Thursday, Day 2, pm

After swimming we put the kids down for a nap, and when they woke up, we loaded them in the car and drove to Mandalay Bay to see the Shark Reef Exhibit. It was fabulous! These pictures can't begin to describe it. I would recommend visiting this attraction.

Kanyon was a little nervous seeing all these huge animals. Here is a huge gator.

Kanyon sees her first shark.

Believe it or not, when Katie posed for this pic, she had NO idea that there was a shark coming directly at her! 

Here's a story... Octopus vs. Starfish 

In the same tank, they had an octopus & starfish. Now, Kanyon knows what an octopus is. At least I thought she did. She didn't recognize the octopus because it was all balled up in the top corner of the tank. I kept showing it to her and she kept telling me that it wasn't an octopus. She thought the starfish was the  octopus. I guess they both have many arms, and when you come from land-locked Utah, how are you supposed to know the difference?? :)

Real Picture

Fake Picture

While driving home from the Mandalay Bay, we were waiting to make a left turn. Deborah and I were following Katie. The car in front of Katie honked at another driver to go when the arrow turned green....

The guy that was "honked at" jumped out of the car and started threatening the other driver (very foul language and threatening gestures)... it was crazy!! I really thought the guy was going to pull out a gun or smash the other driver's window! Luckily the cops (three of them) arrived on the scene and helped to sort things out. We had a great view of the whole scene. Of course, Deborah did the "touristy" thing and started to take pictures...That's the cop talking to Katie. We learned that night to not honk in Vegas.