SeaWorld

SeaWorld has their 50th anniversary this year.  They had a great deal in April where I bought one regular pass and got a second one for free.  So those two passes became Andrew and Anna's passes.  Now because Alan and I are teachers, we get our passes for free.  So I only paid for one pass.  I love a great deal.  We finally got to visit SeaWorld on Friday.  It has been 17 years since Alan and I have gone and this was Andrew and Anna's first time.  Other than it being miserably hot, we had a great time.  We ate lunch on the road and arrived at SeaWorld about 12:30.  We saw Shamu, tried to pet dolphins, saw the dolphin show and the Sea Lion show and went to several aquariums in the park.  We left the park at 5 and stopped by McDonalds and got a cold drink and a snack and headed back home.  We live about an Hour and 10 minutes from SeaWorld, another nice perk of living nearby.

 

Cheerleading Camp and Football Camp

Andrew and Anna had the opportunity to participate in some camps at the school recently.  Anna was so excited about cheer camp and she took it seriously.  She came home each day and practiced all afternoon.  Her Dad of course, was not too pleased.  At their end of camp performance, I noticed Alan was smiling but turning a nice shade of red due to him not liking all of this cheer stuff.

 

Anna is in the front, second from the right.

Unfortunately, Alan did not capture pictures of Andrew's camp, but Andrew enjoyed it and even got a prize on the first day.  He worked with a former University of Texas player as one of his camp coaches.  Even though, I am not a Texas fan, I did think that was cool for Andrew to get that opportunity.

Vacation Part 2

After we left Memphis, we spent the night in West Monroe, LA.  The next morning we made our way to Haskel's Doughnut Shop, where Jase, Martin, Si, and Godwin of Duck Dynasty, ate hot doughnuts in one of my favorite episodes.  The kids gave two thumbs up for the glaze but did not like their chocolate covered doughnuts.  I took pictures of the bar stools with the autographs of the stars.  We didn't get to sit there because a lady and her friend were there for their weekly coffee and doughnut visit.  However, they did volunteer to get up so I could take a picture.  Afterwards, we headed to Duck Commander.  We went into the gift shop and Andrew got a duck call, I got a pink Happy, Happy, Happy T-Shirt, Alan got a cap and Anna got a pencil, eraser and holder for school.  We then ventured out and took pictures of the various areas and I noticed Alan took more pictures than I did.  I think he was quite fascinated.  We ended our adventure by having lunch at Willie's Duck Diner.  It definitely is a new restaurant with very good food but a little pricey. 

Our vacation was needed and a lot of fun but we were sure glad to be back at our house and out of the car.  I never really noticed how far south we really live until this trip.

 

World's largest Duck Call

 

The Loading Dock

The Back side of Duck Commander