Texas Trip Part II

This is installment 2 of our Texas trip. It has been a busy week, getting back into the swing of work and school and all the house and yard work we had to catch up on after being gone a week. We are currently in Spring Cleaning mode and getting rid of stuff that is cluttering up our lives :) On to the story of our Texas Weekend...

As a special treat for our weekend we went to Six Flags and Sea World. Both are about an hour away from Hank's place, so we set out, not so early in the morning (10ish) to play at Six Flags on Saturday. We actually ended up with a great day. It was overcast and super humid, but the clouds kept the heat under 90 and kept the sun from being intolerable. We would have had a unhappy 6 year old had we been doing so much walking around in the heat and sun. We started off the day finding a face painting booth and Jacqui and had to get pretty. Hank was going to get a Hulk face paining, but ultimately decided to be grown up and pass this time. As it was, it was perfect, and there weren't huge crowds as it was supposed to rain! We had fun riding ALL the kids rides with Jacqui and meeting Looney Tunes. Hank and I were able to separate for short bits and ride the big roller coasters. Jacqui was not having any of the big roller coasters "Oh no I am NOT going on that thing, it looks dangerous!". We did talk her into the log rides and the white water raft ride and she ended up loving it! We were soaked to the core every time we rode them, but Jacqui had us go back about 4 times to ride it over and over!

On Sunday, Mother's Day, we went to Sea World after Hank surprised us with a Mother's Day breakfast. The whole day was a great treat for me as you all know how much I love Sea World and it was a memorable Mother's Day! It brought back childhood memories and wishes to be an Orca Trainer (you know what I'm talking about Christa!). We saw Shamu twice, and walked all over seeing all the other animals. May was Mexican Fiesta month, so there was a concert that eve, and a Mexican Shamu even there! We rode all the little rides with Jacqui (Hank especially liked the roller coaster:)), but again talked Jacqui into some of the faster rides and the log ride and she loved it. Naturally, we got wet again... and again and again! It was a perfect day for walking around, overcast and humid, but not intolerable. Many of the exhibits were air conditioned so we just strategically planned out our experiences... Jacqui loved the penguin exhibit. I think my favorite was petting the dolphins, that just made my day, and we stayed there for like an hour. You can buy sardines to feed the dolphins and can pet them as they eat the fish from you hand... SO NEAT! It was such a fun day and a perfect weekend! Bye Sea World and Bye Shamu!

After our long day at Sea World, we decided to go by the Theatre on our way home. We had a special Mother's Day dinner at an Italian Restaurant that was beyond delicious. Then we saw Iron Man 2 on an IMAX screen. Pretty impressive, and Jacqui even liked the movie a little after I explained that Uncle Levi LOVES the Iron Man movies (that got her into it). We went home after the movie and crashed, what a long and fun weekend!