Loveland Aquarium with cousins!

For Christmas Jarom and Brittany and their cute kids gave us The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister with a note inside inviting us to go to the Aquarium with them this year. So on April 28th we drove to Draper to meet them at the Loveland Aquarium for some animal fun. Side note: the timing was perfect! Lydia was just going off track and her kindergarten class had hatched baby chicks (they were learning about life cycles and got to see them fertilized,watched them hatch and held them that Friday) but they wouldn't be there when Lyds went back on track. She was devastated. She cried all the way home, so going to the Aquarium was perfect (for her and her sisters) and just what the doctor ordered.

It was pretty cold and miserable outside, so enjoying the day with family and some amazing animals out of the elements really was perfect.

It was fun hearing about the fish tank Brittany had in her house growing up. So fun for her and her family! I think our girls would love something like that. And catching up with Jar on how school has been going was great too. I had to give him a hard time about beating me on steps despite the 40 miles (on my busiest week) I ran in prep for my race. Nate caught up with us after work. I'm so glad he did because he's ditching us again this summer to go to Texas so any time we can spend with him before he takes off is awesome!

I love that our girls have cousins close by and that they love them. Mia and Darius were so fun to watch at the Penguin exhibit. It was fun watching all the kids at the touch pools and watching them walk across the bridge in the South American section. Lydia was terrified of the sharks and sobbed quite a bit despite our reassuring her that she had nothing to be afraid of. We eventually got her through it and hopefully she won't suffer any permanent damage as a result of our parenting.

Sophie's favorite parts of the Aquarium included the rope bridge, the sting rays, the penguins, and the big shark mouth (just teasing. She HATED the big shark mouth) and especially the whales the kids could sit on. Lydia loved all of it! And Mia loved the penguins! Such a fun time!! Thanks Jarom and Brittany!!