here's the room where the girls slept.

The master bedroom.

Why am I showing you all this? So you can see why we were persuaded to buy into the Marriott vacation club. After three days in a place like this, who wouldn't want in?