August 19, 2016

A Quick Trip To Tennessee

On July 15th/16th, Doug, Bri and I headed up to Chattanooga, TN to meet up with some family. I never shared this with you all, but a couple of years ago, Doug's (second) cousin and her husband adopted a little girl from China named Cai. So, we have another China adoptee in our family! Cai is 7 years old and we had not yet had the opportunity to meet her. That weekend - we finally did! She is so sweet and adorable!

Since we were going to meet them early Saturday morning, Doug, Bri and I decided to spend Friday night in Chattanooga. Bri always loves it when she gets her own room...

Except Miss B had a hard time getting to sleep that night, so I ended up sleeping with her. LOL!

It was a nice room with kitchen and living area...

We went to a restaurant that we hadn't been to in many years. It has really good Greek food...


Look at that dessert case...

Chocolate cake = happy Bri...

We went to a nearby mall after dinner and actually did some clothes shopping for Miss B for school.

The next morning, we got up and had some breakfast in the hotel. We checked out and headed into downtown Chattanooga to meet up with Doug's cousin at the Tennessee Aquarium.

Bri in front of the Tennessee River...

Tennessee Aquarium...




Next to the aquarium, there are stairs with water flowing down them...


We had arrived a bit early, so Bri took her shoes off and enjoyed the water for a while...







 Doug's cousin and family finally arrived at the aquarium, and we said our hellos. We all then headed into the Ocean Journey part of the aquarium first. There is actually a butterfly exhibit when you first enter the building...



This is sweet Cai ~ isnt' she cute?

Next up ~ penguins...



Huge tanks in the Ocean Journey full of fish...



We left the Ocean Journey and went to grab some lunch.

Then we moved on to the River Journey part of the aquarium...

 My favorite part ~ the jellyfish...





Shark cage...

Viewing area...

Trapped!!!!

Sweet cousins...

They watched the otters for quite a while...

My China girl in front of the Chinese Mountain Stream...

It was so nice to see Doug's cousin and husband again and it was wonderful to finally meet Cai. The girls had a blast at the aquarium together. What a fun day!

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