wet weekend

Bart had last Friday off, so we decided to head to the Florida Aquarium. It was a pretty large aquarium, with lots of neat exhibits. There was an exhibit of the "local" animal life, which in Florida is really neat. (I've been to an aquarium in Utah where the "local" fish exhibit was not all that interesting.) There were some awesome alligators, some huge fish, neat birds, and some really colorful fish.

Here Bart is standing in front of this huge wall of glass. It was so neat to be able to see so many big fish swimming around together, because this exhibit was huge.
The boys were so excited to see "Bruce" (the shark on Finding Nemo)
And, "Crush" swam right up to the boys and looked them in their eyes.
Trying to get a better look

Me and my boys waiting for a little show with a duck, a skunk, turtle, armadillo, alligator, owl, and more.

Behind the boys is a Goliath Grouper. This one had to be about 6 feet long and weigh close to 1000 pounds. I have never seen anything like it.

Goofing around

Petting the starfish

Outside, they had this great play area.

Oh, no! Kade's being eaten by an alligator!

Finding things in the pirate's treasure chest
Kade saying, "Arrgh, mateys!"
Ky splashing. It took quite a while for him to work up the courage to do this.
Splashing together
Kade got much more into the splashing. He would actually run right through the water fountains. His clothes got soaked and his pants were so heavy, they were falling down.

On Saturday, we went to Clearwater Beach. It was the most perfect day at the beach, ever. It was warm enough to sit in the waves, but not too hot that you felt like the sun was scorching you. The boys had more fun in the water than they ever had, and I wish we could have stayed longer! We are sure going to miss the beach when we move.