Saturday, August 27, 2011

San Antonio Adventures

We escaped for the weekend with family and friends. We packed a lot into a weekend, but we had a blast!!

If you visit San Antonio, you have to visit Sea World. It's our new favorite place on earth...and we spend 90% of our time in San Antonio there.

If you ask Avery her favorite part, it will be Shamu & Baby Shamu.

I agree with Avery, it's unreal what these huge animals can do!

During every show at Sea World, Avery had one goal: GET SPLASHED! It took seeing the show 2x times to get wet...but Shamu did not disappoint. He splashed like no other. Chels was quickly running away, but Avery LOVED every second.

Tanner, on the other hand, is STILL talking about the Boat Ride.

He was barely tall enough to ride...and honestly I thought he'd be scared out of his mind. It's the classic ride where you get trenched...and e's usually not the adventurous kind.
Tanner's reaction: "Oh yeah, that was fun!"
Anthony: "Do you want to do that again?"
Tanner: "No!"

The next day, however, Tanner had a change of heart. As we were entering the park, he say it high in the sky. "Let's go on the boat ride!" Later, he found it on the map and insisted on going again. So we did!! And that's all he talks about since.




Forget the Dolphin show he laughed hysterically during:
Tanner thought the clown person was hilarious...but swimming on the wales was cool too.

Or the cute little mystery play the sea lion, walrus, and otter put on for us:

Seeing Elmo live on stage:
Or the million other rides:

Nope, it's just the boat rides that matters :)

Avery, on the other hand, was in LOVE with all of it.
"Can I be a dolphin trainer and an aerial diver when I grow up?"
Chels: "Sure, you'll just have to LIVE at Sea World!"


By the end of the day, Tanner was exhausted, to say the least!
The rest of us only we we had someone pushing us in a stroller too.

Quincy was the best of all the kids. She just needed those fingers (just like her mommy!) and she was as happy as could be!

We talked Avery into going on the Big Roller Coaster. She was just barely tall enough to ride, but luckily they didn't ask. I was telling Avery, "To go on this roller coaster, you have to wear your big kid pants." She looked at me all concerned and said, "But I only have on my swim suit!"

I'm not sure who was more scared after the initial drop -- Chelsea or Avery!


Just Chillin
Nothing cuter than seeing these little bottoms :)

The Alamo



Tanner's BFF, Brynlee

Riverwalk