Swimming, sharks and summer

 

Will, You are 11 year-old! We had a trip to North Padre Island, Texas and San Antonio Sea World recently! You have really wanted to swim with a dolphin because your friend Aiden has told you all about when he did, so I made a special purchase to do this with you at Sea World this summer. 

You were very mature about what happened when we got to the appointment for you to swim with the dolphins. They changed the height requirement after Covid due to thinking the person's mouth needs to be so far above the water, and you were not tall enough. 

Will, You were so understanding and we both decided to give the credit to your cousins on the trip with us. ( Amy's kids ) and we bought Grandma Pack a ticket to go with us because what fun is fun without those we love to experience it with us? 

You and your cousins did like feeding and petting the dolphin, and you said you didn't expect it to feel the way it did, as you thought it would be tough so it wouldn't get scratched easy. You said you were surprised it was so smooth to touch the dolphin's back. 

You said your second favorite thing was seeing the sharks and playing in the wet spray park with your cousins. 

I am not sure you liked any of that as much as you liked the jokes Brooke was making about us all on our drives to these places as she did impressions of Mom and Dad and said, Mom likes to get spiritually high on Sunday, but if you don't want to get high with her on Sunday, that's okay, because she likes to get high in her runners high and work out for 3 hours until she gets sick, or the impression of your Dad saying he likes to watch webinars of college kids to ran into financial success and pretend that he is actually watching them so he can feel productive. 

Good thing we all just laughed and you and Brooke share the laughing about seeing your parents quarks and idiosyncrasies. 

You played for hours in the sand with your cousin Wynne and you even spoke out and told Brooke and I to stop debating over controversial topics as you said loudly, " You guys, we are about to go into church, can you stop arguing, we are literally going into the church parking lot and you are arguing. " 

I said you were right and I knew you are a good disciple of our Savior and that when you say you like to go to church, you aren't just saying it, but that you feel the spirit and enjoy feeling that you are giving worship to our God. 

Pretty soon you will make me the shortest in our house but always your Mom, that knows how lucky I am to have a son like you that loves his family and has strong faith with a sweet and golden heart. 

Love, Mommy