Sunday in Houston

Well, we're back home after a very fun, but busy, trip to Houston. Sunday we started off by swimming in the hotel pool then getting dressed, packing a lunch and heading to the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center. It was a beautiful day in Houston and we enjoyed hiking on the trails.

Then we headed downtown to the Houston Aquarium.

Logan was trying to scare the puffer fish into puffing up. No luck.

Pretending to be a fish. : )

Underwater viewing bubble in the sting ray touch pool. They also got to touch the sting rays and small sharks.

Tiny horseshoe crabs!

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But the aquarium didn't just stop there. They also had a seven acre complex with a train ride to the shark underwater viewing building. Super Cool!

Heading into the building. The roof of the train was glass top so you could see the sharks swimming above you.

Lots of cool sharks in this tank, like this saw nose shark.

We had to go on the train ride twice because it was just too cool!

Then they also had a few rides that were very loosely aquatic themed. This one was a favorite. I think they called it the Deep Sea Dive. It just pulled you to the top and let you free fall about 3 or 4 times. We had to ride this one about 20 times before they had their fill. Good thing the line wasn't as long for this as it was for the train! : )

We finished off our fun filled day with an awesome Tex Mex dinner and more swimming back at the hotel. The kids were practically begging us to put them to bed!