Last Day!

While on vacation we wanted to make sure that all four of us got to do something that we enjoy. Ryan, of course, got dinosaur world. Lucas got to spend all of Tuesday morning jumping in the jumperoo and had extra quality time with his daddy. I chose the beach and shopping. And that just left Dave. He insisted that he just had to go on an air boat ride. So, Friday morning we loaded everyone up and made the long drive to the Everglades to visit the Everglades Safari Park.

Ryan, daddy, Grandpa & Grandma all on their very first air boat ride. Lucas and I sat this one out!

During the wildlife introduction, the crazy instructor guy tried to put this icky scorpion on me! After I refused (several times!), Dave stuck his hand out and manned up. Yuck!


OK, I know you all know how I feel about animals kept in captivity. But, Ryan gets so darn excited about such things as the zoo and the chance to hold an alligator...so, meet Snappy, the baby gator that Ryan and Lucas got to meet. Ryan was psyched, and Lucas was super confused and just wanted to suck on his tail.

On the way out, we came upon this guy. I think he was eyeing Lucas, he seems just about gator snack sized!

And if that wasn't creepy enough, we decided to drive around a bit before heading back to West Palm Beach and came upon this guy just lying on the side of the road. We were about 2-3 feet away from him when I snapped this pic. I dared Dave to get out and touch his tail but, no dice.



A gigantic THANK YOU to Bonnie & Cesar for letting us stay at the house while you were away and for a wonderful vacation. We appreciate so very much everything that you guys do for us!