Sunday, March 28, 2010

Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay

After Lee's crazy thesis week, we wanted to do something fun as a family so we decided to go to Las Vegas for a family vacation. My childhood best friend, Melinda, has a house there so we were able to stay with her and it was close enough to drive. (However, the drive ended up being a lot longer than we anticipated!) I know many of you don't think that Vegas is a good place to take kids but there are actually lots of family things to do!

One of the first places we went to was the Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay. It was fun to show girls some of the fish and other animals that they haven't seen in real life before.

The glass had a curve to it and Kadie wanted to be strapped in her stroller
because she was afraid of falling in...
There was a petting tank where they got to touch a manta rays.
My camera didn't really like the dark OR the glass, so this Tiger Fish was the only good picture I got of any of the fish that were in tanks! They had quite a variety including an octopus, starfish piranhas, jellyfish, sharks, huge turtles, and more!

3 comments:

Mama Ferris said...

I loved all of the Vegas pictures. Looks like lots of fun.
Love and miss you guys.

Liz said...

That's so funny that Kadie was afraid of falling in because the glass was curved. When we went to the Shark Tank at SeaWorld, Jeff had Chase on his shoulders leaning over the edge and it freaked ME out!! Kadie and I must be kindred spirits!

The Bartschi's said...

It sounds like you guys had fun! I loved all of the pictures!!