The Denver Aquarium

This the final blog entry from our 4th of July weekend. We had gone to the aquarium in Denver that monday. We thought the kids would just love seeing all the fish but Cassidy was in kind of a bad mood and Statton got a little whiny. We must have worn them out from all the other activities that they were just tired.

It was a fun aquarium and all indoors so we weren't out in the heat that day which was nice. Heres Madison doing what she does best. She fell asleep as soon as we got inside. We had her sunhat on her because we were waiting outside for quite awhile to buy tickets.

I caught a great underside picture of this stingray as it swam overhead.

You can pay extra to go scuba diving in the tanks with the fish. One of the instructors came over to the glass to play with the kids. It was funny to watch him interact with Statton.

They had these big glass circles on the floor so you could see the fish and sharks swimming underneath you. Blair's trying to show the kids the sharks swimming in them. The kids were a little unsure at first about walking on them. Soon they were running and jumping on them.

This was probably the highlight of the whole trip. The stingray pool. Where you can feed and pet the stingray. So blair went and bought some food so the kids could feed them. Well they each took a turn but of course they don't understand the concept of holding the food between your fingers they just wanted to chuck it into the water. Well Statton didn't like the feel of them very much it kind of freaked him out so he was just happy to stand and watch. Cassidy on the other hand absolutely loved them. She couldn't get enough of touching them. She probably would have climbed into the pool with them if I didn't keep a good hold of her. She was so sad when we finally had to pull her away from the stingrays.

Well it was another long day and we wore those poor kids out. They slept the whole way home from Denver. So it was a good time for Blair and I to talk without any distractions. It's certainly been fun living in a bigger area with a little more entertainment options. It was good to have Blair off for 4 days to spend some time with the family.