San Antonio?!?!?! Day 1 and Day 2

So here we are in San Antonio on family vacation. The ride down here was about 9 hrs, should have taken less. Lots of bathroom breaks and horrible traffic in Austin, but we finally made it!! We are staying with Zac's aunt, saving us tons of money, its greatly appreciated, trust me. Today we took the boys to Sea World. They had a blast!! We started with the sea lion show and I haven't seen them laugh so hard in forever!! We then headed over to the Shamu show, which Jakob kept calling "Shampoo". It was kind of cheesy, but still pretty cool. Oliver had a slight meltdown because we couldnt ride the rides, the lines were terribly long! I dont think that they understood that you had to wait so long to ride it. So in that moment we decided that it would be better to make it a two day visit. The best part of the day was the dolphin cove. Jakob and Oliver leaned up along the wall and hung over the side (as everyone did) and fed and petted a dolphin. I even did it too, it was the coolest thing ever! The boys had so much fun, they said it was their favorite! Afterwards we headed to McDonlads and ordered...wait for it..a 50 piece nugget...seriously, a 50 piece!!!! I have never in all my days seen that, and I have been to a few McDonalds (ok, no comments needed. lol). We then headed home, where we all took a really long nap (soooo needed!!). Then Deb and Bob took us out to dinner at a "hole in the wall (their words)" Mexican restaurant and it was really good...funny story there, but I will elaborate later :) So thats all right now. We are headed back to Sea World Thursday, and tomorrow we are going to take the boys swimming in the lovely swimming pool out in the backyard. Day 3 begins soon....to be continued....

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Whats going on!!

Hey again guys, hope all is well. Things are good here in Oklahoma. January didnt start off too well, being sick and all, but February was a decent month. I am currently bombarded with school stuff but it is so worth it! I am currently waiting to hear about graduate school and what my next step will be. Cross your fingers folks!! Zac's business is going extremely well. He works around 11-13 hours a day so that should tell you how busy he is. He bought a beauty of a new truck a couple of weeks ago...men and their toys...he's really excited. Oliver is thriving at school. We had his annual IEP review to see how many goals that he had matched. They were hard pressed to find things that he needed to work on, so we are grateful for that!! Jakob is rotten as ever, boy I love that little boy! He is turning four tommorrow and thinks he can rule the world now...i kinda let him...my bad. He has decided tht he needs two cakes (one for school and one for his party). One cake will be Batman and the other will be a "day old cake' As he says, what he really means is a "Diego" cake. That kid is so funny sometimes. We are taking out first true family vacation in two weeks to San Antonio, Texas. We are going to say with Zac's aunt and take the boys to Sea World, the boys (and me shh) are really stoked. For the most part everything is the same here, just different stories that fill up the day, but all in all the same. Looking forward to what is ahead. We are taking a summer trip to Virginia to see the family and hopefully can extend it and stay a little longer this time. Time flies. Its been almost two years since we moved here, and only now do I feel like I am settling down comfortably here. While I dont intend to make this my home forever, I am content at the moment. Now if only the landscapers will show up and cut down these trees that are in the way of where my pool is going to be....oops thats me dreaming again.
With all my love and blessing,
Esther Rebekah Martin