Sea World, here we come!

Last Monday Matt had the day off, because the Army gets more days off than bankers. Not that I am complaining. Anyway, we decided that since it was a three day weekend for him, we would finally take our family summer vacation to Sea World in San Antonio.

We figured it would be perfect, since there are plenty of shows we could go to together, plus a water park Bennett could swim in and rides for me and Matt. The best part though, is that since school started Monday (hence the day off) the lines would be super short. Plus, we got in free with our Military ID cards, and we like free stuff. So we packed up the car and the boy and headed out.

However, things are never as easy as they sound. We are always forgetting one thing or another, and this time we forgot to check the Sea World schedule. Turns out, they were closed this Monday. We are excellent planners!

We stayed with Matt's mom and Wayne anyway and ended up having a great weekend. It was also Bekah and Nathan's last week in San Antonio before heading back up to Rexburg for school, so it was fun/sad to say goodbye to them one last time. We may not have gotten to Sea World this time, but we will be back....

Matt is being promoted this next week to First Lieutenant, and we are all very proud of him. In honor of this, Wayne and Gunny (Wayne's step-dad) went in together to get Matt this way cool calvary sword that is an exact replica of the real thing, and gave it to him this weekend. Matt has not put it down since he got it.

I have to admit, I am not very into swords and all that, but this thing is pretty dang cool.

And introducing Bennetta! This cute outfit was going to his cousin, but we had to try it out on Bennett first. He makes a very adorable little girl...much to the horror of his father.

On the way home we even had some time to stop by and visit Jake and Janell, Matt's brother and sister-in-law. It was fun to eat lunch with them and see some of the cousins together. What cuties!