Newport Aquarium 2010

Bonnie Mom and Grandpa treated us to a trip to The Newport Aquarium last week. We all had a really great time, even though Carl had to spend a lot of the trip working. Highlights of the trip included seeing Santa scuba diving and petting the sharks. Evan was tired when we reached the big sharks and found them "a little bit scary" and let us know that he did not want to see them. He did like Mighty Mike, the 800 pound alligator, the lorikeets and the little sharks.

Evan had fun petting the horseshoe crabs.



Scuba Santa was VERY brave! He was in the tank with the big sharks!



There were lots of cool fish at the aquarium. Evan liked the fish that glowed.



The seahorses were super cool. Evan showed us a seahorse that let go of the rocks and was swimming.



Mighty Mike was REALLY big! Evan really liked him and so did Daddy!



Evan got to feed the lorikeets! Normally the lorikeets are a bit timid around Evan, but this one came right up to Evan and ate the nectar he was offering.



This is not the best picture, but I like it a lot because Evan is SO happy to be feeding the birds!



The ray was really cool!



This is one of the big sharks that was a bit too scary for Evan. Evan normally LOVES sharks, but it was close to nap time and I think he was too worn out to enjoy the sharks.



Evan thought the little sharks were cool and spent a lot of time petting them.