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| Our first time eating at Chick-fil-A! We stopped at one on the way home too. Yum!! |
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| My parents have been watching these sandhill crane parents and their baby all winter. They got to see the baby grow up over the last few months! |
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| Hooray for flowers and green things growing! |
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| Peter had lots of fun with his rip stick |
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| We spent a lot of time at the pool. The weather was beautiful with only 1 day of rain! |
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| Ice cream at Big Olaf's |
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| Lunch at Myakka River Oyster Bar |
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| Beach time! |
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| We spent much of our beach time looking for shells and shark teeth... |
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| and also some time digging and making sand castles! |
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| Annual family picture! |
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| We went to Mote Aquarium in Sarasota. They had a lot of neat displays of a wide variety of sea life. This is a seahorse that looks like a plant. |
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| Waiting to watch the sharks get fed |
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| Manatee |
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| Sea turtle |
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| We had fun watching this dolphin |
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| SHARKS!! |
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| Souvenirs from Grandpa and Grandma--stuffed shark and dolphins |
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| One night my parents stayed with the kids so that we could go out for dinner with Juan and Karen. We went to Sharky's on the Pier. It was a beautiful night so we walked on the pier and ate outside! |
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| Peter lost a tooth while we were there! |
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| These 9 square puzzles are so much harder than they look! |
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| Grandma promised $5 to the first person to complete it. |
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| Miriam won! |
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| Triplets |
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| Mexican dinner |
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| More pool time! |
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| Peter and Esther learned how to play Carcassonne. |
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| The weather was perfect for bike riding. |
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| Grandma's pancakes in the shape of the kids' initials. |
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| Another day at the beach! |
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| Dairy Queen on our last night before heading home. |
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| Our awesome neighbors welcomed us home! |
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| This happened a couple days after we got home. Seriously? On April 14? |
