Sunday, July 28, 2013

San Diego 2013

We just returned from Tim's annual work conference in San Diego.  Brayden was at a very fun age for taking in the sights and sounds of southern California.  Tim's parents and youngest brother joined us for the trip this year.  Brayden's highlights were chasing seagulls, or ducks as he thought they were, and riding the shuttle buses at the airport.  He can spot any type of bus from miles away these days!  Really Brayden probably enjoyed it all as thankfully he loves doing just about anything we offer to him!

This year Tim's conference coincided with the world's largest comic book convention, Comic-Con, held annually in San Diego.  Comic-Con sells out a year in advance, but as many of you know, when does the lack of tickets to an event ever stop Tim?  Steven and Tim attended one afternoon of the massive convention which explains the matching Batman T-Shirts below.  Brayden loves to smile when Uncle Steven is around so we got some great photos.

Beach at the Hotel Del on Coronado - my favorite place in San Diego


Our new best picture of father and son

Little legs moving very fast - both on Brayden and the seagull!

Evening in La Jolla

Playground at La Jolla





Tim and Steven flow boarding at the Wave House in Mission Beach

Swimming at the Grand Manchester Hyatt

Trying on hats in Old Town

Beach at Coronado

Grandma and Grandpa Blake

Batman shirts for all the Blake boys


Steven and I roasted marshmallows at the hotel's fire pits.


Comic-Con 2013

Steven and John Ratzenberger
Aka Cliff from Cheers and the voice of the pig in Toy Story


Conference event at the Scripps Aquarium

Riding the bus at the San Diego Zoo

Brayden appropriately sported an Elmo safari outfit to the zoo!


Playing ball on the hotel's field turf




Look at this cutie - my favorite picture!


Brayden always smiles at Uncle Steven

"Yea, we're going to the beach!"