The Beach!!

We spent one day at the beach on our trip. It was firt time the boys have ever been to the ocean or the beach. They LOVED it! Porter had so much fun in the water with Dad. We even got Ryker and Kyler to go in it a little bit with Dad too. They didn't like it nearly as much as Porter. These boys were covered from head to toe with sand when we left. Mike and I were too. A day at the beach with kids = sand EVERYWHERE!!! It was a lot of fun though. The boys had a ball.

After we spent the day at the beach, went to La Jolla Cove to see all the sea lions. Like we didn't see enough sea animals at Sea World, huh?

Sea World!!

Mike had a couple weeks off between semesters so we wanted to do something fun as a family. We were just going to take the trailer and go camping. Somehow that turned into going to Sea World! It was such a last minute trip but it was so worth it. We found a really good package deal that included our hotel and Sea World so we just went with it. We had to be back by Thursday to have Ryker's tonsils out. It was kind of a short trip. We left Friday after I got off work. We drove to Primm which is about half way and stayed the night. Got up the next morning and drove the rest of the way. When we got there, we just swam and hung out at the hotel. Then we spent 2 days at Sea World. Then we had a day at the beach. Then a drive home all in one day. It was so much fun and the boys loved it. Just forwarning that trying to get 3 little boys to all look at the camera at the same time was pretty much impossible. So, we just have what we could get!

They have rides now at Sea World. They didn't when I was there. I wasn't able to go on any since I'm pregnant but the boys had fun going with Mike.

Ryker wasn't tall enough to go on this ride but Porter was so he went on it with Dad. He kept telling Mike before he went that it was going to be awesome. They take a picture when you are going down the drop off and Porter looked scared to death. It was so funny! Mike was just watching Porter the whole ride laughing. They got soaked too. You can see them at the back of the boat in the second picture. After the ride Porter said it was so fun but he didn't want to go on it again!

Peguins!

One morning the flamingos were out. Porter wanted to go touch them so bad.

Sharks!

Both days Kyler knocked out for a little bit in the stroller. It was nice for him to take a little nap!

We got to hold some starfish. The boys thought that was so cool!

Shamu! Shamu! Shamu!

The sea lion show.

And the dolphin show. As you can see we sat in the soak zone for this show and we got soaked. The first day the boys didn't think it was that fun getting soaked. Ryker and Kyler started crying. The second day we got even more soaked at the show and that was fun for them. They knew what to expect that time!

This is after the show. You can't really tell from the picture but they are soaked.

We took a pack and play for Kyler to sleep in. It was so cute, when we would come back to the hotel, the maids would have made Kyler's bed too. Had to take a picture of it!

Mike's New Job!

Mike got a job at the hospital!!!! We are very excited! Mike heard in class that they had 4 postitions available. They really wanted to hire someone from his class because they really like all the students in his class. So, they told them all to apply. Mike did and he got a phone call for an interview about a week later. He went in for his interview and was really nervous. He had no idea what to expect. He came home and wasn't that excited. He didn't feel like he did very good in the interview. We weren't really counting on a call back. Then one day when he was at his clinicals, one of the guys hiring came and got him and asked him a few questions. Mainly wanted to know what his plans were for the future and if he was planning on sticking around. A few weeks later people in his class started getting emails that they didn't get the job. That was on a Friday. He never got an email. We couldn't help but start to get our hopes up at this point. He was texting everyone in his class trying to narrow it down who was left. There were 3 of them that hadn't gotten an email. We talked about him getting the job all weekend. Monday I get up and go to work and about a half hour after I get there I get a phone call from Mike. He tells me he got the job!!! It was very unexpected but we were really excited too. It's just a PRN (as needed) position. We weren't sure how we were going to work this out with me working and the kids. Well, it ends up that most of the shifts are nights and weekends. That works out good. He had his first shift March 25th. He said it was so busy but it was a lot of fun being on his own. This is a great opportunity for Mike to get his foot in the door and get some experience. Hopefully it'll pay off and when he finishes school, he'll be able to get a full time job. Isn't he amazing? He thinks he bombs the interview and he gets the job!