Legoland!!

On Monday we spent our first ever day at Legoland in Carlsbad, CA.  It ended up being a great day and a great trip!  We left Sunday after church, and stopped by to see Steve's Aunt Joan and Uncle Roger in Laguna Woods on the way.  The kids were so excited to see where Aunt Joan lives!!  After a very nice visit, we drove the rest of the way to Carlsbad, checked into our hotel, and the kids went for an evening swim!

The hotel had a great pool, and the kids enjoyed swimming in it (and jumping into it!) both evenings we were there!

 

Upon arriving on Sunday evening, I realized that we forgot shoes for Faith!  She had her church shoes that she wore down to Legoland, but those would not work for walking around the park all day Monday!  Thankfully, some of our friends who were going with us to Legoland had an extra pair that fit Faith perfectly!  And they looked cute too!

 

At the park on Monday the kids enjoyed many rides.  They also enjoyed some of the Lego play areas that were scattered throughout the park.  Here the kids are playing with some of their friends and Pastor Koch.  We had a group of 17 that went into the park together!  The kids loved having many of their friends with us! 

 

Thankfully it was a gorgeous, warm (but not too hot!) day as those who went on this Pirate ride ended up getting very wet!!  They all loved the ride though as they shot giant water guns at other boats as well as people outside of the ride just watching!!

 

Faith received her driver's licence after driving her Lego car around the streets of this ride!  She was proud of herself that she pressed the brakes and stopped at the stop signs!  This was the point at which Shane ran out of gas!  He was tired, and asked to go back to the hotel to rest!  Thankfully, that was easy to do as the hotel was next to the park! 

 

On the bouncy ride with friends!  It was so nice that most of the kids enjoyed going on the rides as much as Faith did! 

 

The final ride of the day!  We were at the park from when it opened until they closed! 

 

I love this picture!  It captures the day - tons of fun with friends!!  We had a blast at Legoland and are already looking forward to our next trip back there!  Hopefully this fall we will make it there again!