The Turner clan comes home....um, I mean to Texas!

What a great week it's been! My sis and her family made a trip south for some fun and family hangin' out. We spent part of their visit with them in College Station w/ mom and dad and then for part of the time, they came here for a visit. Even though it's only been a few months since I've seen them, it's amazing how everyone is growing and changing! Daniel's crawling around everywhere and pulling up...and smiling and giggling....

As it typically goes, Lauren and Josiah were practically joined at the hip for the entire time we were together. Jeffrey and Katie were usually with them. Here's they're in the hot tub playing "seals" and putting on a "seal show".

Daniel loved Jonathan and Jeremy's hats.

One day while they were here in SA, we all went to Sea World. Yeah, we did it! 2 moms, 8 kids...were we a little insane?? Nope, just ready to have some fun. We saw the Shamu show, played in Shamu's Happy Harbor, missed the Sea Lion show...twice, paid way too much for lunch in the park, and had a great time doing it! By far the highlight of the day was getting to feed the dolphins. We've actually never done this before in all the times we've been. Now I have a feeling we'll be doing it almost every time. It was great!

Here the dolphin is telling Julie "Move to Texas, Move to Texas!!"

In an uncanny event, I actually heard this dolphin say...."Pssst, Lauren, tell your mom and dad to move to Texas!" (Did you know I can speak dolphin-ese??? It's one of those things I study in my spare time!)

It was totally worth $5 to buy a tray of fish. How often do you get to lean over a pool and pet a dolphin!!

On our way out of the park, the oldest 6 got a pic w/ Shamu. David had a previous "Shamu scare" earlier in the day, so he was NOT going to be included in this pic!!

8 days goes by wayyyyyyy too fast when Julie's around! It's great having family to love. I'll choose to be thankful for that, instead of moaning that they have to go home!