Monday, October 19, 2009

Sea World

Thanks to a friend, we got free tickets to Sea World, so we went on down and spent a couple hours walking around…here are some highlights…

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Looking at the Clydesdale Horses…thanks Budweiser!

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Ella and Mamma at her first live show

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Ella is getting ready to see Shamu.

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Ella got to touch the sea stars in the touch tank.

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Here we are by a giant octopus!

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We had a great day!

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Ella’s First Birthday

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We spent Ella’s first birthday in Folsom with Elizabeth and John.  Ella got to have her first cupcake, and boy did our little pirate enjoy that experience!!

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Elizabeth and I took Ella to the steam train during the day…

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Followed by a trip to the zoo…

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Ella got to get up close and personal with a cute little deer.

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Ella got to play on the slide with her daddy!!  Another great day!

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