Summer Fun!

Deerfield Beach

The boat in the background is the boat we took out to the coral reef. Look at all our professional divers!

Darrick and the kids at Kennedy Space Center by the Apollo 8 Capsule.

Our two alligator wrestlers (Nate was having none of it)

Florida 2008 (April 11-20)

We flew into Fort Lauderdale where we rented a beach house for the week. We had a great time exploring the beaches north and south of Ft. Lauderdale. We visited Cape Canaveral (kennedy space center) and watched a rocket launch. We spent a day at the Everglades where Dad, Naomi & Shay rode bikes along the 15.1 mile trail riding right next to all the alligators, birds, turtles, etc. The kids were nervous at first being so close to the alligators but they soon got use to it and loved the experience. Mom & Nate took the tram tour since Nate is not old enough to ride a bike. We were able to learn lots of interesting info. from our tour guide. We met back at the parking lot and then took off on a airboat ride thru the everglades. The kids got to hold a live alligator and have their picture taken. Towards the end of the week we drove down to the Florida keys. We spent most of the day in Key Largo at John Pennecamp State Park where we headed out 5 miles away from land to a coral reef (where we would snorkel) that was unbelievable. Dad & Naomi loved it and stayed out snorkeling the whole time we were there. Shay tried it for about 5 min. , the barracudda's scared him. There were some 5 ft long. Naomi and Dad swam within 5 ft of about 20 of them. Nate gave it a quick try but he was out of the ocean as fast as he jumped in. Mom stayed on the boat with Nate and Shay and video taped their snorkeling experience. We then drove down thru many keys ending at Marathon Key where we decided we better turn around and head back for Ft. Lauderdale. We had a great time on our vacation and a great time with each other.