The Cowart Clan: We're goin' to SEA WORLD!!

"Ahhh!!!!!!" We were so excited that we could just scream! All six of us were dressed, ready for adventure and EXCITED!! This was going to be amazing for our boys, we just knew it!, and Corey and I were dancing with excitement just thinking about how AWESOME these animals are and how mesmorized our boys would be! Let the adventure BEGIN!

Quick family shot ~ thanks Dad!
Ok, we were off to see the dolphin show, but MAN, flamingos are stunning!

Here is a GIGANTIC sea turtle. At least 4 feet long and really struggling to get out of the water. Hmmm....

Here we are at the dolphin show. With 3 adults and 3 kiddos it was easy to hold them and snuggle them all. Plus they each got a running commentary from the adult they sat with! ;)

The show begins and it was FANTASTIC. Gabe was completely entranced and enthralled and awed by the show, trainers and dolphins!

See her under the water?!?! Crazy and amazing!

Watching the dolphins jump was great!

Now the above picture was of a false killer whale and this creature could jump high and more gracefully than ANYTHING I had ever seen before. It made me feel like a kid again! :)

The show was phenomenal!

After that amazing experience, we headed out to feed the dolphins, because now Gabe is obsessed with the idea of dolphins. If you buy food, *at an ungodly price* you can go and pat and feed the dophins. TOTALLY WORTH EVERY PENNY THOUGH CUZ, I WOULD PAY TO DO IT AGAIN IN A HEARTBEAT!!

Here I am showing Gabriel that you pat the dolphin first, then drop in the fish afterwards, while holding scaredy-cat Granty Boy!

Gabe is fearless and ready because HE WANTS TO BE A DOLPHIN TRAINER WHEN HE GROWS UP! The dolphins were so cute splashing, clicking and wanting to be pet.

Here goes Gabe without any help. He puts his hand out, coaxing them over and then petting them and dropping a fish in. He rocked at being a dolphin trainer!! ROCKED!

Here were mine and Gabe's favorite 2 dolphins!

Meanwhile, my dad, Corey and Gavin were feeding dolphins too. It felt like a dream. A chance of a lifetime! Wow! :)

Gabe snaps some pics at the underwater viewing area!

Next, we headed off to feed the stingrays. They were beautiful flying through the water, but definitely scarier to feed. The mouth is on the bottom, so you have to be under them and feel them suction slurp it out of your fingers. Seriously such a chance of a lifetime. What memories...

So then we headed to the sea lion exhibit! Yes, we fed these cuties too. Grant finally was brave enough to toss some fish to them. You just had to make sure that they were looking because the birds here were AGGRESSIVE, scary aggressive! Gavin though threw this exact sea lion a fish, bulls-eye, right to him! The whole crowd cheered. * Not many people actually feed the animals, due to the expense, but Corey knew it was a chance he didn't want our munchkins to miss. So there we were, living in the moment and enjoying life to the fullest. Plus the 3 adults were loving EVERY second of it too. It was amazing!

Then we went off to an EXPENSIVE restaurant called Shark Encounter and ate lunch down with the sharks. It was cool and slighty creepy. The boys were speechless, except for squeals of "Look!" "Look!"

This was an amazing experience and we were blessed to have been so spoiled by Corey.

What a fun day with the 3 cutest/sweetest boys in the world, best Grandpa in the WHOLE world, and the best Daddy in the entire UNIVERSE! What a lucky lady I am ~ blessed!

* Here were the favorite fish from the day* (They reminded the boys of NEMO!)

Crazy shouting of "Dory!! Mom we found DORY!"

A sawfish? Or some creepy shark....

Now for taking Gabe on his FIRST roller coaster! Double click on the snapshot to see him big! He LOVED it and went again and begged to KEEP GOING! My kinda guy. It must be in the genes!