{"id":10096,"date":"2010-11-18T20:13:38","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T02:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/?p=10096"},"modified":"2010-11-19T00:22:13","modified_gmt":"2010-11-19T06:22:13","slug":"sea-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/18\/sea-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea World!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We had a blast at Sea World with the Ziemke family! <\/p>\n

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Cayden and Anna Kate<\/p>\n

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Checking out the starfish! <\/p>\n

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I think this is the last visit where Corbin will truly be a little boy \u2013 these kids have grown up before our eyes!  I love this picture of him discovering new things (from the eyes of a child)!<\/p>\n

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Penguin palace \u2013 it was amazing all of the things we witnessed them doing.  We even watched a Mommy penguin regurgitate a fish and feed it to her baby \u2013 pretty gross but cool to see!<\/p>\n

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White arctic whale watching <\/p>\n

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Anna Kate kept screaming \u201cTeddy Bear\u201d over and over.  So cute! <\/p>\n

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Cayden, Clarissa, Curt, Cindy, and Corbin in the den of the polar bear!  ROAR! <\/p>\n

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Watching the walrus eat fish was so cool!  He was HUGE!!! <\/p>\n

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He even let the fish stand on his back.  Watching him swim was incredible \u2013 it was like watching this blob swoop through liquid, again, kind of gross, but cool! <\/p>\n

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Having fun at Sea World! <\/p>\n

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Artic whale! <\/p>\n

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Cindy and Curt in the penguin exhibit!   <\/p>\n

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Noelle had three things on her list: feed the dolphins, see Shamu, and go through the shark tank!  One check down! <\/p>\n

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I was taking walking pictures all day because my heart was melting watching these kids, whose hands I remember holding like this, loving on my kids!   <\/p>\n

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Shark tank!  Check two off the list!  Scary, huh?  You should see their teeth up close \u2013 rows and rows baby! <\/p>\n

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I bet you\u2019ve never seen someone drive a wheelchair like it\u2019s a motorcycle!  Let\u2019s just say this man’s got some skills (and he\u2019s a daredevil)!   <\/p>\n

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Waving to Shamu! <\/p>\n

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Saying \u201cHi\u201d to Shamu!  Check three! <\/p>\n

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Shamu spun around in circles, before spinning back into the water \u2013 that was cool! <\/p>\n

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Noelle told Cindy the whales were obeying her as she directed them. Love her mind!<\/p>\n

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Synchronized spirals in the air \u2013 how do they teach this?  We were so impressed! <\/p>\n

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All the whales taking a bow (tales all came up at the same time and flapped back down together). <\/p>\n

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The gang! <\/p>\n

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At the end of the day, we went to Sesame Street to ride the rides and do fun kid stuff!<\/p>\n

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This was Noelle\u2019s first ride that goes up high, and she was pretty scared! <\/p>\n

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Bounce zone! <\/p>\n

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Anna Kate with Cookie Monster and Elmo!  She LOVED Cookie but didn\u2019t want a thing to do with Elmo.  So funny to watch! <\/p>\n

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We even got to pet the sting rays.  They were so slippery!  That was cool! <\/p>\n

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Last but not least, the big kids got their fun!<\/p>\n

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Mike and Corbin got so wet they had to change in the car\u2026 so.worth.it! <\/p>\n

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Amidst finding the rays of light where they can, one thing\u2019s for sure, nothing will keep this family from having a good time!  One minute I\u2019m in tears watching one of my closest friends care for her soul mate, the next I\u2019m laughing that teenagers are SO teenagers\u2026 and that\u2019s the limbo in which they live every day.  Please keep them in your closest prayers!  What an amazing day and what an amazing privilege to share life with each other, and you too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We had a blast at Sea World with the Ziemke family!   Cayden and Anna Kate Checking out the starfish!   I think this is the last visit where Corbin will truly be a little boy \u2013 these kids have grown up before our eyes!  I love this picture of him discovering new things (from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10096"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10096"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10100,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10096\/revisions\/10100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}