Spring Break - Mormon Battalion site & saying goodbye

Monday was our last day all together!  I was really looking forward to seeing the Mormon Battalion historic site near Old Town San Diego and it did not disappoint!  (We were going to go there in the late afternoon/evening and go to Coronado Island in the morning, but it was rainy in the morning, so we switched and headed to Old Town first).

As usual, the Church does such a great job with their historic sites and the missionaries that took us on the tour were really fun.  The kids had a blast and really could have stayed as long as we would have let them.

 Brynlee dressed as a Battalion member

 The kids panned for gold

 We had to drag Hailey away from this - she really would have stayed there all day!

 Cute Tyler

 Sweet Hailey - she's seriously one of our favorite kids ever!

 Kate

 Emily

 Paisley - this girl finds pure delight in everything :)

Jared

 Lindsey

 Jack

 Kyle - he has grown up the most :)

 McKinley has grown up so fast!  Cutie!

 Karli - truly a heart of gold!

 Jared again

After the Historic Site, we walked around the cute shops of Old Town San Diego.  It wasn't super crowded, so it was fun to go into the stores we wanted.  We had decided to go to a Mexican restaurant and got right in by getting a reservation there.   It was delish!

Afterwards, we headed to Coronado Island - it's so beautiful!  You have to go over the tallest (kind of scary) bridge to get to the island.  We parked near the resort and headed to the beach.  It was so pretty, but it was cold!!   The Rasmussen & Johnston kids are more of beach-lovers than the Bowen's, so they got right in the water.  I think Hannah was our only one that got it.    We didn't stay very long because of the cold weather and trying to keep Sam warm.  

Tyler is Beth's 2nd little boy and has a mind of his own.  He played in the water but then came and rolled around in the sand.  I didn't get a picture of it, but he was literally covered in sand, including his entire face.  The poor kid had to get back in the water to get all washed off.

We went back to the house and warmed up leftovers for everyone (which was perfect so we didn't have to throw away much food) and got everything packed to leave the next morning.

We got up on Tuesday morning and had to say goodbye!  Our trips always go by so fast!    I loved that Kirsten was willing to get another stairstep picture of all these cute kids!

Emily (Sam), Lindsey (Savanna), Ethan, Jack, Brynlee, Hailey, Kate, Kyle, Karli, Hannah, Tyler, Hailey, Jared, Paisley & McKinley  - I'm putting several here - watch Tyler and his funny antics.

Thank you again to the Johnstons and Rasmussens!!!  All families were willing to miss some school and drive long distances to spend time together.  We love them all so much and hope our adventures can continue!!!!