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Sunday, October 24, 2010

To Sunny Florida we go...Part 1

On Tuesday we left for sunny Florida to visit grandparents and enjoy some nice weather (even though it's been so beautiful this fall in Colorado). The kids were great on the airplane. Who knew how wonderful a portable DVD player with endless Dora videos could be? After a long 2 hour drive to Dunnellon we finally arrived at our condo. The next morning we headed to Rainbow Springs Park, which is always one of our favorite spots. The river is crystal clear and is a constant 72 degrees.

Steve and Brooklynn dipping their feet into the swimming area
One of the many beautiful waterfalls
Chandler enjoying looking over the bridge

Thursday we went to Homosassa Springs Park with grandma. Again, one of our favorite spots! They have manatees, a panther, hippo, and lots of gators! They have some great educational programs. This one had a possum and gator. The poor lady holding the possum was getting scratched up the entire program and it hurt just watching here. Here's Brooklynn petting one of the baby gators. Even mommy petted the little guy.
Brooklynn the manatee
Aren't they so cute?
They have a boat to take you from the visitors' center to the main park, so we had to check it out. Unfortunately no gators to see on the river but lots of turtles and birds. Chandler took a nice nap in the stroller.
On Saturday we walked to grandma's friends' house to introduce the girls and they offered to let us take their pontoon boat out on the river. We even convinced grandma to come along for the ride. Again no gators (although Steve did see one off grandma's deck) but a nice ride. Of course Chandler slept again!
Brooklynn helping daddy drive - she was not wanting to help!
Steve and grandma - they're so cute!
Group shot
It was sad to say goodbye to grandma - we had so much fun and the girls just adore their great grandma! Now we're off to Clearwater to visit my grandparents and visit the beach!

Chandler walking update - she's standing on her own even better now but no official steps. We really thought it'd come on this trip! We'll see..................

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