Ft Lauderdale Beach

We LOVED the Ft Lauderdale Beach. It was so clean and clear and beautiful.

Grayson in Flying Horse!

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The title of Grayson's article is "Worldly Learning"

Butterfly World, Florida

All of the kids loved Butterfly World! Especially Grayson. It was a very cool place for kids or adults. It was amazing to walk through all of those butterflies and then see the bugs and birds and flowers. It took 2 hrs to get through which was the perfect time on a hot sunny Florida morning. :)

Ft Lauderdale - Sherry & Lily arrive!

Sherry and Lily arrived yesterday while Jeff and Grayson went to Universal Studios in Orlando. Sherry and Lily got to the condo about 3:30pm and we went swimming and out to eat. Jeff and Grayson got home about 10:30pm from Universal. They had a great time seeing the Harry Potter exhibit and Grayson's favorite ride was Jaws! (see shirt below)
Today, we all went to "Butterfly World" in Coconut Creek, FL. It was really very neat and I will post pics and possibly a video later when we get home. The internet here is like a snail!!!
Then the girls took a nap and we all went swimming here and then to Rainforest Cafe for a late dinner.
I was lucky to get a few pics downloaded before my web connection timed out. It is soooo frustrating that it is sooooo slow. We are all having a great time and tomorrow is back to the beach!!! (Grayson has a plastic scorpion on his head in the picture below.) :)

Ft Lauderdale-water taxi

Today we went to the coast and took rides on the water taxi to different locations up and down the coast. It is on an inland waterway and there are 11 stops. It was SUPER hot today so we could only make it to stop 7 or 8. We saw a different beach and lots of restaurants, yachts, Millionaire's Row of homes on the water, etc. We ate at Shooter's on the water. I had fresh Mahi-Mahi- YUM.

Ft Lauderdale - snorkeling

We all went on a 3 hour snorkeling boat trip today in Pompano Beach! Grayson and I snorkeled with about 15 other people and Jeff & Aleigha stayed on the boat. She had a blast though making friends with the boat captain and driver. They loved her and entertained her while we were at the two snorkeling spots. We took tons of pics but Jeff has to go through all of them before I download them. Grayson loved it and saw a "Carpet Shark" at the bottom when we were out snorkeling and then the Captain fed the shark and he just came up to him and petted the shark. It was about 5 ft long and they are not dangerous and no sharp teeth.
Then they let Grayson and Aleigha help drive the boat so they both thought they were the bomb! Grayson was the only kid snorkeling but he did very good. Each stop was about 45 min and you could go and come back as much as you wanted while the boat anchored. I think everyone is exhausted tonight though!! It was definitely a great experience and I'm glad Grayson enjoyed it and is old enough to remember it. I'll post pics later....

Ft Lauderdale!

We arrived at our hotel/condo last night about 10pm in Ft Lauderdale! The 2 flights weren't too bad... just really cramped and Aleigha didn't get her nap so she was cranky by the time we go to our rental car. She fell asleep immediately in her car seat and never woke back up until 7:15am this morning.
Our hotel room has 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, kitchen, laundry and living room. It's so nice to have the extra room with 2 kids! We also have a pool view from our balcony so that tempts the kids all the time. There are 4 pools and mini-golf on the property. I'm sure we'll check it all out today. Then maybe i'll post some pics tonight. :)

Robinson Crusoe!

Grayson has blue hair in the front row....

After the Performance....

Grayson was cast as as "Hairy Frowny Face Tribe member" in Robinson Crusoe sponsored by the Missoula Children's Theater Company. It is a one week deal - Auditions on Monday and perform on Friday! They practice every day. This is Grayson's 2nd year in the Missoula Children's Theater. Last year was Rumpelstiltskin. Last year he just danced and sang... this year he had an actual line to say! He did great. :)