Caraway Visit

We were excited to have our good friends the Caraways come for a summer visit.

Wednesday - They arrived late in the evening.

Thursday -  We had waffles for breakfast and then went to Sea World.  We hit the otter and sea lion show and Azul, and then the older kids headed for the roller coasters while Blake, Bailee, and Asher did the kid area.  Asher was able to do more than I expected, though I had to ride with him.  They enjoyed getting wet in the water area.  Then we met the older kids and Damon for the Shamu show where the older kids got soaked.  Asher and I also got in on that.  Then we did the Dolphin walk and headed for Journey to Atlantis.  The kids got extra soaked by the wave that hits the spectator area.  Tiffany watched Asher while he slept in the stroller so I could go with the kids.  Blake was hesitant to go and turned back, but ended up getting on.  He didn't love the backwards part but did pretty well.  After our Sea World adventure we ate Marco's pizza for dinner.

Friday - In the morning the kids hung out playing at home and Tiffany and I did some shopping at a few places that Tiffany wanted to hit.  We met Aly at the pool in the early afternoon.  I saw that Helotes was doing their firework celebration that night.  After swimming we went to get Gable's ice cream and noticed that there was a ton of people at the Helotes celebration.  We decided it wasn't worth braving the crowds, so we watched the firework show from the lawn in front of Walmart.  It was quick with a whole bunch of fireworks at once.  Matt and Brayden got home from scout camp late that night.

Saturday - Damon and Matt went to Costco for food and we had the Vaughns over that afternoon for a Fourth of July barbeque.  Matt grilled hamburgers and hot dogs and we hung out reminiscing old times at the Villas of St. Moritz.  Aly and Aaron went back to get Aly ready for her trip to Utah early the next morning but Mitchell and Jackson were able to hang out a while longer.  That evening we drove up Iron Horse Way to find a good place to watch fireworks and ended up parking along the side by an empty lot.  With the late lunch we hadn't eaten, so we swung by Sonic for shakes and a snack.

Sunday - They went to church with us.  We figured out their ward is probably a little smaller than ours with a much smaller youth group.  We had a quick dinner after church before they headed to the airport that afternoon.