This week was spring break for Alex and Sarah in High School. In the past we have tried to go and do something fun for spring break but it just wasn't going to happen this year. Besides not having any money, they are both in sports and need to be around for practices. Fortunately, Ben gave us free tickets to Disneyland that he had received from Cotters and Lisa won free tickets to Sea World on a local radio station. The Sea World tickets also include dinner with Shamu. To buy this package would have cost us more than $400. Thursday we went to Disneyland. Unfortunately the Disneyland tickets were "2fer" tickets meaning you could go twice within thirty days. The first day had already been used (which is why we got them) but we were more than thirty days later so we had to pay real money for the tickets. That is OK however since we had a blast. We went on all of our favorite rides and came home dragging we were so tired. We weren't too tired to eat In-n-out on the way home. We had originally planned to do Sea World the next day on Friday but for a number of reasons we had to switch to Saturday
. That was a blessing as it turned out since none of us were really up to two days in a row like that one. This morning was a nice and relaxed morning and after a good breakfast we headed down to Sea World. Since the day was nice and hot (high 80's low 90's) we didn't mind getting wet. Our first destination was the Shamu show where we sat square in the middle of the "soak zone". Boy did we get soaked. We then went to "Shipwreck Rapids" where we got soaked again. Next was the "Atlantis" ride where we got soaked again. We then met up with the Sanchez family and eventually made our way to the dolphin show where we got soaked again. One more ride on Atlantis and we were done getting soaked for the day. Dinner with Shamu was wonderful. It was an all you can eat buffet and it was good food. For dessert I had a huge plate of trifle. That was the best part. If you look at the picture of Shamu, that was taken from our table while we were eating. The whale is literally within arms reach of our table. It was a wonderful day and a fitting end to a wonderful week. I love spending time with my kids and I feel truly blessed to have kids who love to spend time with me. I'm a lucky man.
This week was spring break for Alex and Sarah in High School. In the past we have tried to go and do something fun for spring break but it just wasn't going to happen this year. Besides not having any money, they are both in sports and need to be around for practices. Fortunately, Ben gave us free tickets to Disneyland that he had received from Cotters and Lisa won free tickets to Sea World on a local radio station. The Sea World tickets also include dinner with Shamu. To buy this package would have cost us more than $400. Thursday we went to Disneyland. Unfortunately the Disneyland tickets were "2fer" tickets meaning you could go twice within thirty days. The first day had already been used (which is why we got them) but we were more than thirty days later so we had to pay real money for the tickets. That is OK however since we had a blast. We went on all of our favorite rides and came home dragging we were so tired. We weren't too tired to eat In-n-out on the way home. We had originally planned to do Sea World the next day on Friday but for a number of reasons we had to switch to Saturday
. That was a blessing as it turned out since none of us were really up to two days in a row like that one. This morning was a nice and relaxed morning and after a good breakfast we headed down to Sea World. Since the day was nice and hot (high 80's low 90's) we didn't mind getting wet. Our first destination was the Shamu show where we sat square in the middle of the "soak zone". Boy did we get soaked. We then went to "Shipwreck Rapids" where we got soaked again. Next was the "Atlantis" ride where we got soaked again. We then met up with the Sanchez family and eventually made our way to the dolphin show where we got soaked again. One more ride on Atlantis and we were done getting soaked for the day. Dinner with Shamu was wonderful. It was an all you can eat buffet and it was good food. For dessert I had a huge plate of trifle. That was the best part. If you look at the picture of Shamu, that was taken from our table while we were eating. The whale is literally within arms reach of our table. It was a wonderful day and a fitting end to a wonderful week. I love spending time with my kids and I feel truly blessed to have kids who love to spend time with me. I'm a lucky man.
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I am so jealous!! I want to go next time ;-) How cool was it to see Shamu that close up?!!!
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