Sea Animals, Rides, & Rain

Day 3 of our weekend in San Antonio was spent at one of my favorite places... Sea World.  Really... I LOVE it there!  

Sunday morning as we were preparing to pack up the hotel room, get dressed, eat breakfast, and head to Sea World, I got word from my very pregnancy sister, Sara, that she may or may not be heading to the hospital to have a baby 4 weeks early.  Yikes!  We kind of procrastinated getting to the park, so we would have time to hear back from her... would we be going to Sea World or Oklahoma?  Finally she called... the baby was okay.  She was okay.  We could go to the park!  Yea!  We met Coby's family there and spent the day with them which was, again, a joy.  It's so fun to make memories with family, and our families and parenting styles and (sometimes bratty) kids seem to mesh well together!  (Just kidding about the kids... They were all angels.  The whole time.  Really!  :) )

We started the day by going to a couple of shows.  We saw sea lions, an otter, a walrus, Killer Whales, and a mama & baby Beluga Whales.  It was great!   The big kids sat in the "Splash Zone for the first show, and Coby & Skyler joined them there for the Shamu show... and they got wet.  Cooper was a little more cautious and hung out with in the "Baby Chloe Zone" with me, Corey, Adrielle, & Chloe.

~Cooper watching the sea lion show~

~ beautiful girls ~

~ Shamu! ~

Of course, we made time to ride some of the rides.

Dolphin Cove was one of the highlights of the day for me and the kids!  I have always LOVED dolphins, so to get a chance to be so close to them and watch my kids feed and pet them... WOW!

~ waiting for their chance to touch the dolphins ~

After our time at Dolphin Cove, we were headed to the water park when... you guessed it... It Rained!  A lot!  Like, a ton!  We were really sad!  We had been really looking forward to going to the water park for weeks!  We tried to wait out the storm under an awning, but finally the kids just decided to "make lemons out of lemonade".  The danced and played and chased in the rain, and I must say that brought some joy to all of us!  




After a while, Coby & Adrielle needed to make a run for their reservations for Dinner With Shamu, and we decided to make a run for an indoor show.  They got to their dinner only to find out that it was cancelled, and we got to our show only to find out that it was full... arrgh!  Finally, a nice Sea World lady found us a seat, and we got into the show.  This is how incredibly wet that we were after our run through the rain...  (and it is about the only photo of this picture-taking-mommy to prove that I was actually a part of this adventurous day)    

After the show, the kids spent the last of their souvenir money in the gift shops, and we headed to the little car to make the 6 hour drive home so we could do school and Corey could work on Monday.

I must say that it was not the weekend getaway that we thought that it would be with the car, the rain, etc., but we made memories.  A lot of them.  And that is a good thing no matter how hot and tired and wet and sore that you are!

Coby & Adrielle... thanks for sharing this adventure and your lives with us.  We loved it!