Sea World Weekend

So we had a 4 day weekend and decided to take full advantage of it. We have a friend who was the best man in our wedding who works at Sea World. He has affectionately been renamed "Penguin Man". Penguin Man, aka Josh, was able to get us three passes to Sea World, so off we went. The kids were excited, Jeffrey has been a few times before, but Alexis has not.

We decided to sandwich the trip with a visit to HB as well. The kids were excited and they even decided not to fight.

No matter how many times I go, I love it. There is something to seeing these beautiful creatures in their environment, and seeing them interact with humans. While I am SCARED TO DEATH about seeing whales through the looking glass, I refuse to let me kids be scared.

My kids have me completely confused - what I thought they would find fun, they did not like. What I thought they might find boring, they loved. Hmph. I thought they would love the tide pool... eh, not so much.

Alexis was not so fond of putting her hands in the cold water. Once she held the fish, she wanted to chuck it!

This was the only picture I could get in. Jeff did not want to be part of the shot.

The kids did not nap, and had a late dinner. It almost made for a bad combination, but we survived. It makes me laugh that they completely crash... together. They have done this a few times before. They drive me crazy, but at the end of the day... with them asleep, clutching their souvenirs, it makes it all worth it.

Family Visit to Disneyland

I have come to the conclusion that life continues and that's okay. Your experiences should shape the person you are and become, not let them hinder you.

Jeff recently got his pass. As I am becoming a baseball widow pretty early in the season, we are determined to use it. So the four of us, and about ten others joined the party. It was bittersweet as we used to do this with Tita, but I am sure that she was smiling down on us.

Some of the 14... Jeffrey and Karina - Jeffrey driving. Not sure why Karina is smiling ;p Aly and I

Bear, Kristina, and Alexis
I have seen many things at Disneyland... trams almost crashing, the inside of Matterhorn, breaking down on Roger Rabbit, people falling out of the tram, but this was a first. A PUPPY on Autopia?!?!?

Jeffrey in Mickey's house

Alexis, Aly, and Jeffrey

Due to Aly's schedule, and ours it is very hard to do things with her outside of family events. I was happy to know her schedule was clear and she was able to go with us.