Escondido Summer Vacation

Thank you to Melissa and Steve for throwing a wonderful wedding celebration in San Marcos that gave us the motivation to take a family summer vacation. We got the rest, relaxation and fun that we needed. We stayed at the Lawrence Welk Resort in Escondido and it was perfect for the kids. Tons of pools, water features, a playground and even a golf course to run around at night. This is an awesome vacation resort for families and I can't wait to go back again. Here are some of my favorite pics from the trip.



We stopped at the Holiday Inn Express on the grapevine. You would have thought we were at the Plaza Hotel with how Roman reacted. He LOVED it and was so excited to be in a hotel room. Kids make me smile so much with their simple joys. Him and Paisley could have played with the phones in the room and jumped on the beds until midnight (OK they tried, but we got them to sleep by 11pm).



Her favorite activity.


Happy Girl. Did much better than our last roadtrip.


Coolest water features at our hotel
Happy boy to be swimming with Daddy


Snacks by the pool


Paisley swimming with her Grammy


The best way to handle 2 kids in the pool. Intertubes


We loved seeing Uncle Jim, Aunt Val and Melissa.


Our night away to celebrate Melissa and Steve.


Loved hanging with some of my favorite friends




Love her smile.


The wedding venue was paradise. The entire night was perfect and I couldn't have been happier than to be celebrating Melissa and Steve.


Beach day


The kids loved the ocean


Swings in the sand


Our favorite restaurant, Hacienda de Vega.


Cheers to some good margaritas.


Pretty cool view from dinner


My Girl


These 2 characters are really starting to entertain each other. I love seeing their interactions. Paisley wants to do everything (and I mean everything) her brother does.


We were going to head to Legoland, but a few people recommended we wait another year since our kids were still pretty young. So instead, we hit up the San Diego Zoo. It was gorgeous. This zoo is unlike any other. I was so impressed.


Roman and Paisley loved the monkeys, apes, gators, GiGi's and bears.


Ready to swim


She would have stayed here all day, but she would start turning purple.




It can be near impossible to get Roman out of the pool, so we all loved the water features since it gave us all a break from swimming.


Cool diner that we hit up before we left.

I realized coming home from this trip that everyone needs a summer vacation. Jason has been working so hard this past year and we really needed to get away for more than a long weekend. It was exactly what we needed with the perfect mix of relaxation and activity. Thank you Betty and Bob for coming along and helping us with the kids.