Sea Quest Aquarium

I took the kids to a small aquarium near us a few weeks ago.  It was our outing for the week.  The aquarium was small - its in a local mall - but it was still lots of fun.  There were lots of animals to see and feed!  Here is John by a big snake.

Feeding some sting rays

There was a live mermaid to see but we didn't wait in line to see her.  We did sit on her shell throne before she got there.  

Checking out the rays

Anna's favorite thing was the doctor fish who bite dead skin off your hands.  

Here is Matthew giving it a try.

Emma thought it was gross.

Anna trying it

Grant wanted to try it but was a little nervous.  He just stuck his finger tips in at first.  

He did end up getting a few nibbles.

In the shark room

We got to feed the sharks some little fishes

Feeding the parakeets

We all tried to be very brave

Can you see the bird just under my foot.  No birds were stepped on and I was careful not to put my heels down but I didn't know that bird was there.

Emma was having fun with the bride at first but as time went on she started to get anxious about all the birds.  Can you see the panic building in her face.  She started crying toward the end and didn't stop for a while after we left the bird room.  Poor Emma.

Emma eventually recovered

Feeding some fish

Feeding the silkies (chickens?)

We had a fun time at the aquarium!

Ogden Dinosaur Park

We visited The Eccles Dinosaur Park in Ogden a couple weekends ago.  Its a park with a bunch of statues of dinosaurs and a small visitor center.  It was fun to walk around and see all the statues.

Feeding some fish

Dino playground

The plaques tell about the dinosaur, when it lived and what it ate and something unique about it.

We found a volcano

In the visitor's center at the end - there were some dinosaur bone displays and a lot of gems plus one animatronic dinosaur scene that everyone liked.  It's kind of a small, low key park but we had a good time.  It also got us in the mood to watch Jurassic Park later (with just the older kids).

Tulip Festival

Over spring break (several weeks ago) we went to Oregon.  It was a fun trip and nice to get away for a while.  Right away we went to see the tulips!!  It was a little too early so the tulips were not fully in bloom but it was still lots of fun and very beautiful.  Scott sister was also there from Utah so it was fun to hang out with them.  Here are some of our crew among some tulips.  And here are a bunch more pictures.  

The kids had a lot of fun doing this rubber duck race thing.

We should set one up in the yard.

Emma was starting to melt down by the end of our visit. 

Too much fun for one day.  Can you see the fatigue in her eyes?

A busy day and lots of fun!

We got ice cream after

Here are the kids with G3 (Great Grandma Guptill)