Christmas day, with pictures.

After opening presents Christmas morning, we took off for Seaworld. The picture above was the tree close to the entrance. I was so THRILLED with all the decorations, it really helped with the Christmas spirit.

I do admit, as much as I dislike snow and cold, it was strange being in a warmer climate for Christmas. I liked it, but it just felt odd. It made me really think about those that don't see snow, or feel snow.



This photo just amazes me, because, Hubby is 6 ft tall. Look how tall my Buggy girl is at 8 years old. Where does the time go? How did she get to be 8 and this tall, I will never know. Her father is under 6 ft, I am 5'3, I guess she is pulling genes from someone other than directly from me and her dad. Along with this, on our way home at the airport the lady questioned Buggy's real age, asked twice to verify she was under 12.

The weather was beautiful. Not humid, not too hot, it was PERFECT.



We saw dolphins.


The kids touched Stingrays, I volunteer to photograph, I am not touching those things. Slimmy. I swam with Stingrays in Cancun, that was enough for me. *shiver*

We saw Manatee. Strange, huge animal.


Hubby fed the sea lions.


Ar, Ar. The kids loved the sea lions and their barking.


Funny story! Buggy was attempting to feed the sea lions too. I was proud of her for touching the little fish that you through in, however, the birds were VERY aggressive. As she dangled the fish in the air preparing to toss it a bird came swooping in trying to TAKE the fish FROM HER HAND. She panicked flinging the fish into the air, it landed on a man's foot standing right next to her.

Through my fit of giggles I apologized to the man and Buggy was DONE feeding the sea lions.

Bad bird


Dolphin love.


So the main attraction is the killer whales, right? One hour before the Shamu show was to start we got in line to ensure we wouldn't miss it. Bubba was TIRED, he was so done with things that swim, but we waited.


The wait, was worth it, for those of us that stayed awake.



He slept. He slept through the roar of the crowd, to the "ohs" and "ahs". He slept through a live saxaphonist playing Christmas Carols. It was a WONDERFUL show, all about Miracles. The miracles of killer whales being trained, cohabitating, and miracles of life. Life of animals and humans. IT was AWESOME.

Those killer whales were quite hard to photograph, but here is one that turned out.


As we were leaving the park, with the thousands of other people, we walked down the main street. It was full of Christmas lights, Christmas Carols and.... SNOW. We all smiled, except for Bubs who was still asleep on Hubby's shoulder. SNOW! IN SHORTS! There were others that obviously hadn't been around snow, their excitement really made me smile. Kids danced, parents laughed. It ended our evening perfectly.



and finally, the tree lit on our way out. It was a great Christmas day, very different than we are use to, but one we won't soon forget.


*spell check isn't working and I don't want to proofread...so forgive any errors.