Florida, Finally!

A few days after school ended, we flew down to Florida to visit family.  We were all looking forward to going since we hadn't visited with everyone together since Christmas, 2019.  We had two trips cancelled last year due to Covid concerns, so we were anxious to get there.  Finally, we arrived!

I was most looking forward to meeting Nick and Allie's sweet baby boy, River, who was born in December.  Our newest nephew is adorable!

We all enjoyed getting to see Taz again and meeting Pip who joined the family in the Fall.

Mia couldn't wait to get back out on Grandpop's boat and go fishing.  We had absolutely beautiful weather, so they were able to go out a couple of times.  I know they had a ton of fun!

We all went out cruising a couple of times too which is always a good time.

Mia brought her Oculus virtual reality set down with her so she could face off against Nick and Allie in Beat Saber.  I think we had more fun watching them compete!

Lily and I went to Clearwater Marine Aquarium one afternoon which is always a neat experience.  We love seeing Winter and Hope; they are movie stars after all.  They currently have six or seven dolphins here though so we watched all of them for awhile.  They are so beautiful.

We thoroughly enjoyed watching the seat otters too.  These two were cracking us up.  One of them just kept rolling over in the water the whole time.  I don't know how he wasn't incredibly dizzy.  What funny little animals!

We also saw sea turtles, pelicans (like Rufus!), sharks, rays, and fish while were here.  What a cool mission they have here.

Feeding time for a Winter and Hope!

We went upstairs to see a cool whale exhibit.  It focused on how to best save the whales which is good information to know.  They had several life size inflatable whales in the room.  Man, these guys are huge!

They have an awesome street legal electric golf cart.  Lily and I wrote around for a couple hours over our time here, just visiting neighborhoods and chatting.  I loved this time!  I let Lily try her hand at driving it too and she did so well.  It's hard to believe she'll actually start driving this fall!

We are so thankful for Grandpops and Grandma Jan!

What a great visit!  We look forward to next time!