U.S.S. Midway

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit this weekend. Todd was leaving Sunday night for a seven day business trip and Grandma volunteered to come stay with us and help out while he was gone. She was going to teach Hailey how to sew and help me with the kids school memory books. Grandpa stayed both weekends and flew home to work during the week. Before Todd left we decided to beat the heat and head to the coast. First we went to Bucco de Peppo's Restaurant for lunch. It is a crazy restaurant with delicious Italian food. We fit right in though because our crazy little Madison wore her new goggles I bought her throughout the entire meal. She is a crack up :) Next we went to tour the U.S.S. Midway. Grandpa loves to tour the big ships so we took him along.

They had a walking tour with headsets for the kids and they really loved finding the next spot to stop and listen about. It was really pretty interesting and makes you really appreciate the men and women who fight for our freedom and leave their homes and families behind. Thank you, thank you! Seeing how they live for weeks and months at a time is very humbling.

Hailey and Todd had to crawl in to see how comfortable it might be and it wasn't.

They even have a jail on board for sailors who acted out.

Up on the flight deck they had lots of planes and thingsfor the kids to play in.

It is amazing how many people and planes they keep on the ship.

We are glad we finally got to take Grandpa on the big ship.