We decided to break up the cold winter days and take a little trip.

Weekend getaways are my favorite.

We packed our bags and hit the road.  

First we went bowling.  We played a few games and laughed at how Molly beat me and Sophie.

We turned our stinky shoes back in and hit the road again.

We went to Shreveport and got a hotel room.  

The next morning, we got up and went to the aquarium. 

I was super impressed at the aquarium.  I didn't really know what to expect but it was a good considering the size.  

They had every kind of sea creature that you could think of and even those that I didn't know existed.  

Even sharks!

We spent quite a bit of time with the sharks.

Then we went into the sting ray room.  

That may have been my favorite part.  We bought food to feed the sting rays.  

It took lots and lots and lots of convincing to get Molly to feed the sting rays.  Sophie, who is usually scared of everything, loved it.  Molly was scared to death to stick her hand in there and let them eat the fish out of her hand.  She got a little better before we left.  

Well kinda.

I was impressed with the whole experience and that it was so close to home.  

We even got to touch some jellyfish, the non-stinging type.  

We also found a science museum and checked that out.  

There were some really cool things there.

We played around in there for almost three hours.  

We ended the day at Joe's Crab Shack. 

Then headed home.