Sea World!

We were blessed again with a GREAT day at Sea World! The park was empty! We have never seen it so empty! We played the whole day and then headed over to have Pat and Oscars with Grandpa and Grandma Henderson. Its such a fun tradition that the boys love! Davis even knew that his favorite pasta would be there as well as warm cookies from Grandma!

In a snow globe....

And in real snow!

Playing in the snow in bathing suits and flip flops. That is my kind of sledding trip! They also got to visit Reindeer and sit in Santa's sleigh.

Then there were the rides! We had a lot of fun on the rides this trip and didn't do any shows. As the Sky tower was coming down Davis was fist punching the air - YES! because its his favorite ride!

Daddy trying to stay dry on the Shipwreck rapids... but it didn't work!

Davis was so brave to do the Eel ride this time! It was so funny! This is what he looked like when it started:

By the end though he was hands up!

We did the Sky bridge for the first time and they loved it so much we had to do it twice!

Of course we hit our favorite exhibits...

Sharks!

Beluga Whales!

The climbing area!

 The tide pool!

 I even convinced Caleb to touch the Anemone.

John and I had a little to much fun with these mirrors!

I definitely think we need one of these in our room!

We love Sea World! 

Its like the best hidden secret in theme parks!

Once in a lifetime...

While at Sea World this week we had a once in a lifetime opportunity. As we were headed out of the park we noticed the killer whales were really active and we watched them for a bit from up top. One of the trainers told us to go check out the underwater viewing.

It was A-MA-ZING! 

The Sea World education worker that was down there said that this was truly a special once in a lifetime thing to see because they never have all 4 whales in that pool together. Not only that but the whales were so active! We were mesmerized!

And then to top it off someone showed up with a guide dog. Whales see a lot of people but either they were very curious about the dog or they saw the dog as lunch but they came right to the glass and just hovered there. Check out these shots of Caleb!

It was so cool! I still get the chills thinking about how magestic these beautiufl whales are up close. I am so grateful we had the chance to see them so up close too!

Vacation recap - Disneyland and Sea World

I have so many wonderful things to blog about from our BUSY weekend in CA. John, Erik, Sarah, and Caleb all arrived Wednesday night. We headed to bed for an early wake up call to Disneyland. We had a blast! It was busy but we still were able to do a lot thanks to Johns fast pass skills. We rode the new Star Tours ride and it was really fun. We stayed until 8:00 that night and we went home and slept good!

Friday we had another early morning so we could head down to San Diego to have donuts for breakfast with Grandma and Grandpa Henderson. It was so fun to visit with them and have Grandma dote on and spoil the boys with attention. We headed over to Sea World for the day but not before snapping a few pictures!

Sea World was amazing as always! We got to see the new Turtle Reef exhibit which is one of my new favorites! The day ended with John, Caleb, Erik, and Sarah going on the Rapids ride and getting soaked! I promise it had nothing to do with the water guns we were shooting at them ;-) Caleb and Erik were brave enough to do it a second time and both didn't have any dry spots on them when they got off!

We finished Friday off with dinner at Grandpa and Grandma's house! We are so blessed to have such wonderful Grandparents. You can feel how much they care about us and they are so fun to be with! We love them so much! This is one of my new all time favorite pictures!

 We headed home that night to Aunts, Uncles, cousins and another really good nights sleep!