A long post to catch everyone up.

Well, I’m finally wondering back into the world of blogging.

To start off, I will talk about San Diego. Then I will talk about VBS, family vacation, and finish up talking about my experience so far in the college life.

San Diego:

Well, to start, I just want to say that flying is no big deal now. Up until Kara and I left for the airport, I had never been on an airplane in my life. As my dad told me, it’s like ridding on a bus with a little turbulence.

When we got in San Diego, on Thursday around noon Pacific time, my aunt picked us up, took us to lunch, then back to her house to unpack and change into our swimsuits. We weren’t in San Diego more than an hour and a half and we were already headed to one of the many beaches in the area.

We swam at the beach, then headed back to the house, changed, and settled in. When my uncle came home from work that evening, we cooked dinner, ate, then just stayed at home for the evening to get used to Pacific time.

The next day, Friday, My aunt took us out for breakfast in La Jolla. I ordered pancakes that had blueberries and strawberries cooked into them. I thought and still think that it’s a cool idea and I have already made pancakes with both fruits twice since then. We then went out and walked around the tide pools in the little ‘bay’ area by the little cafe we ate at as well as walking around the shopping area close by.

We then went to have a tour of where my uncle works. After that, my uncle took us to another beach to swim and to teach us how to boogie board. But before we went to the beach, we went to pick up some lunch at yet another cafe/bistro where we ordered a “Turkado.” For dinner, we dinned out at Mexican Old Town where we also walked around and browsed in the shops.

On Saturday, we went to the wild animal park/zoo a little farther inland from San Diego. After spending the morning walking around the park and taking the wild animal safari tour we had a nice picnic lunch outside of the park by the front entrance. The Wild Animal Safari was very neat. We were able to see a white rhino that is only one of seven in the world. I thought that was an interesting fact. That afternoon, my sister and I were dropped off at Balboa Park. We walked around in the flower and cactus gardens for a while, then walked the rest of the park before ending up at the Imax theater to watch an Imax movie. Back at the house, we ate dinner then proceeded to get ready for our night out to the theater to watch Shakespeare's “The Tempest.”

On Sunday, we “slept” in, ate breakfast, and then got ready for our harbor cruise. For lunch we ate wraps that we made at home. After lunch, we went to our third beach of the week. That evening, we went to church at my aunt and uncles church. For dinner, we had New York style pizza. It was really yummy! Dessert consisted of cupcakes from a local bakery in my aunt and uncles neighborhood. To finish the evening, my sister and I watched the “new” Matt Damon movie The Adjustment Bureau.

On Monday, Kara and I spent the morning at the Seaport Village. It is a little “village” that is practically an outdoors mall. For lunch, my aunt took us to a restaurant on Coronado Island that serves fish tacos. I had a fish burrito that was extremely yummy! After lunch, we headed over to Coronado Beach. That evening, before dinner, we went to take part in a segway tour of downtown San Diego and Balboa Park. Let me just pause here to say that segways are AWESOME!!! For dinner, my sister and I were exposed to Thai food.

On Tuesday, my uncle took Kara and I to a cafe called Mission Cafe. I had a Mexican Hot Chocolate that I enjoyed immensely. For the rest of the morning, my sister and I walked through the two art museums in Balboa Park. For lunch, we went home and ate left-over’s. We then were taken to the airport where we flew home.

VBS:

This year my church did “PandaMania” Vacation Bible School from Group.

I did the stage area again this year. I LOVE being up on stage. For you get to interact with the kids without having to watch them the entire time. You also get to do music(of course), skits, bible stories, bible points, bible buddies that help us with that days bible point, and just get to adore all of the kids and be adored by the kids themselves.

You definitely get loved by the kids. They love to have you talk with them. They think that’s one of the best things to happen to them during the week. For some of them at least. My “team” already has several kids that have unofficially formed a “fan club” for us. We all get kick out of it.

Vacation:

We went on vacation the week after VBS. The people who went were my immediate family and extended family on my moms side. We went to the place we have gone to for several years now.

Well, we could not check in until 4 on that Monday. By the time we had arrived and had gotten all of our luggage and other necessities in and put away, it was too late for swimming of any kind. But over the next three days we all became nicely “cooked.” From which we all were pealing, or as some of us like to say on occasion, “snowing”.

College:

College life is different from homeschooling. Having to go into town everyday to class and then having something called “homework” that you have to do outside of class. I am already at the point where I have been contemplating class options for next semester.

I am enjoying this whole experience. As I am finding out, the next four years are going to fly by.