Sea World

We decided to go to Sea World this Saturday. It was hotter than hot, but we had a blast! And when I say hot, I mean hot. LOL! The high was 106, so the heat index was at least 110. I sweat in places I didn't know I had. LOL!

When we got there, we got a locker because we brought our swim stuff in case we made it over to the water park. Then we headed over to the dolphins. They were so cute! We got there just in time, it was about 10 minutes from feeding time. So we stood in line to get some fish to feed them. Syd fed them, but Jacob didn't want too. Me and Chris fed them as well and I got to pet a couple of them. THAT was way cool...they're so soft and gentle. After that, we headed over to an indoor building and seen the fish and sharks. We grabbed some cash for the smaller vendors and ventured on into the park. We came upon one of the stadiums and it was like 15 minutes before a show, so we decided to watch it and get out of the sun some. We'd only been there like 2 hours, but the sun was already bearing down. The show that we seen was called Viva! and was an acrobat/water/animal show. It was really neat.

After the show, we went and got in line for some expensive food. LOL! It was 30 bucks to feed all of us and all we got was some chicken tenders, pizza, fries & drinks. The good thing was that the portions were large, so we got most of our money's worth. But it was so hot out that we couldn't finish it all for fear of getting sick later. So after eating we headed over to the water raft ride. We probably stood in line there for a good 45 minutes. But the ride was refreshing...we looked like we'd jumped in a pool when we got off the ride. LOL! The only thing that sucked was that I was wearing denim jeans, so they were heavy with as wet as they were. So from there, since we were already wet, we went over to the log flume ride. We stood in line there for an hour! Chris actually set the timer on his watch. LOL! It was ok, but the kids really enjoyed it.

By then it was pretty late in the day, so we kinda figured we wouldn't be headed to the water park since we knew we wanted to see the Shamu show. We went and got the kids some ice cream and chilled out in the arcade for a bit before it was time for the next show. So we walked around a bit more and then went to the sealion show. It was really cute. It was a caper type show about missing fish. The end had a walrus, who was so cute! But the darn batteries in my camera died during the show so I didn't get any pictures of him. After that we walked around and looked at the other sealions, but didn't stay long because it was SO hot.

We killed time by letting the kids stand on the splash deck of the really huge water ride. They got soaked all over again. LOL! So we headed on over to the Shamu stadium so we could get some decent seats for the show. It was a good thing we went when we did because the stadium was already half packed and it was about half an hour before the show. The Shamu show was awesome! It was Shamu Rocks Texas, so there was some good music during the show.

After the show we had thought about one more show, but Sydney's feet started hurting from being wet and in her tennis shoes for so long, so we settled for the show that was in the theater right next to us. We figured that at least she could take her shoes and socks off and her feet could dry out some. Well, this was a pirate show that didn't involve any animals. And lets just say that it's one that we won't be going to next time. LOL! It wasn't that good at all! But it helped Syd's feet to air out and she didn't hobble back to the lockers where she got her flip flops. So we learned that if we're going to ride the water rides that we need some sort of walking sandals instead of tennis shoes.

It was about 8 when we finally left and we were all exhausted. We got home and snacked some and ended up ordering a pizza at 9:30 at night! LOL! We will probably get the annual passes that they do there. Mostly because we know some family want to go when they come out and you get several discounts around the park with the passes, too, so it only takes like 2 trips for the pass to pay for itself.

New Kitten

Well, we went out and got a new kitten the other day. I had joked a few times with Chris that we should get a cat and over the weekend, he was like let's go look. So Saturday after dinner we drove to the closest pet stores we could find. I didn't wand to jump at the first cute one without meeting it and trying to learn it's personality. So by the time we got done with that it was basically closing time for these places, so we came on home. Sunday we got up and had breakfast and Chris said we could go out and look again, so we went to the pound to see what they had. They had several cats listed online and I seen a couple that looked promising. I was hoping to get one that was a bit older, fixed, and declawed. Even though the couches are 2 1/2 years old, they're still new to me. LOL!

They had tons of cats at the pound, but none that really stuck out to us. There was one that Chris & the kids had been watching this one kitten play at Petsmart on Saturday, so I was like, ok, let's stop at the first place we were at to get a reminder of what they have and if we don't like any of those we'll go back and get that one (who had been named Trainy....don't ask me where they get these names....we saw one at the pound named Lime. LOL!).

So we stopped back by the Pet Co, but their cats couldn't be adopted until today (Tuesday) and Chris was sort of in a now or never mood. LOL! So we went back to Petsmart. We looked at an older cat first, but she was sort of skiddish, so we look at Trainy. This little kitten went crazy! She was climing on all of us and purring and going crazy over the laser light. Chris said it was up to me which one we got, so I was like, ok, Trainy's personality is way better than the older cats. LOL! And I wanted one with a good personality. So we had to go get all the cat stuff and some cash and then we went back and got her.

One of the first things we did was change her name. LOL! She is now named Sadie, which is way better than Trainy. LOL! She did really good when we got her home...she didn't run and hide, although she still doesn't like the dog much. LOL! But I think we did really good picking her. She's really loveable and loves to play. She's 4 months old, so she's eating normal food and knows how to use the litter box. We just keep showing her where it's at so there aren't any accidents. LOL!

Here's a picture of her:

Long Overdue Update

Yea, yea, yea....way overdue for an update. LOL! So, as you've probably guessed we're all moved in now. We are renting a house for now and then may start looking to buy a few months down the road. We love the house we're in, though. It's almost 2400 square feet, so there's plenty of room. We settled for 3 bedrooms since we had the extra space in the form of a loft. So we've got lots of room for any company that comes and I've got a nice area for scrapbooking, too.

We're still busy learning the area while Chris is off working and studying (he's training to be an MTI for those that don't know). We've learned what's near us, so we may start venturing to the other side of town some, or into the downtown area. We've been downtown once, which was to go to the main library. We did end up at the mall down there afterwards, though. LOL!

Trying to keep the kids busy. It's a bit tough on them not knowing anyone. They nag me to go to the pool or play on the computers all day. LOL! I do plan on taking them to a couple of the museums that they've got here and we'll venture down to the Riverwalk if it ever cools down a bit. We're thinking about getting either Sea World passes or Six Flags passes, just haven't decided which one yet. Sea World is like 5 minutes from us and we've heard that they've got more than just the animals, so we may go for that one.

So....we haven't been up to anything major, but I'm sure we will get into some stuff before the summer is over. LOL!