Father's Day

Look closely and you can see the giant turtle! (He has his head up towards the top of the water)
Banastre petting the alligator.
Elizabeth and a new friend.
Grandma even gets in on the petting!
Banastre's favorite part! The Beach!!!!!

On Father's Day, we took a day trip to Tarpon Springs. It was a lot of fun and the kids really seemed to enjoy it as much as the adults! It was amazing to see all of the different natural sponges that are harvested in the gulf. They also had a small aquarium where we were able to see them feeding alligators and a giant snapping turtle. Banastre and Elizabeth even petted a small alligator. There was a 200 pound grouper that had to be the biggest fish I had ever seen. There were even big sharks and little sharks. The best thing was the petting tanks where we got to pet sting rays and two small sharks. It was very hard to pull Elizabeth away from those! Of course, being so close to the beach, we had to take Banastre and let him see it!

I think Reg and Matt both enjoyed their Father's Day exploring a new part of Florida with the kids!