SeaWorld and The Beach! (lot's of pic's)

So the Ocean was FREEZING!!! The kids could care less!! Derick wanted to boogie board so bad so he braved the harsh temperatures and went for it. He is such a stud!!!

Crud!!! I did these backwards!!! Anyways, this is after a LONG day at SeaWorld. The kids got their faces painted earlier that day but had since played in the ocean and bathed. However, this paint did not come off too easily. Kash put the popcorn bucket on his head and Uncle Chris heard him crying from the bathroom, walked in and saw him like this. He could not get it off. Rather than helping him he just laughed, so Kash realized that this was not a crisis afterall...It was the perfect opportunity to get laughes from EVERYONE in the house!!! These three are little buddies!

Claira and Derick looking for sea shells in the ocean. So cute!! Ash and I just looking snazzy in our red!! I am so thankful that I have a sister in law that I adore!! She is one of my best friends. She is more like a real sister than a SIL. We have a blast together all the time. Sometimes when the guy's are working late we will get sitters and her and I will go out "on a date" We laugh so hard together all the time and pretty much keep eachothers lives moving and on schedule! I would be lost without her in my life every day!! It was such a great trip with our little families!! I can't wait to do it again next year!!!

We went to the 4-D Seseme Street show. It was really cute. Paiz sat the entire time and watched. She is such a good baby. She was so easy the whole trip. I was a little worried that at 18 months she would be a stinker but not at all. She was a blast and LOVED all the animals.

So the kids all wanted their faces painted and being the good Momma and Auntie that I am, I told them all we would do it!! Blayne wanted the tiger SO bad but when it got right down to it...he was NOT IMPRESSED AT ALL!!! I laugh everytime I see this picture of him crying. He is such a funny little guy!! I love my little "monster"

Claira and Kenzie OF COURSE got matching "municorn" masks. They just thougth they were the most beautiful girls around. And I ABSOLUTLY AGREE!!!

Derick thought he was a little too OLD for face painting so he got a "tattoo" of a rattlesnake. He really thought it was cool and assured me this is the only kind of tatt he will ever be getting.

And Kash!!! He wanted SpiderMan and boy did he get it!! She painted his entire face!! It was so funny. None of us expected this and when he saw himself in the mirror he got a NEW LEASE ON LIFE! For the rest of the day he RAN everywhere. He would look at people and if they caught his eye he would stare them all the way as we passed by them. He was slinging "webs" everywhere and told me "I am NEVER TAKING A BATH!" It was hillarious!!! We all loved it! All in all...face painting was a HIT!! And my Mom and I are going to learn how to do it!

We wanted to do family pictures by the beach. The kids were NOT interested AT ALL!! They wanted to play in the sand or go to SeaWorld. Not sit on the wall and smile. So this is the best we got. This was our "red day" Ash and I decided to color coordinate everyone each day we were at SeaWorld. The guys thought we were silly but after our first day there, they were SINGING OUR PRAISES!!! Okay, not really but they did think it was a great idea! My Mom used to do this for our family when we would go to Six Flags.

Chris and Ashley and their family.

Claira and Blayne just hanging out before going to SeaWorld. Such cuties!!!

Erick took Paizly out before our family pictures and took some of her by herself. I can't believe how stinkin big she is already. Ooohhh I love this baby girl!!! Great pictures Daddy!! (he is pretty proud of her too) ;)

Here are all the kiddos except Brody. He was napping I think. This picture will be great to look back on in a few years. I hope we can do another just like it next year!! We had lunch with Shamu. It was TOTALLY worth it. The food was GREAT! We got to see him up close and the trainer gave us a lot of info we did not know about how they train them and just about all the whales there. It was really great and the kids loved it. It was perfect for a little down time in the middle of the day! I for sure reccomend it!

I am amazed by Shamu EVERY time I see him. What an AMAZING creature!!

Erick and the kiddos waiting for the Shamu show to start. This was "orange day"

We had such a fun time in California. I loved staying in the beach house so in the evenings we could sit out and listen and smell the ocean. It was for sure not long enough and I can't wait to go agian and next time hopefully stay a little longer!