11 day road trip...

A few weeks ago Brian and the team left for an 11 day road trip. 11 days is a long time, we never look forward to those long road trips!! We made sure to keep ourselves really busy though, and planned out lots of activities to make the time fly by! We had a lot of fun and before we knew it, Brian was home again :) Here's just some of the things we did:

One of the first things, was to go to the Night Aquarium with our friends the Houlton's. During the summer months here, they open the aquarium at night when it's a bit cooler out and let you see the fish in their nocturnal states! They even put on a dolphin show which is beautiful with the city skyline, the sea and the stars all in the background! The kids had such a fun time, they love going to the aquarium, and thought it was the best thing ever going at night!

The first exhibit, the two horned fish...oh wait, that's Brooke!!

If you could only hear their excitement in this picture, they were going crazy over seeing the fish!

Brooke loves baby Brady!

Our brave one. Brooke stuck her hand right in the touch tank. Austin wouldn't go near it!

We're off to see the seals!

It was really funny watching the kids walk on the glass window that the seals swim under...Brooke wouldn't dare walk on the glass part and shimmied all around the tiny edge!

The kids trying to wake up a sleeping seal. The seal wasn't budging!

Austin and Brooke checking out the biggest sting ray ever.

Austin, Brooke & Tessa!

So excited for the dolphin show to start!

It was a beautiful night at the aquarium!

One of the nights we made dinner at the Houlton's apartment and let the kids play. Then we made cookies after, they had a blast!

Brooke, Tessa and Austin enjoying their cookies on the princess couch :)

Yummy cookies!

Austin is getting better at using the camera, he took this one!

We also spent some time letting the kids play at the Wonderland Amusement Park inside the Hawks Town mall by the stadium. It's packed full of everything you can imagine and it sure entertains the kids!

Tessa making a beeline for it the minute Brooke started driving!

Austin driving a bus!

The girls loved the Hello Kitty piano!

Brooke forcing her brother out of the drivers seat!