Nearest and Dearest: Night at the Aquarium

Today was an incredible day. Not the work part. That was long and tedious and I thought that 3:00 would never come. It finally did and I bolted out of work and up the highway to home to change and scoop up all three girls for our fun night in the city.

We went to the Georgia Aquarium. I have only been once before when we had friends in town and when Bud got the opportunity to go to a meeting/conference there today and I found out that families were invited, we skipped tumbling and cheerleading and went. I am so glad that we did.

It was such a nice evening. There was dinner in the Ocean Ballroom and the food was fabulous. I am embarrassed to admit that it is probably the best food that my family has eaten all week long!! There was chicken and halibut, asparagus, steamed squash and other veggies, roasted potatoes , salad and plenty of yummy desserts.

After we ate we headed out of the ballroom area to enjoy the after-hours non-crowded tour of the main aquarium. The girls had so much fun looking at all of the fish. They especially enjoyed touching the stingrays and the little sharks. Bud and I enjoyed knowing that this wasn't costing us anything since our last visit to the Georgia Aquarium set us back about 120.00 dollars for admission alone! I think that the little girls favorite part was Miss Laverne who snuck them on to the elevator and let them come down the two story fish slide even though it was supposed to be closed.

What a great unhurried evening for us (unless you want to count the dash from work to home and then back to the aquarium :) ). A chance to spend some time together and enjoy each other's company in a beautiful setting.