The Aquarium!

The second place we went with Grandma and Grandpa was Ripley's Aquarium. It was really neat and Emily absolutely loved it!
Here we are by some really big fish!

This tank was full of colorful fish.
There were even some fish that looked like Dory and Nemo in there!

This fish was pretty cool, it's called a saw fish, it had razor like things all around the edge of his nose!

A Shark!

There was a children's area in the aquarium where you could actually touch some of the fish! Emily enjoyed touching the water and splashing it a bit but she wouldn't touch the fish. This one was a horse shoe crab.

Daddy touching the horse shoe crab

They also had these little tunnel things in the middle of some of the fish tanks so you could crawl under a tunnel and stick your head up in the middle of the tank! Emily found this little girl and started following her around. They had fun going from tank to tank together.

Emily and Mommy in the fish tank!

More bright beautiful colors of coral and fish

I don't know what kind of fish this is but it is really neat!

Jelly Fish!

Emily and J.R. crawling through a tunnel to get inside the penguin cage. Emily was a little bit scared to crawl through this tunnel because it had a clear bottom. She started through a couple of times and changed her mind but once Daddy went through with her she loved it and she did it over and over again!

Laura, J.R. and Emily with the Penguins!

Emily with the penguins!
I took this picture from inside the tunnel. It was really neat that we could get so close to the penguins without them getting scared.

J.R. Emily and Grandma Cutler

Emily really liked this fish tank. I think she liked all the bright colors

A Sea Turtle! This was one of my favorite things in the aquarium. I loved the turtle! There was only one but the reflection makes it look like there are two.

A closer view of the turtle. He was moving so it's not the greatest picture

Emily all by herself in the middle of the fish tank

Sting Rays!
There was a tank a little later where you could touch a sting ray. I don't know why we don't have any pictures of that but it was neat. Their fins (if that's what they are called) feel like velvet! They were so soft. I was really surprised about that.

More penguins with Grandma and Grandpa Cutler in the backgound!

J.R. and a penguin

Here is that cool saw fish again! The tunnel he is on is clear so we could see him while were were under the tank. It was neat to see him from the top and the bottom.

Emily with the ducks outside the aquarium.
I was surprised at how close she was able to get.