We went to Florida a week ago and it was A-mazing! So fun to get away together and be in some hot weather, but stinky to come back to SNOWING in Utah- ugh! We had a jam packed 4 days there and loved every minute of it. The first day we spent at Discovery Cove which was awesome. We snorkeled with tropical fish, stingrays, sharks and barracudas (they were behind a glass wall) and I swam with a dolphin, it was the bomb.
Posing with my dolphin Lester. He was huge, a lot larger than I was expecting. And don't worry that Lester is 40 years old, and the average life expectancy of a dolphin is 20 years. He was pretty much ancient.
The whole park was completely tropical looking with white sandy beaches, we loved laying out and just taking in all the beautiful scenery. I was a baby and wore a wetsuit for the first half of the day. I began to get tan lines that weren't attractive, so I decided to toughen up and ditch the wetsuit.
Lester taking me for a ride- best thing ever.
As you can tell I was SO excited about the dolphins.
Day two was spent at Sea World and of course we loved that too. Zachary was not happy about posing next to this manatee, but I thought it was a good photo op.
Of course one of the first things we did when we got there was go on a ride that SOAKED me! I seriously felt like I had just jumped in a lake. Zachary thought it was awesome, and me, well not so much. I was hating life.
Hence, these wonderful Sea World shorts I got to sport the rest of the day, I looked so goofy, but I was dry, and that is all that matters!
We loved the shows at Sea World, they were so fun. Zachary was going crazy with the camera taking a million pictures at the shows, I guess he just wanted to capture every moment... :)
Shamu- gotta love it.
If you know me well, you know I am a major shark fan. I just had to include this picture because I think sharks are cool, and it is just plain scary, check out those teeth!
I hate the Simpsons, but of course it was my favorite ride there. Just couldn't pass this picture up, sorry if you think it is rude.
We loved the shows at Sea World, they were so fun. Zachary was going crazy with the camera taking a million pictures at the shows, I guess he just wanted to capture every moment... :)
Shamu- gotta love it.
If you know me well, you know I am a major shark fan. I just had to include this picture because I think sharks are cool, and it is just plain scary, check out those teeth! One last Sea World shot, please, ignore the shorts.
Day three was spent at Universal Studios, and of course we loved it. It was probably our least favorite park, but we loved it still.
I hate the Simpsons, but of course it was my favorite ride there. Just couldn't pass this picture up, sorry if you think it is rude.Love this shot.
Lucky for us there was a Collective Soul concert at Universal Studios the night we were there. Z apparently loves Collective Soul so he was loving life. I knew a few of their songs, but was mostly entertained by the singers awesome rockstar moves. He was seriously killing me, I think I could teach him a lesson or two about rockstar moves.
Our last day we just took it easy, did some shopping, and had lunch before it was time to head to the airport. We had such a great time, and you better believe I was planning our next trip to Orlando for when we have some older kiddos- that trip will be the bomb.
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Of course I'm loving the fact that the dolphin's name was Lester!
wow! looks like so much fun! You got a head start on your summer tan!
How fun!! I am jealous. Looks like the weather was perfect. We are going to California in 3 wks. I hope the weather is nice for us their.
Sounds like soooooooo much fun! So glad you guys could go and do that.
PS-signing a contract for the town home today. So excited! We'll totally have to jog together neighbor!!
oh my word! Looks like alot of fun. Dave wants to know if you're on the left or right in that Shamu jump shot.
Some friend of our lived in FL for a year and loved it - what a fun trip! Ditto on the crappy weather you came back to. Where's the 60's? My kids are going nuts after the 10 days we had of glorious weather a week or so back.
Oh how fuuuuuun!!! Love Florida!
ok Kristen's comment is cracking me up. i forgot how funny dave is. and hey- it's never too late for that career in marine biology. we should watch free willy sometime. hahahha. love your pics girl!
I didn't know you guys went! How fun! My goodness. My parents went there last week, they had a blast too.
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