Our Last Day at Corpus Christi

Before we came back home for Grandpa's funeral, we were able to spend Monday at the Surf museum, The Texas State Aquarium, and the "Two-Story" Whataburger.  :)
It was a typical, WINDY day in Corpus Christi, TX, but a productively, fun one!
(If I had one complaint about Corpus Christi, it is: WINDY....very windy.)

We started our day off by visiting the Surf Museum.  It is a quaint little spot, showing several kinds of surf boards, videos, and pics.  Here we are with some of our favorites. :)

Outside of the museum, there was an antique car constructed out of wood, and a neat fountain area with colorful furniture and pieces of art.

As you can see from the pics, the kids are wearing their new hats that Uncle Mike gave them, and they wore them PROUDLY! :)
Next, we went to Whataburger for a snack and enjoyed shakes. YUM!

Parker was trying to "hide." How did he do? :)

Finally, we ended our day at the Texas State Aquarium.  It was FABULOUS!  They have it all organized really well, and being a Monday, we pretty much had the whole place to ourselves.  There were SO many sea creatures to admire; it gave us many opportunities to recognize how creative and marvelous our God is; to create so many different kinds of creatures. :) 

Here are some of our favorites:

Here is Hannah petting a sting-ray.  They were slimy feeling, and moved really quick!

We all took a vote, and agreed that the dolphins were our favorite. Hands Down.  There was a spectacular show with their trainers, and the kids absolutely loved it.

We also saw an enormous crocodile, and a caged Bald Eagle.  Although I appreciated seeing the eagle up close, it just felt wrong seeing our national bird, that represents freedom, locked in a cage. 

Our time in Corpus Christi was special, and we were able to do so much in a short period of time.  One of the MOST exciting parts of our trip happened during our school hours, though.  :)  Emily completed her reading curriculum!  She has been working on, How to Teach Your Child to Read in a 100 Easy Lessons, for most of the school year, and she finished her 100th lesson on Tuesday!!!  She is reading really well, and we are SO proud of her hard work.  YEAH EMILY!!!! 

Blessings,
Steph