Big J's Birthday

So Friday was Big J's birthday! Luckilly he was able to get the day off, so last minute we decided to go to Monterey and go to the Aquarium to celebrate. So we drove up on Friday afternoon and got to our hotel. The above picture is of the view from the Hotel Lobby. I was a little skeptical about the hotel until we got there. (I guess we've had too many bad experiences) But the rooms were clean and I had no problem staying there. After getting checked in we went down to the beach and played around. Unfortunatly right after arriving the clouds came in and it was a little cold. But we had fun anyway. We planned to go to the Aquarium the next day. That night was awful.... Lets just say that the gigantic windows that make up the outer wall of the room makes it really easy to hear when people are outside talking (or yelling) At about 10 pm a Mr. Bob OConnel (who I learned is part scottish, staying in room 135, 45 years old, there for the same wedding as the people in the next room, and a drinker!) and his friends showed up to sit directly outside of our room and drink and chat for and hour and a half. And with all the chatter I couldnt sleep. Big J could of course. I kept thinking that they would leave any second but they never did. Many times I was so close to calling the front desk and complaining but for some reason I didn't. I guess I just figured that there had to have been someone else that was more disturbed by this and would call or tell them to be quiet. So after having no sleep the night before we went to the aquarium. The kids had a lot of fun.
This above is a picture of a place that people can touch some things like starfish and a crab and urchins and stuff. Little A was not affraid to touch them and immediatly picked the starfish up out of the water to examine him.


Here they are Happy as Clams! He He. There was a cool little kids area right next to where this was taken that they had to crawl through to see fish and stuff.
Above is a shark that they had in their huge tank that was filled with Tuna, Sardines, Sun fish, Sharks and more that I can't remember.

That was the best part we decided and then came to the conclusion that this aquarium was cooler the last (and first) time we went. Our favorite was the Shark tank. We decided that if they took this Shark tank and put it in the Long beach Aquarium then that would be perfect. But in all it was a fun weekend and we would probably do it again. Maybe next time we will go whale watching. If you want to see more pictures from our trip see our flickr site.