Sea World and Faith

We have been wanting to take the boys to Sea World so on the 4th of July weekend we went. It had been ages since I had been, so I was just as excited as the boys.

Keaton wanted to go on the the few rollercoaster rides that they had, so the first thing we did was head to Atlantis. It was a little bit of a shocker ride for him, but after the ride was all done and over with he said he liked it. Of course, Xander was too short for the ride so him and I relaxed and saw some sea life.

It was really cute while we were checking Xander's height to see if he could go on the ride and found out he was too short Keaton said with a worker standing next to him,"Xander stand on stand on your tippy toes" so then Xander stands on his tippy toes and meets the height limit. Of course this was all innocently done by Keaton because he didn't know it was against the rules. It was worth a try.

For the Shamu show we got amazing seats, atleast we thought so, in the wet zone and really close to the platform where the whale comes on. It was a hot day so it felt good to get wet and we actually didn't get soaked, but just in case during the show we took off the boys shirts.

During the show Xander said he was a scuba diver, thinking he was one of the trainers and was standing like a flamingo and then I realized what he was doing...he was pretending he was standing on the killer whale as the trainer gets lifted up in the air.

Keaton really wanted to go on the Rapid Ride, but in the afternoon it was a very very long wait and since only half of our family could go we told him we would go later on. So when the night time came we went over, but it was broken down. My dramatic boy(Keaton) was besides himself. So I talked to the Sea World worker to see how long it might be and he didn't know, so I told Keaton we would wait. There were about 5 other people also waiting for the ride to reopen

What I love about Keaton, he just started talking to these people and his mind was ticking, coming up with all these reasons why the ride broke down. Keaton makes friends easily and is never short of conversation. Then... he said,"I know, I need to say a prayer so this ride can get fixed"

One of the people waiting said,"Prayer is really powerful"

Keaton while pointing to his head," I know I am really smart"

Now I am holding back tears of laughter because he is so cute with all the expressions that he uses and admiration for him.

Then Keaton gets down on the ground on his hands and knees and says a prayer. He gets back up and says, " I asked Heavenly Father to help fix the ride and to help the workers fix it"

Within 5 minutes after his prayer the ride opened up and we were riding the rapids. The whole wait time was about 15 min.

I love the faith of children.

The Day

Jacobs high school graduation day.

Keaton said after the graduation: I wish I had a hat to throw up in the air like Jacob did. Jacob has had a few busy months. He is now a high school graduate and an Eagle Scout. Here he is working at Dairy Queen. Yes, I embarrassed him by bringing in the camera, he wasn't going to look up, but i just told him i was going to keep taking the pictures until he finally looked up at me. The boys thought it was so exciting to see Jacob at work. At home we were reading a book and it talked about someone making an ice cream cone and both of the boys mentioned that Jacob makes ice cream cones. Jacob made quite the impression on his nephews. The boys love their uncle!!

Graduation Day

The preschool graduate. In Keatons class every parent had to make a paper doll that looked like their child, so here is Keatons. I copied one of his favorite shirts. It was an amazing preschool year. Keaton made some great friends as for myself. I loved volunteering in the class and seeing how Keaton learned and interacted with the teachers and other children.

Keaton was blessed to have the most amazing preschool teacher, Mrs. Burkley and her assistants were Mrs. Trana and Mrs. Holguin. I couldn't asked for a better run program.

Our next preschoolers, Peter Everitt, Sara Thompson, and Xander all enjoying the yummy food from the graduation party. In my family I always remember doing something special after each year of school so I wanted to start it up for my boys. So a group of his friends from school all went out to celebrate their year of learning and went and saw the movie "UP". It was a fun, celebrating day.

Now I just hope he keeps up the excitement for school for the next 12 years and more.

Too much lovin

Xander saw this cricket in the yard and wanted to catch it. My bug lover chased that cricket around and unfortunatley for the cricket, Xander caught him. Once Xander got the cricket he was started petting it like a dog, then he put him on his arm to hop on him. Xander got very frustrated everytime he jumped off, so he would catch him again and put him back on his arm, soon it became much easier for Xander to catch the cricket. I wonder why? Well, not purposely, but because my bug lover was giving this cricket too much love he started to lose a leg here and was slowly getting crippled. This is Xander showing his catch of the day. He is always poking his head in cracks and holes to see what bugs he can find.