Beach Bums (and Aquatica)

Of course, you can't go to Florida without going to the beach, so we had one really fun beach day. The water was soooo warm!! We had an awesome experience while we were swimming. We noticed some large shadows moving towards us in the water, and at first my mom thought they were sting rays, but then somebody else shouted that they were manatees. We moved closer to them, and sure enough, there were 2 manatees swimming right by us. You're not supposed to touch them because they're protected, but we saw their heads come up for air. Talk about awesome! We ended up also seeing several large sting rays in the water that day, but they just fly right by you, so you can't really get a good look at them. It was probably the funnest time I've ever had at a beach (and that's really saying something!) Also, I'm throwing in the only 2 pictures we took at Aquatica (the Sea World water park). We went to the water park twice, but for some reason we only took 2 pictures - maybe because water and cameras don't mix.

Aline with Kylee and Makayla - just look at that cute pregnant belly!

Grandpa going down the waterslide with Makayla

The girls going down the waterslide by themselves - they LOVED it!!