Denver Aquarium

We went to Denver on a trip to the Aquarium.  I thought it was really fun and cool, and I think that Kasen had a really great time too.  Here we are at the beginning with our map.  All Kasen wanted to see were the sharks.  He kept telling me over and over again that he wanted to go to the sharks, therefore he didn't really see much of anything else as we walked through because of his excitement for the sharks.  I kept telling him that he needed to look at all the other cool fish because the sharks were at the very end.  

We did make him stop and take a few pictures along the way.  he even did look at some of the other cool  simming creatures that we saw.

In the desert, where it was having a flash flood.  This part totally reminded me of the slot canyons in Orderville, where you hike through and hope that it doesn't rain while your in there!

Counting the rattle snakes and the rattles on each one.  There were I think 8 in that little spot!

I loved all the bright colored fishies.  These ones had alot of sea horses.

Just another forced camera shot:) Love you Kasen, thanks for cooperating with your mother!

isabelle looks like she is a little glowing angel, which she is a little adorable angel in real life:)

These fish were so huge, I can't remember their names right now, but they were really big, and not too cute.  But cool to look at.

Just playing by the tiger place!

Finally, the shark exhibit.  It's hard to take really good pictures in the aquarium where you can see both the child and the fish really well, anyway, Kasen loved it and there were a few really cool mean looking sharks with exposed teeth that were awesome.

Looking at the jellies.  They are really cool pretty animals.

More sharks.  

Okay, one thing about Kasen.  He hates to try anything New or different.  He doesn't like to try new foods and really gets himself worked up EVERY single time we Make and force him to try something different food wise, so worked up that he is practically throwing up before the food even gets to his mouth.  It's maddening.  Anyway, I told him that I was going to make him touch the stingrays, and he was not going to do that, NO WAY.  As i was grabbing his hand and forcing it toward the water he threw a Royal fit, I know that sounds mean to make him try it, but i really think that he would think it's cool, if he would just TRY it.  I didn't have the energy to fight him in that big public place, so he went home without touching a sting ray.  Wish he would have, but he didn't seem to care that he didn't.

Anther round through the sharks.  

He was lucky enough to get his face painted.  He chose as you can tell a green bat man.  He is still wearing this even though it's been almost 2 full days, he had a bath last night and was extremely careful not to ruin it, it's probably going to be coming off tomorrow.  It's been a fun thing though to be a green batman for a few days.

Here we are waiting for the tiger training show.  This was probably my favorite part of the whole day.  It was really neat seeing the tiger obey the commands of the trainers and jump into the water.

Here he is swimming away, I was really fascinated by the whole thing.  

The tiger jumped off the rocks into the water and swam and touched the white paddle that the trainer was holding, then a whistle would blow and he swam to the other side of the water, hopped on the rocks and went and did some more things clear on the other side with another trainer.  Pretty amazing animal.

Kasen and James right next to a tiger.

Here he was being fed meat that smelled Horrible!  

The kids next to the tiger, Heran.  He was so cool to watch.  

And ending our trip on our way out getting a few good pictures with the shark.

What a fun day we had at the Aquarium.  Next time we visit we will be going to the museum, I hear that's pretty cool too.  It was a great day with Kasen and his cousins.  We loved it!