Aquarium Field Trip!

Last Monday, K&K's class went on another field trip. Can you believe that there is actually an aquarium in Utah? The Living Planet Aquarium is located in Sandy, and it is worth it to check it out. A couple of years ago I would not have said that, but now I can. Since T&M are off-track for awhile, they came along with us and we spent most of the day looking at the three exhibits. There is the Utah Exhibit, the South America Exhibit and the Ocean Exhibit. We spent most of our time in the Ocean and South America Exhibits. Let's face it, marine life in Utah is not that interesting!

The sting-ray tank was a huge hit. We spent a lot of time with our fingers in the water touching the rays. They were soft and squishy to the touch. One of them was very friendly and would come right up on the side of the tank to have you pet it. He would just stay there and let you rub him. Tim nicknamed him "Friendly!" Go figure:) As you can see from the picture, Katie was a little freaked out to touch the rays. Finally, she got brave enough to stick her finger in on her own and barely tough the end of a ray.

Kelli loved the sting rays and could have spent all day touching them and laughing. I just love this picture of her. You can see the excitement in her face and smile! The jellyfish and the huge octopus were pretty cool as well. The kids liked looking at the jellyfish and hearing about the time their Uncle Colby got stung by some jellyfish the time we went snorkling in Florida. I just wish they could have seen him get extremely angry, curse into his mouth piece while under the water and splash water everywhere to scare the jellyfish away. It was quite the scene! Thanks for the laugh Colby!!
Like I said, we spent most of the day looking at all the exhibits and viewing the marine wildlife! There was so much-crocodiles, fresh water sting rays, snakes, spiders, shrimp, frogs, seahorses,turtles and of course fish. Here are some pictures of what we saw. Beautiful! Believe it or not, this little blue frog is very poisonous! But he's so cute:)

How many crocodiles so you see?

The Ocean Exhibit was beautiful. This is just a sample of what we saw!

Toby

Not much is happening in the Wright house. Sports are going strong, and as you can see, we are loosing some and winning some. That is just how life is. I am posting because I want you all to know that we are still alive here in Utah and report on the newest member of our family, TOBY!

What a cute little thing, right? He looks like a little stuffed dog!


Boy does he have everyone fooled! He loves to bite, anything. Feet, hands, noses, cheeks, clothes, shoes, laundry, pillows, toys. You name, he has had it in his mouth at some point. Here, Toby is helping me makes beds after washing the sheets. What a helper!


And this is Toby attacking my hand. His favorite thing is a bare hand. Sure, he likes a hand hiding under a blanket, or a hand covered up by a long-sleeved shirt, but his favorite is the hand, all alone. Just take a look at my hands sometime. Toby has left his mark all over them!


But at the end of day, how can you get mad at such a cute little face? Toby has meshed well with the family! He is his only little person, if one can say that about a dog!

Wacky Wednesday!

Today is Wacky Wednesday at K&K's school! Need I say more?

Happy New Year!

It's been awhile since my last post! So much has happened too! I will say very little and let a slide show do the talking of our Christmas/New Year break! The following did take place:
* Tim and Mak had a piano recital and performed well. They each played 2 songs and they each played one entirely from memory! Well done:)
* Christmas Eve consisted of our Christmas dinner with my Mom and Grandma, the kids opened some small gifts, we read from Luke 2 and watched some short Christmas movies.
* Christmas day the kids took only half an hour to open presents from Santa. The rest of the day was spent wrestling boxes to get the actual toy out, filling the garbage can up with wrapping paper, snacking on left-overs, and chilling in the hot tub.
* Pogonip, or ice fog, gave up a sight to behold one very cold morning! Hated to see the sun come out and melt the amazing scenery away.
* We saw the movies "Avatar" and "The Princess and the Frog." Both are must sees. Cory and I also saw "Sherlock Holmes."
* New Year's Eve was spent in the Heber Valley. We went tubing at Soldier Hollow, - gotta love the tow rope to the top of the hill - spent the night in a two bedroom chalet at "Inn on the Creek," walked through an Ice Castle, and rang in 2010 with New York City via the tv!
* Cory turned 37 on New Year's Day. We had cake & ice-cream and opened gifts. I took him out to dinner and to see the movie "NINE." The music is great!

Best of luck to all of you this year! We love you all and appreciate your friendships and support. The kids go back to school tomorrow, the Christmas decorations are put away, church now starts at 9am, my house needs to be cleaned-big time, we are all healthy, volleyball starts again . . . .
Bring it on 2010!!