Southern California: Sea World

So this past week we pulled Gavin out of school for 2 days and headed for sunny California! We drove down and that was interesting, Kyson was by far the best traveler. We stopped in St. George at the temple and visited the visitor center. Then we headed for Sea World and then Disneyland for 3 days. It was so much fun! I love going with my kids and seeing their faces when they ride something for the first time, or Jaycee seeing on the princesses. They loved Sea World and thought the Orca's were awesome. Sea World has 7 orcas on site and the largest one weighs in at 9500 lb! The shows were great and Jaycee loved the beluga whales. My kids are huge Free Willy fans so Sea World was lots of fun. We were lucky enough to go with my sister Jenn and her family so that made it just that much more fun. The kids got to feed dolphins, pet rays, and see the clydesdales, all of them they loved and wanted to do it again. Of course, every trip has a funny right?, Well here is ours: My sister caught a trolley to Sea World from their motel, but the last one headed back before the Shamu Rocks show at 7:00, so we decided we would work something out to get them back to the motel and still see the show. The show is awesome. It has the ocra's perform to rock music and it is fabulous!!! Gavin sat in awe the whole time, but he LOVES the orca and told his dad he wanted to be a Marine Biologist when he grows up. I told him go for it, but he will have to move out of Utah to accomplish that goal. Anyway, after the show, Phil took, Morgan, Mallory, Kyson, Jaycee, and my brother-in-law back to the hotel while Jenn, Gavin, and I waited at the park. Their hotel was relatively close, so we waited and waited, and waited. Finally, Shane calls informs us they are lost. They finally found the hotel, but by the time they got back to pick us up, there was only 1 car in the entire parking lot and the night crew was asking us if we had a ride. It was funny and a great memory! On our way back to our hotel in Anaheim we swung by the San Diego Temple and took a couple of photos. The temple is beautiful and awesome as it rise out of the mountain as you make the bend in the freeway. All I can say is WOW!