The Living Planet Aquarium

Jessi & Kabree

We got to ride next to each other the whole trip! 

 1st area

Kabree was just a little excited 

 Zach and Keagan too!

Keagan, Grandpa Vance and Kabree 

Kabree wanted to do the rope bridge soooo bad!!!! 

It was a touch scarier then she had anticipated 

 Keagan made it across

 So did Grandma JoAnn

 We LOVE Penguins

 Grandma JoAnn & Grandpa Vance 

We had to make a quick wish 

Grandma JoAnn & Kabree getting their souvenir coins 

 

 Silly Grandma and Grandpa

 Kabree got a sea shell

 If only pictures could show just how cute this little guy was

 Kabree LOVED the learning table

 Driving the ship

    This family decided it needed some much needed time away!!!  We invited Grandpa Vance and Grandma JoAnn along for the fun!  We headed out bright and early Friday morning with only a few bumps along the way.  The weather in Idaho was snowing, blowing and well a bit yucky (beautiful but not for the roads).  But once we hit Utah they were clear and it was smooth sailing from there.  We made it to Salt Lake just in time for lunch at Rodizios!!!  Mmmmmm is all there is to say about that!  Having a coupon for free drinks and 1 free meal doesn't hurt either!  I even got serenaded in Portuguese and a candle in my amazing creme de maracujá.

    Then it was off to the main event for the day, The Living Planet Aquarium.  It was amazing and needless to say the girls LOVED it!  Our first stop was the South America exhibit.  The girls loved having Zach tell them about his mission and all of the birds, fish and other creatures he saw while in Brazil.  Kabree was fascinated by the "invisible" frogs.  Some of them were pretty hard to find, their camouflage to their surroundings were incredible. Her favorite was "the blue one" and "the one that looked just like the tree bark".  Kabree was also very excited to try out the rope bridge!  She couldn't wait...until she got about 5 feet in, then she realized it swung slightly side to side.  She did make it all the way across but there were a few moments she was a little concerned.  We are so proud of her for facing her fears and proving to herself she can do hard things!  She was pretty proud of herself too!!  Keagan, Zach and Grandma JoAnn also did the rope bridge and did great!!!  Grandma JoAnn showed Kabree that even adults can face their fears of hights : )!

    After the South America exhibit we headed to the Penguins!  Keagan was so excited when one swam right up to the glass by her!  Keagan could have stayed and watched the Penguins for hours. 

    The Shark exhibit was next and it also had the Jelly Fish.  We didn't get good pics of any of those but Kabree LOVED the Sharks and the Jelly Fish.  Kabree's favorite part was the table of teeth, skin and other Shark parts.  She loved having the lady tell her all about them.  One tank of Jelly Fish when they changed the back ground light the Jelly Fish glowed that color.

    Now if you ask Kabree she loved all of it but by far her favorite part was the 4D Shark movie.  Our seats shook, air blew up at us and she swears the fish came out of the screen at us ; ).  But to her the best part was when the water sprayed at us!  Grandma JoAnn, Keagan and I did not love that part!  Zach was laughing so hard I don't think anyone else could hear the movie! 

    The Aquarium was a hit and 3 hours was not enough time!  We never even hit the play land and we ran through the Utah exhibit.  Everyone LOVED it and we will definitely be visiting again!