Family Fun Week-Part 2 Aquarium

A month ago we hit the road and made our way down to Baltimore, MD. (I know, I know, I'm super slow in getting these post up!)

The drive was a breeze, without too much traffic and we easily found the parking garage associated with the aquarium and we were off!

Little buddy and I before we headed in

Once in they have this huge tank you can look in and have divers swimming with these huge sea creatures. I felt bad for this poor guy who had to have his flipper amputated.

We then heading to the dolphin show! Two of the dolphins just had babies so the show was a bit modify as to not startle them. We weren't even allowed to clap because it would have been to loud for them. Instead we had to wave our hands to show our appreciation. It was actually quite amusing, because people would start to clap and then realize and wave.

The dolphins waving back

Once the show was over we headed back to the aquarium side to make the trek through.
It's crazy dark as you walk through which isn't good for photos. Neither is scratched, filmy glass. That makes the place sounds dirty...it wasn't, it was quite nice, just not conducive to taking photos. Plus, since I was carrying the little man, I only had my point and shoot. *Sigh* Maybe I'll stop being lazy and upload the photos Kevin took to my computer. Maybe.

Not quite sure what these 2 were doing...

Logan fell asleep at the dolphin show, so he spent most of the time riding around like this:

At the very top they have a tropical rain forest! Pretty sweet.


Froggies

Day-glo green snake! I thought my snake was pretty cool looking, but I really like this guy!

Mr. Tarantula

Then we started our decent down the shark tanks! They moved very quickly and anyone who has tried to take a photo of a moving object in the dark knows how that turns out. (Or the lack of turning out) So I don't have many, but they are huge! And scary even if they are on the other side of glass!

Wonder what it's like to have a saw as a nose?


Bruce!!!

Once we finished we headed back to the car to eat the lunch we packed and trade out the front carrier for the stroller so we could walk around the harbor.

We had a gorgeous day and the harbor has so much to see!

They are in the process of restoring this old boat. Made me think of Pirates of the Caribbean! It also made me feel really tiny...I never realize how BIG they actually were.

World Trade Center...another BIG structure to look at. You had to tip your head back so far to see to the top it made you dizzy.


The two cute men I got the spend the day with. :-)


Sticking with the big theme, the biggest Barnes and Nobles I've ever seen

The cool guitar railing at the Hard Rock

We had a super fun Monday and spent our drive home planning out our adventure for the next day...

Family Fun Week Part 1 - Swimming

We were blessed enough to have one week in between when Kevin finished his school year and when I had to go back to work. We decided to take advantage of it and make the most of our time together as a family.



To kick it off we went to Kevin's best friend parents house to go swimming.




I got him all prepped and ready to cool off after a long, hot day.

(Please don't mind the extra 10 pounds that don't know how to take a hint and take a hike!)

Kevin got the pleasure of giving Logan his first pool experience. We told him it's like a really big bathtub. I don't think he believed us. :-)

At first he seemed to not be a fan....

But he adjusted pretty quickly and spent almost an hour in the pool with me, while the big boys played whatever crazy game they made up this time.

All that swimming tuckered the poor boy out! So I got to have cuddle time on the pool deck. :-)


I tried to upload a video of his first dip in the pool, but I don't think it's working right...

Oh, how I miss it

Florida was absolutely amazing!!! Here are a few highlights...

I have a slight obsession with clouds...and looking down on them is so much cooler than any I've ever seen!

Our crib for the week
One of John Travolta's houses, just up the street!
Hilarious sign at a restaurant
One of the many food spreads during the week
Sunset during cousins night out...too bad it rained 2 minutes later :-(
The reason for our trip...happy 60th anniversary Aunt Fay and Uncle Bedford!
Wedding reenactment without stickers on the bottom of our glasses!
Sister-in-loves
Reigner kids
I may be incapable of frowning, but I can sure pout when I don't want to leave!More stories and pictures to come. How can such an amazing trip be summed up in one post? Plus we have 3 cameras with pictures so it takes awhile to upload all of them!

Vacation Time

It has been over 4 years since I have sunk my toes into the pure, white sand and waded in the crystal clear waters of a Florida beach. Starting tomorrow I will have a week straight of relaxing in the the sun and sand! This is also the first time since our honeymoon that I've had a week vacation! I cannot flippin' wait!!!

Marco Island here we come!!!

Beach Trip

Ahh, vacation...
So much fun, relaxing, playing games (sports and cards) with the family, endless hours of reading, browsing the boardwalk, dinners out, and the feel of the sand, sound of the ocean, and smell of the salt. Mmm, I miss it!

We rented a place almost right on the beach in OCMD, we could see the ocean from our balcony! So nice. While I'm used to having a beach house, which offers a little more space than a condo, it was nice being able to look out on the ocean.

Kevin's been editing the pictures, so they are on his computer, and it was breezy most of the week and I didn't want to risk getting sand in the camera and ruining it, so most of these are from my little Canon.


Early morning walks with momma
Riding the waves...which were HUGE by the way! The guard were off their stands making rescues ever few minutes.

One of the few from our nice camera...I think it'll be sweet once it's touched up.

Little bro skim boarding
Dinner at Seacrets...their side of the table...
Our side of the table...Looking back is making me want August to be here now so we can go on vacation with Kev's family!!!