Sea World!! 7-30-09 through 7-31-09

Well, I am finally getting pictures up of our Sea World trip. We had such a great time! Here are some pictures of the highlights. We spent the first day there with dad, mom and the kids, and Michael and CarrieLynn. It was so good to all be together again. Mom (and the rest of the family for that matter) had been looking forward to spending some time together towards the end of her 2nd chemo treatment and before her 3rd. When dad had some days off towards the end of June, he planned on the family meeting up with whoever could go. The Lord worked it to where we were able to go with. I was so excited! CL and Michael came for the first day. Jerry and Erin weren't able to leave CO. but enjoyed some much needed time together at home.

Here is the traditional picture of the whole family. What a group!!

The first show we saw was the sea lion show. It was pretty cute...I remembered the seals and walruses...Clyde, Seymour...I couldn't believe my little family was actually at Sea World! It was a dream come true. I am so grateful we got to go.

Here are all my boys in their matching John Deere green.

Here are all of us girls in our matching pink. Mom made all the little girls matching dresses. They looked so cute. Thanks mom for doing that, I love them!

Michael and CarrieLynn with James...don't they look cute with a baby?

Stephen couldn't wait to get wet. He took the 3 big kids and at the first opportunity to get wet, he did. They stood on the side lines in the splash zone for one of the rides and got drenched.

They even did it a 2nd time...except Bella...she didn't like it as much as Martin and Millie.

Dad rented a "cabana" for all of us to meet up at. It was so nice! We left all of our belongings there, ate snacks there, sat and rested, talked about plans...It was great! Thanks dad.

More fun at the cabana.

There was a lazy river that we all enjoyed floating down. Sometimes we would go in a group, and other times just a few would go float while the others either played somewhere else, waited in line to ride a ride, sat at the cabana. The river was nice and relaxing.

Here are a few pictures of Shamu. The shows were all a bit different than what we remembered. They seemed to be not as focused on the animals, but more on the people in the show.

None the less, the kids thoroughly enjoyed seeing the whales.

Stephen would often push all 4 big kids in the stroller as we walked from one place to another while I carried James in the sling. They were all quite a load.

I had to put this picture of James in here. We were back at the camper taking a break and he was smiling so cute.

This is all of us at the end of the first day.

Stephen surprised me and decided to spend the night at the campground with mom and dad. That was so sweet of him. We got to spend a little more time with Michael and Kit which was nice. Thank you sweetheart!

The next morning at the campground, Stephen, Martin, and Bella and dad all went for a walk and ended up playing at the playground for a little while.

Here we are at breakfast time.

This was the dolphin show.

We went to the day time Shamu show the 2nd day and I think that was my favorite show. I seemed to be more like what I remembered...more about the animals. It was really nice.

We went by the Clydesdale's and saw some beautiful horses...funny thing though, I didn't take any pictures of real horses...just this statue. Oh well, at least you get the idea.

We walked through the penguin exhibit and all enjoyed the AC.

We all took a break and sat for a few minutes.

Here they are back at the river again. Martin's favorite part was the waves, but I couldn't bring the camera out there. There was also a place where they had a slide ride for little people. The kids liked that too.

Here is mom and Scottie enjoying their float down the river.

I was so thankful Sea World offered complimentary life jackets for everyone. It made it a whole lot easier for the kids and Stephen.

Martin, Millie and Bella enjoyed all the treats Mamageese brought and shared with them. Here is Martin eating his 2nd granola bar.

I think Millie had 2 tootsie rolls in her mouth at one time and was asking mom to help her open another. She was in heaven. What fun to have grandparents!!

Dad and James taking a snooz.

Scottie being so sweet to Elaina as she sat in the chair eating her raisins.

Bella and Elaina waiting to watch Martin, Millie and me to come floating by.

There I am- cheese!

There we are at the end of 2 very long, fun days. Some great memories were made. Thank you Stephen for taking us on that fun trip!