Sea World

We headed down to San Diego for a week long family vacation.  We had a blast and we all came home exhausted as well!  Our first stop was Sea World!  We had it all planned out that we would wake up around 7:30, get ready, eat breakfast and then head to Sea World.  When we got to our room the radio on the alarm clock was on so Easton was playing around with it trying to figure out how to turn it off.  I'm assuming during this time he somehow managed to turn the clock ahead 2 hours.  When Nathan woke up around what he thought was 7:30 he woke the whole family up too!  It turned out that it was really 5:30 in the morning!  I guess that explains why it was still dark outside and why we all were so tired.  It probably wouldn't have been a problem if we hadn't woke Dyer up.  Once that boy is up, he is up, and there is no way to get him back to sleep.  On the bright side we were one of the first people to get to the breakfast room so there were no lines and we also got to make a stop to the beach before the park opened!

Playing in the sand/ocean.

Dyer checking out the water (of course) with Dad.

Easton got drenched by the time we left.

Blair was more content playing in the sand.  

Video of the kids:

This shows exactly how the kids are.  Dyer is all about the water, Easton's right in the middle (enjoys both the water and the sand), and then there is Blair who wants nothing to do with the water.

Video of Dyer trying to play in the water:

Easton petting a legless lizard.

Touching a crab.

Polar Bear

Walrus  

Dyer was screaming when this guy came swimming by.  I'm pretty sure it was a very excited scream!  One where finger pointing and dancing was accompanied with it.  I wish that I would have gotten it on tape because it was rather cute and entertaining.  

Beluga Whale

Yes, they were fighting over the wheel.  I love their facial expressions (especially Blair's).

I guess Blair won!  She probably used one of her favorite lines, "Ladies first, Easton!"

We saw the killer whale show!

We sat in the splash zone.  Luckily we didn't get wet since Dyer was fast asleep in my arms.  I'm sure that would have been a rude awakening to get drenched in your sleep.

Touching the sting rays.

It helped that the people beside us bought food to feed them so the rays kept coming close to us.

Dyer still asleep!  He was one tired little guy but I don't blame him since he was up at 5:30 that morning!

These little guys cracked me up with the loud noises they made to beg for food.

Video of the seals begging for food:

We also watched the dolphin show!  I thought this was the best show!

Video of the dolphins pushing the swimmers:

Video of the divers:

The kids really enjoyed the Sesame Street area.  Dyer had fun in the little toddler area playing with the soft blocks.

Video of Dyer:

He is such a little bully!

Blair and Easton had fun on the obstacle course. 

Easton jumping

Blair jumping

The boys riding Abby's starfish ride.

The girls riding together.

Nathan and Easton on the Elmo ride.

Blair and Nathan

Dyer of course loved the splash zone!  

The people across the way thought Dyer was the cutest thing ever.  They couldn't help but laugh every time the water shot up into Dyer's face.  The water shut off for a little bit and they all kept trying to figure out how to turn it back on because they enjoyed watching Dyer so much.  The water didn't end up coming back on until sometime after we left and got Dyer changed out of his swimsuit. 

Nathan and I took turns going on the Manta ride.  Definitely a must if you ever go to Sea World!  Easton really liked the sky tower ride and he wanted something like that for every park we went to after that.