Its not every day you get a picture painted especially for you by a penguin. It was my seventeenth birthday and it was quite a special one. My mother, sister, best friend/sister, her mother and her mother’s boyfriend and I took a trip up to Edmonton. We stayed in the West Ed Hotel in the Hollywood room. It was not only the celebration of my birthday but also my friend Brookelyn who can with me. We are about two months apart and have always wanted to celebrate together. Our parents decided to make this a surprise and planned everything without us even hinting that they were putting together such an eventful weekend. This picture shows my favorite part of the whole trip. It was the most unique experience and memorable moment; I will never forget it. Not only did this little guy paint me a beautiful picture but I also get to hold him and not going to lie I was a freaked out he would poop on me. Their feathers are like silk and I could have taken him home he was that adorable. They make really neat sounds and motions that we got to learn about what some of them meant. We got to tour all behind where they make the food and salt water for the animals and got to see the sea turtles from the top of the tank. My least favorite part was stuffing small dead fish with vitamins for the penguins. That was not a pretty sight but thankfully the smell was tolerable. I am so glad I had the chance to experience something so out of the ordinary and with someone who I am so close to.