Vacation 2010

Vacation is always hard for us because we can never decide where to go! This would be our last vacation with our family of three so we really wanted to make it special for Cole. Our first choice was our favorite vacation spot, Destin, Florida. Cole hasn't been since he was one so I knew it would be fun! However, the oil spill in the Gulf left a shadow of doubt on our beach plans so we decided to go somewhere new, Sea World in San Antonio.

We stopped along the way in Houston to take Cole to the zoo. They have a dinosaur exhibit that opened this summer and we just knew that our little dinosaur-lovin boy would love it! Not to mention all the other cool animals he would get to see. The rain put a slight damper on our zoo trip, but we made the best of it. To our surprise, Cole was scared of the dinosaurs! He did enjoy looking at the other animals and taking a ride on the zoo carousel.

Sea World was amazing! We still are not sure who had more fun, us or Cole! There are so many neat things to do, like feeding dolphins, splashing at the water park, and all the cool shows. Not to mention the rides! Every morning Cole would wake up and ask was it time to go to Sea World! Our hotel was very cool too. Each night we were able to roast marshmallows (or make smores!)in the courtyard and watch a movie. Definately a family friendly hotel! Even more exciting was that another family we know was also staying at the same hotel. Cole got to play with his "girlfriend" Isabella and her brother Jayden!

Our trip was absolutely wonderful! We can't wait to go back! I ended up coming home with 392 pictures on my camera. I will post just a few for yall to see!



Cole and Shamu


Family pic by the fire


Feeding the dolphins


The only dinosaur that Cole was not scared of!