Off to the Marriott to check in and cool off.

Allan and I chose to lounge in the hot tub....light weights I know..Jack chose to stay in his room..he had one to himself and the younger two decided to be energetic and enthusiastic about the pool...



















































bored why we check in..but they gave us drinks on the house, and Allan and I were ready for a glass of something cool and alcoholic by then. ben chose steak for dinner, so after we had swam we walked of to a steak house for something to eat...always a jack pleaser..steak

The exhibits at the aquarium

jelly fish!!





















i was trying to get the clown fish...but they swim much to fast for my camera...needed Jo there with her superduper camera....so you have these instead..















Alex and Ben with the underwater oil pipes and the sealife that lives around the oil platforms/rigs.







the boys being shown the pool and how to handle some of the creatures in it...everyone was picking them up, the lady assures me they are quiet resilient, as some children throw them....I am please to say my two did not( I mean Alex and Ben not Allan and jack..photo might be miss leading!!)










Alex....they could not keep him there for long!!!

still at the Aquarium

we did not get too close!!!

















Allan and Jack watching the otter show..Alex ,Ben and I were watching from above..
















so at the end of the dolphin show they encourage the dolphins to splash the water...Jack got very wet the first time, and then only Ben managed to run fast enough the second time...luckily it is southern Texas and drying out is not a problem....










part of the show





















before the splashes...they look content, if not fed up with me saying 'smile' its for the blog!!!!

the Aquarium

my birthday boy...can you believe he is 7 now..time flies.



















The USS Lexington in the distance.



















we went to turtle feeding time...and one of the staff got her hand bitten..i happily supplied a tissue for her...a lot of blood....







we went to otter feeding and learnt they are unfriendly, and even the staff who handle them daily always take precautions.















And of course we saw the dolphin show...more pictures from that soon..

Then off we went..

It took about 31/2 hours to drive to Corpus, although our journey was extended as ben had chosen to have breakfast at IHOP en route, so that is what we did..it was his birthday weekend after all. When we reached corpus we went straight to the aquarium because it was lunch time and we knew it closed at 5pm..we saw the USS Lexington as it was next door and we had a play on teh beach for a short while..and felt how warm the gulf was...now we had to fit in beach time...

Our trip Corpus Christie

First of all we had to take Tex for her first sleepover with Jay and Londa next door..it was her first sleepover away from us and out of our house...I can report she was an excellent house guest and had a great time...

What are koosies

These are koosies, they allow you to have cold beers or soda's when the air temperature all year would not allow that to happen, and they keep your hands warm, because the bottle or can temperature is way too low for you to hold..or is your body temperature higher so the cans/bottles feel colder..

Allan kindly went and got himself a beer to show how they would look, and then drank it..the things he has to do for my blog!!!
we have more koosies since this photo, Allan came home with two more yesterday from the Vets Open House day!!! my collection is increasing