Sea World!

For Kayden's birthday this year she decided to skip the party and head to Sea World!  We are so lucky because ALL the grandparents joined us!  Oma drove down with our family on Friday night and we met up with everyone else when we got there.

We stopped in Austin for a quick bite to eat around lunch time.  I love Austin.  When I looked for kid friendly places on my phone, tons showed up.  We chose one that had out door dining and a playground for the kids.  It was the perfect stop for a road trip meal.

When we arrived in San Antonio, we made a stop by the Alamo.  Kayden had studied it a little to put it in her landmarks book at school so we wanted to make sure we were able to see it on the trip.

Daddy explaining a plaque to the kids that showed the way the Alamo would have looked.

When we checked in to the hotel just a little bit later, we hit up the pool first thing!

"Gobbles" are a bit unnecessary since he doesn't like to get his head wet..

Enjoying a dinner of cheerios on the porch after swimming.

We left the kids with Oma and went to meet up with Grandad and Carolyn for a grown up dinner.  Then we all turned in early to be prepared for our adventures the next day!

We started with breakfast all together at the hotel...

And then it was off to Sea World!

Grandad and Dad trying to figure out the photo booth.  It was broken.

The dolphin area.

Killian taking some pictures of the dolphin area.

Kayden had so much fun at that area that we decided to feed the dolphins the next day.

Waiting for the big Shamu show.  Everytime we'd say, "There's shamu" Killian would say, "NO!  That's Orca"  He pays attention to Octonauts!

We left late afternoon and headed back to our rooms to rest and cool off a bit.  We then put on swim suits and met downstairs for dinner and a swim.

Three cute kiddos enjoying some ice cream!

The kids wanted to explore the lazy river and the grandmother's lounged in this cabana.  Looks pretty relaxing with the kids all over it!

When we came back later, Kayden discovered we'd decorated the hotel room for her :)

Daddy and Killian watching a show while everyone worked through the showers.

The girls watching a show after baths.

The next day we started the day with the dolphin adventure!  We got to touch them and also feed them.  Killian didn't want to do either of those things until our turn was over and then he was quite upset about it.  It is hard to be three.  Kayden really enjoyed it.

We split up at that point so the girls could ride a few rides (we'd ridden a couple the day before while Killian napped).  When we met back up again, the girls got their faces painted.

We left the park and stopped at another great restaurant (they had a huge field for the kids to run and play in ) and then got on our way.  All three quickly passed out!

Very fun birthday adventure!