Sea World

After my family left, Paul still had a couple days off from work, so we packed our bags, got a hotel and headed down to San Diego for a Sea World Trip. Our good friends, Tina and Danny, were planning a Sea World trip too and the timing worked out just perfect and we were able to all go together. We had planned to get to the hotel earlier to be able to swim on Thursday, but traffic was awful and it ended up taking us 4 hours to get to the hotel. So by the time we had dinner and settled in a bit, it was too late to swim. The Phillips got to the hotel a couple hours after us, so the kids played a bit, me and Tina chatted, then we called it a night. 

The next morning we were up bright and early. Got some yummy breakfast downstairs and headed to Sea World. The weather was warm and a bit humid, but really could have been much worse. The park wasn't terribly crowded. We were able to see all the shows we wanted, ride some little rides with the kids, let them play in the water area, and have some lunch. It was a good, but exhausting day. Tina and I both agreed that we didn't know how we had done Disneyland as much as we did, without our hubbies even. After the park, we did a quick drive through at Wendy's and then all headed back to our rooms and crashed. Tina and her family had to get up early to head out for another fun adventure, so we didn't see them the next morning. We all, including Carter, slept until 9 am! It was wonderful. Then I sent Paul down to get breakfast for us and we all ate in our room. We checked out at noon and headed 30 minutes further south to visit Steve and Soul for the day and swim in their new and totally awesome pool! Here are some pictures from our fun day at Sea World!

Brandon loved waiting for the water to pop up so he could punch it over and over and over!

Skytower ride. This was a fun way to see the whole park at once.

Carer is starting to get a bit dazed in this picture. He was so good the whole day though. Despite the fact that he got very little sleep. 

Sesame Street Show.

The girls waited in line for a while to get on this bouncy thing. They kept complaining to Paul about the wait, but of course, once they got on they LOVED it and kept talking about how fun it was. 

Getting lunch for everyone was a challenge. Carrying Carter, plus two BIG heavy trays of food and finding a table. Whew. That might have been the most exhausting part of the day. The food was good though, which it better have been for as much as it cost!

What a good hubby I have! Changing a poopy diaper in a stroller. 

Tina said I was like a kid in a candy store about getting to see this Cirque de mer show and she was right. It is my most favorite thing. I just can't get over how cool these acrobats are. It's the main reason I love going to the circus too! This was only a 20 minute show, but it did not disappoint. These people are incredible!

Petting some starfish.

Sea Lion show. It was more of a comedy show. The kids loved it. 

This was the last exhibit of the day. The polar bear den. I think the kids were half delirious (as were Tina and I) by this point. All the sugar they had probably didn't help either. It was pretty hilarious to watch them though. They were CRAZY!

The hubbies unfortunately missed this though. They stayed outside with the sleeping babies. I think they were fine with it though. Haha...They were just as exhausted. 

Of course I had to sing the "baby beluga" song right here. Tina pretty much made fun of me the whole time, but whatever. It was good entertainment.

I don't know what happened at this point, but the girls got into this "roaring" thing and went crazy with it. 

Here they are acting scared. Except for my Ashlyn. She's not the theatrical type.

This picture cracks me up! Ashlynn and Leah were hilarious! We couldn't stop laughing at them. I think I was in tears I was laughing so hard.

Here's a short clip from the girls "roaring". I was dying laughing. I know it's a bit dark, but you can still get the effect!