Last week we visited Seaworld.  Thanks to the "Here's to the Heroes" program, our whole family was able to get in for free.  Since our admission was free, we decided to take Kelly's best buddies, Emma and Annie along.  There were so many things to see and do.  Tom and I were pooped by the end of the day, but the girls were still going strong.  It really was a great time, and we managed not to lose anyone.

We ate lunch as soon as we got into the park at the Budweiser Pavilion.

Kelly and Emma really wanted to ride Journey to Atlantis, but Kelly was worried she'd get too wet, so I, being the brave soul that I am, offered to take Emma.  I rode it once and won't ride it again.  I just don't like those big drops.

This was right after the first drop.  I was hoping that was the only one, but there were more to come-SCARY!! Oh, and we didn't get very wet since we sat in the back.

(note-no specific reason this is underlined, but I can't figure out how to get rid of it, sorry)

The girls pretended to be polar bears at the Wild Arctic.

The girls enjoyed their Dippin Dots ice cream-yummy!

Kelly loved feeding the bat rays.  We do this every time we visit Sea World.

This was a fun picture of the dolphin jumping.

Kelly and Emma did end up riding Journey to Atlantis-twice.  This last time they talked us into letting them go right before we were going to leave the park.

First Day of School

We just finished our first week of homeschool.  It was a light one due to the fact that Tom had this week off.  On Wednesday it was back to class for Kelly.  She had her first day of workshop. 

Fun at the VanderKarrs

On Wednesday we hung out with our friends, the VanderKarrs. We were also reunited with the Fess family, who were visiting from Idaho. We all attended Living Hope (our church) together. It was great spending time together and catching up.

Here's some of the brood. There were about 13 kids altogether!

Always fun stuff to do at the VanderKarr house.

"The Famous Water Slide" Notice Casey hanging from the slide? He always was fearless.

Wedding Pics

Saturday we celebrated the marriage of our friend, Rosie from church.  Here are a few pics.

Kelly wore her pretty dress and old-fashioned hat.

Tom played the violin while the guests arrived.

He also played his flute while the couple took communion.

Our Family

Thursday was our first visit to the beach all summer.  The weather was just perfect and the water refreshing.  Made me wonder why we don't go more often.

I had to make Kelly pose for a picture of us together since I'm usually the one behind the camera.

Kelly loves to boogie board.....

...and jump the waves with her friend, Emma.

A picture perfect day!