Newport Aquarium

Today was the long-awaited day we took our road trip to Newport, KY (just across the river from Cincinnati).  Newport is only about an hour from where Uncle Dave and Aunt Kate are now so she drove up and met us.  Aunt Karen came down with us and Kate's mom, Debbie (who recently moved to the Newport area) came as well.  We all met at the Newport Aquarium and had a great time!

Checking out the river with Aunt Karen.  It was a bit bright for the boys.

I wish I had a video of the moment Cam and Hudson saw each other.  Those two are best buds and just love each other so much.  Seeing them together just melts my heart!

Ryker has a fascination with all animals and had an amazing time learning more about some of his favorites.

Petting the horseshoe crabs and the leather starfish was one of their favorite parts.

The shark rays they have are amazing creatures and so cool to watch.  They had a huge sea turtle that was fun to watch too. 

It was so much fun to spend the day with Kate.  I miss seeing her almost every day, but am glad they are close enough we can do things like this with some regularity. :-)

The Frog Bog was a huge hit with the kids.

The otters were napping and yawning.  They are so cute!

This aquarium is such a cool place and is just awe-inspiring.  We had an amazing time!

Aunt Kate with the boys while we waited for the Penguin Palooza show to start.

 

We ate lunch at Dewey's pizza near the aquarium.  Cam was not a happy camper and it was not a smooth lunch to say the least.  Debbie and Kate were done and so were the boys long before I was.  In fact, I had had one bite at that point.  They graciously took all the boys back down to the river to watch the boats while Aunt Karen and I finished eating.  Once Cam was outside and able to move around again he was a happy camper once again.  We finished off the day with some ice cream from Cold Stone and then headed home.   The boys did great in the car and Cam slept almost the entire way.