Sesame Street and Shamu!

Sea World has this fun BIG area for the Kids, called Sesame Street Bay of Play. It has all the Characters around with tons of kiddie roller coaster and water spouts for the kids to play in. We all took a break here and let the kids run around.

Cory, Tarren, Gillian, and Malia.

Meygen, Ally and Sinai riding the Tea Cups Sesame Street Style!

Meygen and Malia.... again getting more dizzy!

Trey decided to take a little nap while we rode the rides with the kids!

Cory and Marley!

Marley, Gillian, and Big Bird! Marley really liked the characters. We were afraid that she would be totally freaked out, but she wasn't!

Meygen, Cookie Monster, and Cory

SHAMU

Shamu is such a fun show, it's basically just a lot of rock music and a lot of people getting wet. I really don't know why people sit in the soak zone when it's 8 o'clock at night. But it sure is fun to watch them get soaked. Marley loved this show, she clapped through the whole thing.

Shamu doing his big jump..... A lot of people were wet!

Sea World wouldn't be the same without Shamu!

Sea World 09'

While we were in San Diego, Cory insisted that we go to Sea World. He hasn't been since he was 5. So he was super excited that I talked the whole family into coming along with us. My family used to go every year for my Mom's Children's Choir, we sing and all get in free. But it had been quite a few years since we had all been together, plus it was fun to take Marley for the first time!

Wild Artic.... Super cold. The walrus was funny and gross. It kept spitting it's food out of it's mouth and then sucking it back in. Super gross he was playing with his food. I swear every time I go to Sea World that walrus is doing something weird.

Touching the icy wall. Very cold and slippery!

Meygen and Marley.... and you can almost see the Polar Bear in the background

Cory and I sitting in the Pet Show. Sea World has saved hundreds of house cats and dogs, and they train them to be part of the show. It was a fun day to watch the show, all of the animals didn't seem to want to perform that day. We had a couple that just sat there and didn't want to do the tricks, it took a few tries but eventually they came around.

This amazingly was the best picture we could get. I swear these boys do it on purpose.

After the Dolphin Show, where Cory thought the lady who falls in the water was real.

She is actually one of the Dolphin trainers. Gullible Cory!

We fed the seals... they were so loud and scary!

Cory, Meygen, Tarren, Marley, and Trey

Watching the Seals fight for fish!

Marley liked the eels.... Grosss!

Touching the Sting Rays. This is my favorite thing, they feel so slimy. Plus if you feed them it is scary because they almost suck your hand into there mouth. But I was brave!

Feeding the Sting Rays.... Cory wanted to feed everything!

Starfish

Meygen and Marley

Cory and Meygen.... behind us is the big sea turtles. And they were actually moving around. Whenever I see them they just sit there, but this time they were all over the place, it looked like they would get stuck in the sand!

Sea World was a lot of fun I'm glad Cory talked us all into going. Good family memories!

The Beach

In San Diego while visiting the family we went to the Beach often! It was one of the things I insisted on, I wanted to be at the beach as much as possible. And well Cory wanted to east a Cheddar Link that Denise and Mom cooked out at the beach. We got to do both! 

Meygen, Marley, Alan, Gillian, and Grandma Hardin

Moli and Sinai.... both of the girls that Gillian nannies for.

Tarren and Cory wrestling at the Beach.... I can't remember why? Just a lot of threats! BOYS!

The Surfing Boys... Cory, Patrick, and Tarren.

Tarren was teaching Cory and myself how to surf. It was actually a lot of fun, I'm not going to say who was the better student.... But It might have been ME! However, Cory did very well. 

Meygen and Marley at the Beach

Jim, Denise, Kim, Cody, Meygen, Alan, and Marley

Cory and Gillian

Cory is eating his favorite Beach cooked Cheddar Link. Yummy! 

Gotta Love Family and the Beach! 

Marley Sleeps!

Marley can sleep anywhere.... its official! While we were all sitting around the table playing our favorite game... Mexican Train. Marley apparently didn't find our game all that exciting and fell asleep.  It was quite funny we were all amazed she could sleep like that. It must be nice to be that small! 

Marley sleeping.... 

Gillian and Cory found Marley's sleeping situation very funny! As you can tell! 

Happy Birthday... To Both of Us!

While we were down in San Diego, My mom wanted to celebrate both Cory and My birthday. So we went to this really cool little place downtown called Extraordinary Desserts. It was sooooo good. And yes they were Extraordinary! 

Cory and I shared our Birthday Balloon... Tarren was giving me bunny ears! 

Thanks for little brothers. 

One of the many different desserts we got.... This one was Cory's pick Tiramisu. 

This was mine.... Cheesecake with White Chocolate Ice Cream!

Something with a lot of Chocolate..... 

Tarren and Me.... Waiting for the good stuff

Tarren kept putting his Big Hand in all of our pics! 

Trey was texting Bethy (the whole time we were in SD)..... 

His Girl Friend but apparently not in the Romantic Sense! 

Gillian and Marley.... With of course her hand in Momma's mouth! 

She has a thing for mouth's!

Cory and Meygen

Happy Birthday! 

24 Years Old

Geppetto's Toy Store

While in San Diego we went to Geppetto's Toy store, it was right next to our favorite food place... Wahoo's. So on our little detour I found tons of toys for my future children and my own very large child... Cory... who seemed to enjoy the store even more than little Marley. 

Marley playing her very own..... Baby Grand Piano

She liked it a lot, I bet Nana would love another Piano player in the family. 

Marley on the Hobby Horse... Still a little too small for her to do it on her own. 

She kept toppling over

Tarren, Gill, Marley, Me and Cory

We were all having a lot of fun in that store. 

Trey rode around in the store on his little bike thingy. 

We are all just big kids! 

Where did the Flowers Go?

So after our walk down the Ocean Beach pier Grandma Kathy decided to show us all the Flower Fields.  However I guess she forgot it was the middle of August , so all we found was a lot of dirt and mud. Turns out the Grandma just wanted Cory to see the view, even if there weren't any pretty flowers. If you are ever in the area in the Spring I suggest you stop by because when all the fields are in bloom it is gorgeous. My mom used to take us all the time when we were little, it was so pretty. 

Cory.... You can see the fields behind him, and the view

Gillian, Marley and Tarren

Tarren wasn't very excited about the "View" 

Gill..... Possing as usual! LoL!

Me and Grandma Kathy.... Looking at the View