Backstage pass

Today was so much fun! Thanks to a gift from the Redways, we have season passes for the aquarium in Jenks (it's like 10 minutes from here). I know I've posted about this place before- but it's really cool. An elder in our church (his name is Chip) is a vet and has his own office in Jenks but he also works for the aquarium. He offered to take us back behind the exhibits and let us watch them feed the sharks. Uh cool! So we went today and met him there just before feeding time. He took us back to the top of the shark tank, and we were 2 feet from the edge of the tank while they fed the sharks!! We could see the sharks come and grab the food off the poles and see their fins sticking up out of the water. So neat! He walked around with us at the aquarium and told the kids all about the different animals, and he was so patient, answering all their questions (and they had a lot of them!). After that he took us to another building and we got to see some holding tanks that had some sharks that were too small to go in the large tank yet. Their were also sting rays, alligators(that jumped up the side of his pool while we looked down at him :-) he was 10 feet below us though!), and the coolest of the day were the sea turtles! They had 2 large sea turtles that came right up to the window and looked at us and splashed us from above! We went up to the top of the tank and they came right too us! We were just inches from these amazing animals! We got to watch them be fed and also the alligators. It was so amazing to be so close to these animals! What an incredibly creative God we serve! The kids had a great time and so did Jarod and I. It was great to spend that time with Chip, too.

This evening we watched our friends kids (ages 4 and 2). They were a lot of fun and had fun swimming in our little pool. We grilled them some hot dogs and had popsicles for dessert! It was a busy but great day!