Anniversary Trip

One of these days Mike and I will be able to celebrate our anniversary on the actual day. For the first two it was just because we were in Rexburg and it was just too far to go somewhere nice and fun during the week so we would do a little "trip" later. This year Mike was on spring break but I had to work. So we just had a nice dinner together and relaxed at home on our anniversary. We decided that our "trip" the next day was the present to each other but since I have a wonderful husband he had a surprise for me :)

I was lucky enough to get the day after our anniversary off so we decided to go down to Atlanta and visit the Georgia Aquarium. It was amazing! I was a little worried because the reviews were a little mixed. Some people said it was way too crowded, confusing to navigate and that they couldn't see anything. So these people I'm not sure what aquarium they went to but the one Mike and I went to was amazing....yes the aquarium had people in it but you have to expect that but it wasn't a crazy amount just normal. I think some people just want to have places like this to themselves. I didn't think it was confusing at all and we were able to see everything. Sometimes you just have to have this little thing called patience and wait an extra 2 seconds to get up to the glass or go to a different window and then go back. They had a tunnel in the ocean exhibit and the entrance to the tunnel was packed with people taking pictures but if you just walked inside the tunnel you could be all alone cause everyone was clogging the entrance...silly people.

Mike has been reading Moby Dick and loves it. When he saw the boat he was having a little too much fun playing captain.

I thought these frogs were so cute. The bottom one was kind of creepy though. His eyes followed us around.

The jelly fish were really pretty. If you stood far enough away they looked like a painting. I love the way jellyfish move in water. 

Japanese Fire Crabs

The beluga whales were pretty impressive but they weren't the brightest animals at the aquarium. They kept bumping into the glass and hitting their heads on the bottom of the tank. They were the most active though and fun to watch. 

Mike with an albino alligator 

The whale sharks were amazing! The biggest one was 27 ft long and the shortest was 25 ft long. The biggest one had a huge group of fish following her around. They will probably grow to about 40 ft long. Their were 4 of them in the tank and they swim about 100 miles a day. The manta rays were even more amazing than the whale sharks. I think they were more impressive. I expected the whale sharks to be big but the rays were 15 ft wide and did constant flips in the water. 

Last but not least the highlight of the trip for me....penguins! They were so cute and so much fun to watch. We got to watch them be fed and shake their heads no if they didn't want a fish. Then they dove into the water. I just love penguins!

After the aquarium we went to Olive Garden for dinner, as is tradition. We were some of the only people there and had really good food. All in all it was a wonderful anniversary! I'm looking forward to many, many more! I love you Mike!