Spontaneous Sea World trip

Erin called me up a month ago with a deal on Sea World tickets I could NOT pass up. She knew someone who was offering a group discount deal for $6/ticket. You had to go on a specific day (Weds, March 2) which meant the kids missing some school. We have been studying the book of Mormon as a family for a little over 2 years now and were so close to finishing. I thought this would be the perfect motivation to finish it by March 2. (That gave us less than 30 days fro read about 60 pages in the Book of Mormon.) We finished the last 3 chapters of the Book of Mormon in the car on the drive. Such a great feeling to have completed such a perfect book as a family. I still can't believe I talked Ron into taking this short last min trip but I'm so glad I did. Sea World is so magical to me. I love that it caters to all ages. Something for every child to enjoy. We drove up Tuesday after the kids got home from school, went to Sea World Wednesday morning and enjoyed the park ALL day long. On Weds. evening we headed home. I didn't bring my nice camera and really didn't take too many pics. I was just living in the moment enjoying this fun memory in the making. 

 Ronnie lost his hat on the very first ride. LOL 

Noah is such a sweetheart. He is not the most adventurous but pretty brave. I talked him into riding the Manta Ray rollercoaster. As we walked up to the ride he could hear the coaster rushing past us and riders screaming delight. That scared him a little and he wanted to head back. I had to practically force him to get on the ride. It's seriously on of the smoothest fastest roller coasters I've ever been on. I LOVE it. When we got off he said "I'll do that again... in 2 years." Later in the day he rode it like 3 times. I just love this kid. There was literally hardly any lines at Sea World the entire day. It was so nice, no waiting not much crowds. Totally worth the lack of sleep and missing school. Shhhh don't tell his teachers I said that.

Mason is just straight up fearless. He was totally fine riding alone and wanted to ride roller coasters NON-STOP. I love his sense of adventure and thrill seeking personality. Just makes me a little nervous for his future in general. I've become quite the paranoid mom with him... in my defense he only has one good eye.

Callie surprised me the most. She loved touching the manta rays, and petting sharks. I love her little feisty personality and curiosity. She is so inquisitive and smart. She amazes me with her level of understanding and thirst for knowledge.

I was very proud of myself for conquering my fears and touching a shark!!!! 

April of course was a perfect little angel (like she could ever be anything else). She would nap in the stroller when needed and was just so happy all day, she LOVED watching the animals and everything around her. We sat in the soak zone during the Shamu show... She wasn't a huge fan of that. But the boys (aka the brothers as Callie calls them) LOVED the soak zone and moved up to the 2nd row to get more!

Poor Callie was less than 1/2 inch away from riding most of the bigger rollercoasters (you had to be 42 inches tall). She handled that pretty well so we rewarded her with Elmo time at the end of the day. She was in heaven riding those rides!

We drove home after dinner at In-N-Out burger. Mason looks exactly how we all felt. I don't know how Ron stayed awake. I tried really hard but probably napped a good 1.5 hours.