San Antonio and Sea World

After Dallas we went to San Antonio to visit my sister Emilee and her family. We got to go to Sea World for 2 days. My sister lives very close to Sea World, so we went in the morning, let the kids sleep in the afternoon and went back in the evening. We had a lot of fun.
This first day we went to a Sea Lion comedy show. Spencer really enjoyed it- it was pretty funny!
We also went to an Elmo 4D movie which freaked all of the kids out. I guess the 3D plus spraying water and air were a little too much for the kids. We joined up a little with Kelsey and her family who came to Sea World on the same days as us.
Here the boys are at the aquarium. A few big tanks, but not much to speak of.
We don't have any pictures of when we went back that evening, but we went to the water park. Emilee and her family came with us, Spencer loved being with his cousins. Devon and Spencer waited in a long line to go down the tube slide and James and I played in the toddler pool, which he loved! We also went on a few bigger rides. One favorite was the "Rio Loco" which they let Spencer on the first day- but not the second- he was right at the height limit. Also that night we went to the Shamoo show. It was pretty neat. I didn't know there were like 10 Sahmoo's.
On the second Day Emilee and her girls got to come with us in the morning. Spencer officially loves rides. This is a kid version of a dropping ride- the girl next to him was screaming when it dropped, so he screamed too- but for fun!
James waiting in a long line in the heat.
This is the only ride (besides the Merry go Round) that James went on, he did not like having to sit still.
Spencer and Kate and Olivia on the Ferris wheel ride.
Kate and Spencer on this crazy fist ride.
They are in the back with their hands in the air!
We loved being able to go with cousins
Spencer would much rather hold their hands than mom or dad's!
Also that morning we went to the best show. It had a beluga whale with a swimmer, divers, dolphins, acrobats, and exotic birds- it was amazing- James even watched.
The second evening we came back a little earlier to enjoy the water park- it was packed! We went to the toddler pool, the wave pool and the lazy river. James was not a huge fan, but Spencer loved it.
The cousins and Devon and Cathrine snuck off the Rio Loco so Spencer would not be too sad by not being let on again. During this time i unwisely let Spencer and James play on this huge Elmo's playland. It was insane! Picture a McDonald's toy like 20 times the size with tons of exits. I almost had a heart attach many times, but I found my kids every time and we came out okay.
Then Spencer got to go on his favorite ride twice. Here is is with Devon and Catherine and Aurora in the front seat.
You can't see him, but he is between Ben and Aurora. On the way down he said to Ben "Cover my eyes!" I will post a video of the ride at the end of this post, because I can never get it to post in the middle. As Kate said- that gives my lots of butterflies- it was a pretty daring ride, and Spencer and Aurora loved it!
On Saturday we went to the Alamo. The boys were pretty vacationed out- and not a real joy- but at least we got to see it.
Here is my sister and her family. Spencer loved playing with the twins, and James loved playing with Ruby- which was fun to see, he usually chooses to play by himself.
We also went to the river walk, which was pretty neat.

I really enjoyed not having to hold James or Spencer's hand the whole time- Kate and Olivia were so helpful




That night we went to a fun build your own frozen yogurt place, and then Emilee and I got to go shopping which was fun. We had a great trip.
Here are a few videos from Sea World.

This is a video of Spencer's favorite ride. He (and all of the other kids) also loved getting splashed by the ride.


Charlie will be a great father


We don't have a lot of pictures of James, but i think he really did have a good time