Fun Times (and no I'm not being sarcastic)

MeMaw and PawPaw asked us a few weeks ago if we had this particular weekend available because they would like to take a trip and it just so happened that we did. As a wonderful treat they took us on a trip to SeaWorld in San Antonio, TX! As an added bonus, Uncle Chad (Jeff's younger brother), also joined us.

We headed to Houston Friday afternoon to pick up Uncle Chad and made it San Antonio around 7ish that evening. The drive was much more uneventful than our recent MS trip and for that I was very thankful! The hotel was wonderful and Chase was thrilled when he saw Shamu's mug on the elevator doors.

With our crazy Texas weather we had been a tad nervous that it might be a little chilly on Saturday, but it turned out perfect. We started out bundled, but within the hour it was ideal. Not cold enough for a jacket, not hot enough that you were sticky and sweaty. SeaWorld was all decorated for Christmas and despite the fact that it was too bright to see the lights it was beautiful. We watched Shamu's Christmas Miracle Show, road Shamu's roller coaster, watched the Beluga Whale's show, fed the dolphins, posed with the famous Bud.weiser Clydesdales, fed the sea lions, posed for more pictures, visited the penguins, and caught the walrus and sea lion show! It was definitely a fun filled day!

To end the evening we drove to the Riverwalk and ate dinner before walking around to look at the Christmas lights. We had hoped to take the boat tour, but it was so crowded they ran out of tickets before we were able to get ours. Chase was disappointed, but I'm pretty sure he had a great time regardless! Just check out these pictures, there's no denying it!

Feeding Time

Group Shot

Famous Clydesdale

Aquarium Wreath

MeMaw, PawPaw, Chase, and Shamu
"Shamu"

Riverwalk

I hope everyone else had a fantastic weekend!

*Also a special birthday shout-out to Aunt Stacy and a HUGE thank you for watching our baby girl, Molly, while we were gone (and not to mention the other pets)!!!

**And, please send prayers for my friend Lisa's mom. She is very sick and will most likely be having surgery tomorrow. Thanks!

**I am grateful for
1) two weeks until Christmas break
2) sales, Lord do I need them for all the shopping I have yet to do
3) a fantastically, fun weekend
4) an awesome MeMaw and PawPaw
5) our own bed, it's always nice to be back in it