Florida 2010!

In May we we fortunate enough to travel to Ft. Lauderdale, FL to visit with Matt's grandma for a week. We were very much looking forward to a nice break from the crazy Colorado weather that we have been having this spring and just enjoy the heat and humidity of Florida. Here are some of the adventures that we embarked on while we were there.

Matt and Thomas with Grandma Lucy

We went to a place called Lion Country where you got to drive your car through an animal park. The animals were not in cages (except for the lions....which I think I am okay with) so they would just wander around your car. When you finished with the drive through the park there was a small amusement park that we went to and enjoyed some of the rides.

Zebra Crossing

Some of the animals at Lion Country

We also got to feed a giraffe! Very cool!

We also went to the everglades and went on an airboat ride. We all had earplugs as the airboat is quiet loud. Malorie also had to wear a life vest because she was younger than six. Partway through the ride Malorie put up her arms as if she were riding on a rollar coaster. Thinking that she was really enjoying this and having fun I leaned forward to snap a picture. This was the result. It has to be one of my favorite pictures of her just because of the lack of emotion.

After the airboat ride they had a reptile zoo of sorts where Annalie got to hold a baby alligator. I was quite proud of her as I thought that she would have not wanted anything to do with reptiles.

Matt went deep sea fishing one morning and thoroughly enjoyed it. He caught two fish that were delicious. I am surprised at how much meat you can get from one fish. We probably could have fed ten more people on just those two fish!

Matt and his catch.

The girls waiting for dad's boat to come in.

While Matt was fishing I went swimming with the kids. Thomas slept in the stroller while the girls and I swam. We took advantage of the swimming pool on more than one occasion and really enjoyed the warm water! Grandma Lucy lives near where the Goodyear Blimp takes off so when we were swimming the blimp would fly over and it was kind of cool.

Finally, we enjoyed the beach. After living in California for a few years where the water is never really comfortable, it was a nice change to be able to run into the ocean and have the water be warm. The girls loved jumping the the waves and Thomas enjoyed sitting in the shade of the umbrella.

Annalie running to catch up with Matt and Malorie.

Thomas enjoying the view of the ocean.

It was a very relaxing trip. We really enjoyed our visit with Grandma Lucy and look forward to doing it again!