Trip to Newport Beach

Last week we took a little trip to Newport Beach to visit our friends Cori, Brian and their son Ryan. We stayed in a condo overlooking the ocean that is a time share owned by Brian and Cori. We felt very lucky that they invited us and we had a great time even though Ana was sick and Ben was getting over his cold. On Sunday we went to the Tall Ships Festival in Dana Point. The weather was really nice and Ben got to ride a bus and go on the ships with me. Monday we went to the South Coast Plaza to go shopping. Ben and Ryan got to go on a Merry Go Round. It was Ben's first time and he had fun. Then we went to the Rainforest Cafe for a late lunch/early dinner and Ben absolutely loved the place. They had lots of animatronic animals that would come to life and Ben especially liked the gorillas and leopard that were sitting right by our table. On Tuesday we went to Sea World. The weather could not have been better and we all had a good time. The highlight for Ben was the Arctic Exhibit where he got to see Polar Bears, walrus and Balooga Whales. Ben couldn't take his eyes off the walrus and Whales as they swam by the window. Ben actually went up to strangers and said, "See", and then he would point to the animals. He must have done this about 100 times. Brian and Cori, thank you for a inviting us, we had a great time.