Sea World Continued

It's Shamu time!

We sat in the splash zone and got soaking wet. I'll never get over the unexpected abundance of freezing water. He splashed us 3 times in a row, YUK!

As Shamu was swimming around water would spray out of his blow hole. The first time it happened, it was really quiet and Holden yelled out, "Shamu just tooted!!"
Picture with a penguin...I'm surprised Leila would stand close to it as she doesn't like to get close to anything in costume.
We waited in line for what seemed like forever for this water rapid ride, but it was super fun! Leila and I got soaked again.

Getting Ready for Sea World...

After a LONG drive to San Antonio and the kids asking every 15 minutes, "Are we there yet?" We finally arrived at our friends home at 8:30 pm. It was a wild time with a 5, 4, 3 and 1 year old. :)

Here are the kids getting ready for Sea World.

We are ready to go. The kids have their water spray bottles!

Headin out...Leila thinks she is in charge of these boys!!

First stop was the splash park and then to the "Monkey ride" as the kids call it. Kids look a little apprehensive here.

Pretty fun...Leila and Holden's toes make me laugh.

Up high...sitting next to some random family

Vacation...

We had such a great time on vacation!! The kids had anticipated it for so long with Leila counting down the days until it was vacation day. We went to San Antonio to visit some friends, go to Sea World, a wedding and get some much needed R&R.

I'm going to post in segments with pictures one so that Leila and Holden can look back and get all the details and remember the fun we had and two, so I don't bore everyone else who is reading this.

Vacation in Houston

We had a great "vacation" in Houston as Leila calls every trip that we take out of town. Adnan had a work conference in Houston so the kids and I decided to join him. It was the perfect opportunity to hang out with one of my dearest friends Jennifer and her family.

There is really nothing better than friends that have known you forever. As I was standing in Jenn's kitchen, I was trying to explain to Leila that Jenn and I had been friends since we were she and Caiden's age (that is Jenn's 5 year old son). Crazy that we have know each other over 25 years and are still FRIENDS! Jenn and I met in Kindergarten, went to jr high and high school together then were roommates all through college. That's a long time! How can I be old enough for this to be possible?? Let's face the facts...I am.

The kids played at parks, did art, chalked, jumped in puddles, paraded around the block and all in all really got along great. Did I tell you that there were 4 children 5 and under? It was a wild fun weekend!!