Sea World

I can't believe it's already been almost 2 weeks! I am so sad our vacation is ending. We have loved spending time with my family and being able to go to Disney World and Sea World. Although I am looking forward to my bed and seeing our pets again, it will be really hard saying good bye tomorrow.

I thought I would get a bit more of our vacation days on here before work and everything starts again! Wednesday the 21st was Brady's 6th birthday, and the main thing he has been wanting to do for ages was go to Sea World. We did that on his birthday (I'll post those pics and Disney later) and had a blast. It was very cold, but we had a fantastic time and saw some amazing shows!

We went to the Dolphin Nursery first thing that morning. Dolphins are my favorite animal, and I'm pretty sure they knew it! They were so playful and kept posing for me! :) This guy here has a leaf that he kept flipping up and catching!

The kids loved the Shamu show, and the Dolphin show had such amazing stunts. The kids loved posing on these little whales!

And so Shae and I decided that we needed to play on them, too! We were going for a whole "riding" them with our hands in the air.

And then of course I had to show my clumsy side....I don't know how I did this, but of course, here is my falling off the whale! I just laughed so hard and the whole family was dying laughing too because they all know me and how clumsy I can be. You would never know I did drill team in high school and college! :P

Brady and the Sea World car

Well, I guess that is all I have for now! I'll leave you with a slide show of several Sea World pics. I have no clue how many we have actually taken this trip...I'm guessing about 300+. I'll let you know the final tally!

LOADS OF PICS!!!

Ahhh...where to start? I have been so horrible about updating lately! Lots of pics to post, but I think I'll go with First Day of School stuff and then fill in from there later! Brady had his first day of Kindergarten today, and I wasn't as upset about it as I would be. I think Gwynie broke the mold for me so today wasn't near as tramautic and I was ok letting my "baby" go off to school.

I totally forgot to take pics of Gwynie each day of her first week last week, but I have her first and second day and then Brady's first day. Poor Brady doesn't have near the number of pics Gwynie did on her first day of Kindergarten! Oh well.

Oh also, Brady fell off his friends skateboard when we were at a birthday party and got serious road rash on his face. He thinks its cool now though because its in the shape of a guitar...but everytime I tried to take a picture he would turn and give me that side. I'll try and get some without his face cranked all the way around tomorrow!

Enjoy!

Gwynie's first day of school!

Gwyn's 2nd day of school

This morning, Brady's first day of school and Gwynie's 2nd week of school

Brady giving me the Rockstar look with his guitar shaped scrape.

And Gwynie in her cute little skirt and "heels" :)

While I'm at it, here are a few more!!

This was Sunday, Brady's scrape in the shape of a guitar that he loves. He had a huge knot on his forehead, you can kind of see it still lumpy in these pics. It was huge Saturday!

Last Tuesday we met Dad and Uncle David at the airport during their layover! It was awesome seeing both of them and the kids had a blast.

The kids and Uncle David

Brady though it was so awesome that Uncle could do a wheelie with no hands. Finally Brady saw the little back stops and asked what the little wheels were for. Uncle told him that was what helped him do magic. Brady was kinda miffed at that point because he knew he had been fooled. Uncled told him, "TA-DA!" and we all laughed.

Dad and the kids. I just love this pic of Gwynie, she looks so stinkin cute! Ok, Brady is cute too though!

Me, Dad and the kids

It was such a good visit to see them and to hear my Dad tell me how proud he was of us. It meant a lot just to hear him say that, and know that we really are doing a good job raising our kids. Brady and Gwynie are my two most very important treasures and really, they are priceless. I can't imagine my life without them and I know that I would do anything for my kids. Which is exactly how I was raised.

Mom and Dad - I love you so much, thank you for everything. You made huge sacrifices and did without so many things just to make us kids happy and to give us everything we would ever need. I hope one day I can be half the parents you guys are, I'm so glad we have you in our lives.