San Diego- Wednesday

We set out for sunny San Diego at 5am Wednesday morning. We caravaned with our friends, the Thurmonds, whose son Keaton is also on the football team, and Tristan's best friend. After stopping for breakfast in Baker, we made it to our hotel at 10:30. We checked in and got great rooms- 2 adjoining rooms on the second floor overlooking the pool. Perfect! As soon as we got settled in our rooms, we went straight to the beach! We went to Mission beach, which was only about 5 minutes away. The kids had so much fun. Hunter had been talking about boogie boarding for weeks, but after he tried it once, he was over it. So he spent his time digging in the sand and building sand castles. Tristan and Keaton boogie boarded most of the time, and all the kids just loved being there. It was so nice to be on the beach again. I sure miss that!

Jasen

Cahl and Hunter

Cahl and Tristan

Holly and I

Hunter telling Cahl and Jesse what to do

Jasen

Keaton and Holly

Tristan

Cahl and Jesse's handywork

After going to the beach, we got cleaned up and went out to the opening ceremonies for the football tournament. It was held at Mesa college, and it was packed. A total of 92 teams came and competed from 5 states. For the ceremony, they lined up all the teams by division and announced each team and then each individual player. It was really neat, but it lasted forever!