A Sea World Christmas

This year was going to be a tough Christmas no matter what we did, but we felt grateful we had a plan in place in advance that was a bit out of the regular for Lance's side of the family.  Really that was a blessing as it gave us something to gather around and look forward to that we knew Colleen really wanted us to do. 

The day after the game we gathered for breakfast at The Broken Egg.  It was a breakfast restaurant in San Diego that we had never been to before but Lance had on his wish list since seeing on an episode of the tv show Man vs Food.  We called in advance and were thrilled to find that they had put us in our own separate room when we got there.  It was perfect because the kids could roam around some without us having to worry about them bothering other people.  After eating we also had a chance to do the cousin gift exchange, give some updates, and talk a little bit about Grandma in the more private and quiet area.

After breakfast we all headed out to Sea World as a Christmas gift from Grandpa Utah.  We were there at 11am when it opened and stayed until closing.  It was great weather and super uncrowded which was perfect.  Sea World has 2 big roller coasters now which the kids had a blast going on over and over.  We also saw all the major shows and got to tour our favorites like the Polar Bears, the Penguins, and the Sharks.  At the end of the day we had done just about everything which is pretty amazing considering we were moving a group of 16 people. Sea World had a deal going on where you buy a 1 day ticket and you get the year for free, so the Mullins were able to even go again later on in the trip and we'll be able to whenever we visit Mom and Dad.  It was a really fun day that we topped off by eating dinner at Phil's BBQ.  This was another Man vs Food restaurant on the wish list that just happened to be directly across the street from their hotel.  The line was out the door but it moved quickly and was lots of fun.  It was a long but really great day.