Friday, July 15, 2011

Sea World ~ July 2011

Chris, the kids & I left for San Antonio July 10th @ 3AM. 

We arrived at Sea World @ 9AM, the park didn’t open until 10 AM. 

Therefore we had some time to waste.

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Our first stop was to see & feed the Sea Lions.  They had 4-5 pups, they were adorable!!

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Yummy…

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Sea Otters

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Seals

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Waiting on the show.

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Ella met Bert & Ernie

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and Zoe & Count (Owen is still not too keen with the characters)

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This show featured dolphins & beluga whales

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Feeding the dolphins

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Chris & Ella rode this little Shamu roller coaster, while Owen & I rode the carousel.

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The Shamu shows are NOT the same, since the trainers can’t get in the water with the whales…it’s still AMAZING to watch these giant animals!

Now off to the water park

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my handsome hubby!

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Owen didn’t care for him. Ha!

 

We had a great mini vacation to San Antonio.  The kids LOVED Sea World!

On the way home we stopped in San Marcos to do a little shopping.

We arrived home late Tuesday night.

Until next time….

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

July 4th

We left Saturday afternoon and went to Chris’s sisters house.  We spent all weekend there and came home today.  We had a GREAT time!!!

Saturday night we watched Fireworks in Waxahachie….we were NOT impressed.

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Aunt Shannon & Ella

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Sunday the kids played in the pool, that evening we went to Midlothian to watch fireworks….they were AWESOME!!!!

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Spencer, Ella & Owen

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Monday Chris & I had a date….thank you Aunt Shanny & Oma for watching the kids!

We had a WONDERFUL 4th of July weekend.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Owen ~ 21 & 22 Months

I’m just a little behind on this, but better late than never.

Owen has really blossomed within the last couple of months.  He has began to talk!!!!  We were beginning to wonder….who could get a word in with a bossy big sister. Ha!

He is saying:

  • uh oh
  • all gone
  • Ella
  • Nana
  • Pawpaw
  • Uncle
  • Momma
  • Dada
  • duck
  • makes the sounds of a truck, racecar, motorcycle, etc.
  • makes many animal sounds

When he hears a loud truck, motorcycle, airplane, etc.…he stops what ever he is doing and gets this concerned look on his face.  He LOVES trucks!!!!

He can point to his:

  • nose
  • eyes
  • mouth
  • ears
  • hands
  • head
  • feet
  • bottom
  • belly
  • elbow
  • hair

He is SO, SO much fun!!!!!  Owen is such a loving, tender hearted child.

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Thank you Lord for this precious gift!!!