Road trip to Newport, KY

Towards the end of June, the kids and I packed our bags and headed to Kentucky with my mom and grandma.  My grandma's sister lives in Covington and she was planning to stay for a week.  It's an easy drive down so we decided to spend the night and then hit the Newport Aquarium the next day.  It was Cormac's first road trip...he went through three states :)  It was great to see my Aunt Jean and Uncle Don and they loved seeing the kids.  I have lots of fun memories of taking trips with my grandma and grandpa to visit my grandma's family.  

This was our first overnight in a hotel with all three kids and I told Jeremy he should thank my mom for being the guinea pig in this adventure!  The kids actually did great!  We wore them out by making a side trip to IKEA in the evening and then swimming in the pool before bed.  Everyone was asleep by 11pm and not awake until 9am!  Thank goodness for dark blinds in the room :)  The aquarium was lots of fun!  I've actually been with Maryn one other time, but this was the boys and my mom's first trip.  They were in awe of the tunnels we walked through with fish swimming all around.  Maryn loved the penguins and the shark petting area.  

Such a great trip!!

Lunch at Wendy's on our way down

My grandma, Aunt Jean and Uncle Don with the kiddos

Cormac's first time in a hotel!

Maryn and Mimi at the aquarium

Me and my boys

Learning about turtles hatching

Their big exhibit was Mighty Mike...the 15 foot alligator!

Hopping on the frogs

Not too sure about climbing on :)

He did love to push the buttons that made frog sounds though.
He kept saying, "ibbit, ibbit!"

Cormac on a frog (you just can't see the frog :)

Petting the sharks!

In one of the tunnels

Best lunch!!  A grilled cheese and tomato soup restaurant....yummy!
We need one of these in Indy!!

Time for a snow cone :)

Such a good little stroller rider!

Me and my mom...Maryn took a pretty good picture of us :)