Saturday, May 29, 2010

San Antonio!

A couple weeks ago we took our trip to San Antonio.  We decided we wanted to take the girls to Sea World, so we asked for gift cards to the park for Christmas.  It worked out great!  Thanks to the grandparents we were able to take a little vacation and the girls had a blast!

Our first stop was the Alamo and River Walk.  Unfortunately, the memory card in the camera lost it's little lock button, and was stuck on lock.  So we had to buy a disposable camera, and the couple pictures we took are still on the unfinished roll yet to be developed.  The Alamo was pretty cool!  It was very interesting how this old mission looking building is smack in the middle of down town.  Growing up in So Cal, we're used to seeing missions on hill tops and wide open spaces so this was a little different.  After the Alamo, we figured out how to go down to the river walk.  We decided it wasn't stroller friendly, and being tired and so hot we headed out for our hotel.  After settling in, we headed out to find some dinner.  We eventually settled on Pizza Hut and had a nice little meal then stopped by Conn's to get a new memory card.  I guess the bottom line of that is we were spending time together, and that's what matters :-)

The next morning we prepared to go to Sea World!  Kaitlyn was so excited to see Shamu.  She'd been talking about Shamu for months!
 


We played some games, and Kaitlyn won a few prizes.  The duck is all for you Grandpa Bob!  It has a skull on it, says "Bad Duck" and she made the "crazy Grandpa Bob face" for the picture.

 
It wasn't very crowded, so Christine had some time to walk around 

The Shamu show was definitely the highlight of the day.  Christine saw the whales come out of the water and said "ooo ooo" while she pointed 
 

Kaitlyn was in awe of the whales and was so excited to see them. 
 At the end of the day, we tried for a picture with the Shamu character.  Christine did fine ... but wasn't so sure about it 

 We really had an amazing time.  It was so great to get away on a real family vacation!  Thank you!