Christmas in Florida

Payton "monkeying around" - at the Ape Sanctuary in FL This is a great picture of Gaia and Grandpa Al (well minus the terrible lighting)
Payton and his favorite bird

Holding a baby alligator

Watching the dolphin show - minutes before the dolphin "Nicholas" completely soaked him!

At the Clearwater Aquarium

Feeling the rays

Brady enjoying the swing

Taking Brady down his first slide experience

Getting ready

Brady and Graham

Looking for turtles at the turtle pond

Walking on the beach

Graham and his two boys

Payton being silly

Brady enjoying the pool at Gaia and Grandpa Al's house

The whole family

We made our annual trip down the Florida on Christmas to visit Graham's parents in Tampa. The weather was great for us this year, 80's the first day and 70's the rest of the week. Not too shabby! Everyone had a great time as usual. Graham's parents gave us tickets to do a Segway tour in Clearwater by ourselves. We had a great time and the Segways were so much fun!!

We also went back to the Clearwater Aquarium and got to see "Winter", the dolphin in the movie, A Dolphin Tale, again. The last time we went to the aquarium, a few years ago, "Winter" was not a celebrity yet and the place was empty and they were hurting for money. This year the place was packed and the dollar signs were everywhere. The place was decked out with props from the movie!

We made our annual trip to the turtle pond, which Payton just loves and we tried out a new place, the Ape Sanctuary. There were so many apes and monkeys there that were rescued, it was amazing. Payton learned that if you stare at an ape long enough, it will feel threatened and spit at you. LOL!

We had some great meals, great conversation and wonderful company! We can't wait to come back in June!