Sea World on Saturday

Last Friday my Mom told me that she and my Dad were going to Sea World with my sister and nephew and that we should go too.

Mr. H was working the weekend, so I figured it would be a fun way to spend the day. 

I hesitated for a second, because I thought it might be pure craziness on a Saturday in the summer.

But...

when you get to see your kids cheering with excitement like this...

because they just witnessed this...

 ...a Crazy Summer Saturday at Sea World is totally worth it.

 Hannah would jump up and clap and shout, "Good job Shampu!! Great job Shampu!"

 And Claire would jump up and clap and yell "Good job whale!  Hi whale!"

 Gamma and Geeps braved the tea cups with the kiddos...

 Check out my Mom's face here.
Yeah, tea cups. 
No thanks.

 In this picture I was trying to use a photography technique called panning.  You are supposed to move with the moving subject you are focusing on, and the rest of the movement in the background becomes blurred, while your focus stays sharp.  I kinda did it.  I think.

Moments after this picture was taken, we had to find a  store that sold flip flops because Hannah was crying about blisters on her poor feet.

 We watched the Pet Show.  Probably my least favorite thing at Sea World, but my kids LOVE it.  Oh, and my Mom really liked it too.  ;)
Upon leaving the Pet Show, I left Claire's hat in the stadium.
Ah well, it was the only thing that got left behind.
Well, the hat and all my money.  Ha ha.

Stole this pic from my sister's blog.

I thought it was cute of my parents.

Time for lunch and beverages.
And yes my sister and I are wearing the same shorts.
Old Navy baby.

An attempt at a picture with my girls.

And with that random man walking behind us.

 After feeding ourselves, we fed the sea lions.
Not as fun as last time we were there.  I think these guys were very overfed on this busy summer Saturday.

Just for fun here is a flashback picture from the last time we were at Sea World.  It was 7-27-09 and we went with Mr. Hass' Mom. 

Look how big my girls have gotten!
Wow.  Time flies.

 This just might be my favorite shot of the day.

This is a picture from the dolphin show...

 There wasn't a whole lot of dolphin action going on.
But, after watching the documentary The Cove, I'm totally ok with that. 

 These bubble guns were a major highlight for the kids.  All day, everywhere we went, they had guys walking around selling these things.  Finally I caved, and spent $20 on two bubble guns.
The smiles on their faces made that twenty bucks feel well spent.

 I can't even believe we were there long enough for the sun to start going down!
The kids did great and we stayed a lot longer than I ever thought they would make it.
I on the other hand was exhausted.
And don't laugh at me when I tell you this, but my legs are sore.
I blame it on that 45 pound backpack I carried around all day.

 While my Mom was buying the kids each a souvenir, my Dad thought he should get these sexy shades.
I told him they went really great with the pink hurley backpack he was wearing.
If you click on the picture to see it bigger, I love that you can see me in the reflection of his left eye taking the picture, and you can see my sister in his right.
Look at that Dad, your girls are just twinkles in your eye.

And this just might be my other favorite shot of the day.

Heading to the car after a whole lotta fun went down.

Man I love summer.

I love Sea World.

I love my fam.

I love Southern California.

And I loved getting to snooze in the backseat while my Dad drove us home.