Sea World

Mike's cousin Torie came to town this weekend to run the San Diego Rock-n-Roll Marathon. He and his wife and daughter flew into San Diego on Friday night. We headed down Saturday morning and spent the day at Sea World! We had a blast. I haven't been to Sea World since I was a kid and it was such a fun park and so great for kids Maddie and William's age. There were cute little rides in the Elmo kid section, awesome sea life exhibits, and of course, great shows including the famous Shamu the whale show. It was a gorgeous day. The sun was shining and it was hot but a cool breeze from the ocean kept us just cool enough.

By far the coolest show we saw was the new "Blue Horizons" dolphin show. It really was a fantastic show with acrobats swinging from trapeze swings, divers doing flips into the water, characters riding the dolphins around the pool and wild birds wizzing across the audience. Maddie and Wil loved it. Wil said he "wuved" the guys jumping into the water.

We were so happy Grandpa and Grandma decided to buck up and join us for the Sea World fun. Sonja, Russell and baby Lucas came down as well. We decided to get a hotel room and spend the night. We were so glad we did. After Sea World from 11:00-5:00 and dinner in Old Town to celebrate Russ's birthday, we were exhausted! Mikos got up the next morning and got to see Torie running in the race as well so that was super cool. It was a fun, fun weekend and we are already planning our next trip to San Diego for Legoland!