San Diego - Day 2 - Sea World!

We celebrated Independence Day this year

by visiting Sea World!

Even though it wasn't our typical Independence day, 

it didn't stop us from dressing up appropriately

in our Red, White, and Blue. 

Speaking of being patriotic, 

aren't my toes awesome?!?

Thanks to my lovely sister in law Allison 

for sharing her Jamberry Nail Shields and letting 

my toes be patriotic!

Anyways back to Sea World
and away from pictures of my feet...

Jackson absolutely LOVED all the aquariums.
He was fascinated by them and would have stood
and stared at the fishies all day if we'd let him.

We dined on Shamu Pretzels and Shamu Icecream

And patriotic Jell-O

But don't worry...

we ate healthy things too. 

Like Churros. 

And of course we partied with the
one and only Shamu!!!

We saw lots of crazy cool animals
of the deep blue ocean,
like Starfish

Dolphins

Sharks (swimming above us in the shark tunnel)

plus Walrus, Turtles, Penguins, Beluga Whale,
Polar Bears, Nemo, and Dorey.

We also had fun riding the skytower, the bayside skyride,
 and just exploring Sea World.

We made sure to catch the new show, 

Cirque de la Mer, which showed amazing 

acrobatic feats of the ancient merpeople. 

Or something like that. 

Jackson loved playing in the bouncy area designed for only those 36" and under.
Until the little girl stole his yellow square.
How dare she!
But she made up for it when she brought him
her dad's camera to play with...

We finished off our grand independence day
by watching the fireworks from Shamu Stadium
after watching the new show, Shamu Rocks!

It was a great presentation complete with the best music
and inspiring quotes.
You better believe I got a little teary - eyed...
I am so grateful for those who have served our
country to protect our freedoms.
I love this country,
and am proud to be an American!

Overall we had a great day, but perhaps
my favorite moment was when we got
up close and personal with Shamu...