Our Aquarium Adventure!

The Living Planet Aquarium

This weekend we took the kids on a little family adventure to the Living Planet Aquarium down in Sandy! The kids were so excited to see all of the different kinds of fishies and animals. It was a really neat place which surprised us. They had just opened a brand new penguin exhibit and they even had an open sting ray tank where you can actually pet them. Not only did they have all kinds of ocean life, but they also had an amazon jungle section where we got to see everything from alligators to poisonous tree frogs, to gigantic anaconda snakes. The kids had so much fun running from one colorful tank to the next and they got to see some really neat things they'd never seen before. Petting the sting rays was so weird. They felt like slimy, rubbery sponges. It was really cool, and they were really friendly. Capriece petted them right away without a single moment of hesitation, but Brogen was a little bit wary. He didn't want to pet them at first, but after he saw mommy and daddy touch them he finally let mommy hold his hand and help him touch one. After that he wanted to go back and do it again.

Kids 1st Trip to Chuckie Cheese

Last weekend we got to help out our sister-in law on Brandon's side of the family during a family crisis. One of our nieces, who is only 4 months old, had to be taken down to Primary Children's Hospital because of some complications with her heart and RSV! So we went down and picked up our oldest niece Ashley to take back home and spend the weekend with us. It was so good to see them since it had been a little while since we had and we decided to stop at Chuckie Cheese on the way home. Brogen and Capriece had never been before and neither had Brandon. We had a blast and spent 2 hours playing the games and eating some good pizza. The kids had so much fun they were completely wiped out and slept all the way home; and Brandon & I learned why my mom and dad had taken us kids only a few times to Chuckie Cheese in my life! (we were exhausted). But it is nice living near a bigger city which allows us to do fun things like that. The rest of the weekend was