Summer Alternitives

lion fish (they have spikes on them if you touch them at all it can kill you).
The day I took Sam to the doctors to get his cast on we had planned on taking the boys camping or fishing or to the pool, as a end of summer last of the freedom celebration. But alas, with a cast none of those things seemed to be the best idea. Even though his cast is "water proof" we didn't want to see how much it would take to make it stink, especially on the first day! So instead we pulled out our trusty summer activity list that we made just before school got out and on that list was the living planet aquarium. Perfect! And to make it just a little bit more fun just for the boys we took them to burger king for "fun lunch". It was really a lot of fun. The boys all loved the shark tank and loved that they could pet some sting rays or manta rays. They got to see all kinds of different sea creatures: 100 year old lobster, a huge octopus, sharks, jelly fish, star fish, etc. They even had a small section that was dedicated to Utah fish, so we got to see some that they could catch if we ever take them fishing again. Ethan got to hold a garter snake too. Pretty good day even though it didn't go as planned. Plus we got to sleep in our own beds that night so i thought it was the best of all the options.
Ethan petting a sting ray.
Ryan watched the sharks over and over and over again, but still would nearly jump when they would come right by the window. this is one of the times that he was watching with out blake or i holding him.