Last week, our family went on a vacation. It didn't start out as planned, but we had a great time as a family anyway. We planned to go to San Antonio on Wednesday, and stay until Saturday. But, Dave's grandfather passed away, so we went to Arkansas first. It was a sobering trip, but I was glad to pay respect to Dave's family by being there. The trip to Arkansas before driving to San Antonio definitely made for a lot of time in the car, but our girls were real troopers, all in all.
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| Saige "found her thumb" the day before our trip started. So cute! |
In Arkansas, we stopped to eat a little hamburger joint in a town called Hope. It was a great little place to eat and the downtown ambiance was really neat.
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| Dave and the girls were grooving to the music. |
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| I wish we could have toured the home. |
I thought it was really neat to have stumbled upon the home of a former president.
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| What trip would be complete without Lydia hurting herself? |
This goose egg turned into a black eye that is still not completely gone. She got this little bump after Julia and her were playing in a rotating chair. Lydia was evidently spun too long, and came out of the chair dizzy. She ran into a piece of furniture....
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| Sweet Thumb Sucking Baby |
Day 1 at Sea World:
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| The front of the park |
We were so excited to spend time as a family in San Antonio. The first thing we did was visit the dolphin pool. Julia wanted to touch them so bad!
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| Shamu Show |
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| Saige watched too. |
We went to 2 shows on Day 1. The Shamu Show was good, and we definitely got splashed. The water was freezing cold! It helped us cool off though. We protected Saige with a blanket when the whale tale popped up to splash us. She still got wet, but we didn't want her face to get directly splashed.
Lydia loved seeing baby Shamu, and Julia wanted to be as close to the whales as possible. She decided that she wants to be a trainer, and work with the whales when she grows up. But, she's also been stuck on being a "hair styler" for a while. Before that, Julia wanted to a rock star. Whatever Julia ends up doing with her life, I know that her life will be interesting!
Second show of the day: Azul Show
It was a great show! I actually liked it even more than the Shamu show. There were synchronized swimmers, women riding beluga whales, extremely high high-divers, flips by people and other animals, trained parrot flights, and amazing dolphin tricks. I think the girls were too tired to truly enjoy the show. They kept begging for miniture bags of popcorn and bottled water that cost $3 each.
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| See the Beluga? |
The whole time we watched these shows, I couldn't help but think about a show that Dave and I recently watched about captured animals attacking their trainers. Thankfully, we didn't witness this happening at any of the shows, but seriously, can you imagine? These people work with humongous, strong, wild animals. Those trainers are really brave.
Sea World has a fun place called "Bay of Play" where Sesame street characters hang out and take pictures and have shows. Lydia was so excited to see Elmo. We saw big bird right before heading out on the first day. What fun!
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| Word to the Bird |
Please stay tuned for pictures and fun from Day 2! Blessings to you, Amber
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