ups and downs!

I feel like JR and I have been fighting for the last week and a half. I finally just stopped talking to him. 1) It seemed we couldn't get through a single conversation without it ending in a fight, and 2) I didn't really have anything nice to say to him. Obviously there were some underlying issues that had to be worked out, but man I hate when he gets in those moods. He can be so mean, and he twists everything around...which just causes me to be mean. Plus, now that it's all worked out and over, I can't help but think back and laugh at ourselves. We try really hard not to fight in front of the kids, so each time we got into an arguement we had to keep taking time outs because one of the kids would interrupt. LOL Saturday we stayed home...this caused yet another arguement...Gah! JR wanted to get out of the house and do something, so I told him to go. He said he wanted to do something with the kids, I said great, have a good time. He got mad because I didn't want to do anything. I told him we were having a family day on Sunday when we went to Sea World, but I just didn't want to go do anything. He turned it around to say that I just didn't want to see my kids on the weekends! Ughhh. I tried to point out that he can't get mad just because someone doesn't want to do what he wants them to do...he didn't seem to get it. Ughhhh! On Sunday, we went to Sea World. My sister, Vanessa, and her boyfriend, Kyle, were able to meet up with us. They live right next to Sea World, but they work so much that it is hard to get together with them. After leaving the park, I told JR that something really awesome about getting the season passes is 1) they have already paid for themselves since we have gone twice...it's amazing that if we would have paid for single day admission, two times, we would have paid more than what we paid for the season passes. 2) We were there 9 hours last weekend and 6 hours this weekend, and it was like going to a completely different place. Last weekend we watched the Sea Lion show called "Cannery Row Caper", "Shamu Rocks" The Orca show, plus we did some rides, including the "Shamu Epxpress" which is a smaller roller coaster for kids. Logan is actually tall enough for the big coasters, but I am too scared to put him on one...obviously JR or I would go with him, but I'm scared to put him on one - maybe by the end of summer! Then we spent time in Aquatica (the waterpark), the kids got to pet sting rays, then we went to the wave pool, and a splash pad, then a smaller pool with a couple of smaller slides for Landry. JR and Logan went off to ride some of the big slides, then we went on a huge four person tube ride called "stingray falls". It's the only ride Landry is tall enough for, and it is so awesome. So that was all last week, and when we left, Landry was a little upset she didn't get to see dolphins. Yesterday, we went to Aquatica to get our locker. While I went to get the locker, JR took the kids back over to pet the sting rays. They have feeding times, so JR bought some fish and let the kids feed the sting rays. I don't know if we will do it this year, maybe next year - but I really want to do some of the interaction programs. They let you put on wet suits and get in with the Beluga whales, you can feed and pet the dolphins and the sea lions and they have a penguin interaction. They also have a deal where you get into the water with the stingrays....anyway, we might do the begula whales at some point. Anyway, sfter feeding the stingrays, we met up with Vanessa and Kyle and took off for the dolphins and sharks. The dolphins were AWESOME. Again, we bought some fish so the kids could feed the dolphins, Logan kind of just threw it out in the water...he liked seeing them, but he didn't really want to pet them or get too close...I think he saw the teeath and got a little concerned. Landry on the other hand, we were pretty much having to hold her against the wall other wise I think she would have jumped in with the dolphins. She loved it. Sharks came next....basically it's just an Aquarium. But Landry is really into "Finding Nemo" right now, so it was funny to watch her get excited about "Dory" and "Nemo". Next, we went to the gift shop - well one of them, and bought these souvenir cups. We chose to get a Large one, because you can get refills all through the park for $1...BEST IDEA EVER. I think we filled it 3 times! Next stop, The Pacific white sided dolphins and beluga whales show called "Azul" This show was AWESOME. Both kids enjoyed it. There was suynchronized swimming, divers, Parrots flying...some other types of birds, there was some cirque stuff going on with a lady doing the acrobatic dance and trapeze artists, and then of course the actual dolphins and belugas...it was great. After the show, we did a roller coaster, then went to Aquatica for some water play. It was so much fun. Something I should also mention is that the Orca's have another show caled "One Ocean" that goes on through the day - "Shamu Rocks" is their night time show. The dolphins and Belugas do "Azul" throughout the day and have a totally different show called, "The Beluga Story" which shows at 7:30, and the sea lions do a night time show called "Sea Lions Tonight", but during the day have the "Cannery Row Caper". So you can see the same animals doing different shows..not to mentio the 4 different sesame street shows and 4D Pirate movie, and a daredevil ski show. So it is really awesome to think that there is still so much we haven't done. So much to look forward to! It feels like we went to a completely new, exciting place than we did last week! I'm loving it! Can't wait to go back next weekend (hopefully). Only 2 more week to watch Mark! YAY! Plus, I get Wednesday off because of July 4th! Hooray!