Vacation Recap

Well, The Davis Family rolled back into Weatherford Saturday night, revelling on the success of our trip. Some highlights...

*** Day one at Sea World: a LONG day (open til close...9 am-8 pm), but overall a good one. Started with a dolphin feeding, then the sharks and clydesdales. Jax really enjoyed the sharks and the reef, even picking out "characters" from "Finding Nemo"... "Look, Mr. Ray! Dory! Bruce! NEMO!" Then went to ride Jax's first roller coaster, Shamu Express (kiddie coaster...trust me). He enjoyed it, was proud, but it was a bit rough..."I bonked my head but I'm ok". Then off to the Lost Lagoon waterpark. Fun splashing around a bit in play pools, wave pool, and the big "playhouse". As the day rolled on, we tried to see as many shows as possible. Waggin' Tails was cute (basically a bunch of trained "rescued" land animals), the ski show (with amazing Chinese Acrobats and "face-changer" pre-show) was fun, and of course, Shamu was impressive. At the end of the day, we visited two "special" shows, one involving sea lions, a walrus, and a sea otter spoofing all the shows (VERY funny) and a "Shamu Rocks" show to close the evening with lots of good loud music. Overall, a good day, lots of walking in oppressive heat (and carrying Jax), and enjoying the absolute wonder in Jax's eyes...a few times I even caught myself getting a bit emotional watching Jax have a ball... And only a few times did we want to throw him to the gators (haha).

*** Day Two, Sea World and the Austin's: We got out a bit later, with the main goals of a) seeing the only show we missed on day one (Cannery Row Caper), b) spending lots of time in the waterpark, c) myself getting to ride the "Steel Eel" (kind-of a coaster nut...), and d) a visit to the store to let Jax pick out a fun souveneir. Let's say only "b" and "d" were accomplished due to Tropical Strom Eduoard coming through mid-afternoon...but it kept temps down so that was a welcome thing. We all enjoyed lots of stuff at the waterpark though, and it was a much more "relaxed" day. For dinner we met our good friends Scott, Shannon, and Chase Austin at their place in Shavano Park for fajitas. Always good to see them.

*** Kerrville: What can I say, we basically were lazy and I read alot of pointless novels. It was PERFECT.

All in all, a succesful trip we ALL needed. Jax got to be our kid again, and we were able to really focus on him. Missy was able to "stop" as was I. Some very good (and needed) conversations between us were able to occur. Oh, and preseason football started...woohoo!