Gumbo Limbo Nature Center

My sister and I took Ariana to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton Florida to see some sea turtles and other marine life. Ariana is posing with the Loggerhead statue out front. She loved these life-size replicas!

There weren't a lot of big turtles on display as they were renovating the rehabilitation center when we were there. 

We only saw a couple through a fence.

But, they did have a new batch of baby bonnet head sharks and those were neat! We loved watching them swimming in their tank and we got to see the momma too!

There was a few larger turtles in tubs and lots of babies waiting to get stronger for release.

Watching the seahorse feeding was pretty awesome too!

It was free to get in, they run off donations only. It was a nice little trip and Ariana loved seeing how big the full grown turtles can get. I think Ariana's favorite part was seeing how big the turtles can grow!

Ariana with the Leatherback Turtle.

Ariana with the Green Turtle.

Photo Walk: Florida Neighborhood

While we were visiting family in Florida we stayed pretty busy. On occasion I found myself with some alone time. One of those times I took my camera out for a walk around my mom's neighborhood. Completely different than my last photo walk in Germany. Lots of palm trees and tropical plants.

Lizard on a flamingo.

 Shuffleboard anyone?

Loved these reflections in the pool.

 Beautiful sunsets.

Miami Zoo - Feeding Giraffes!

When we were in Florida my husband and I took Ariana to the Miami Zoo one day. Being there made us miss living a few minutes away from the Omaha Zoo. Our favorite part of the day was feeding Ariana's favorite animal, the giraffe! Yep, that's right, we hand fed giraffes! It was so awesome to be so up close and personal with these majestic animals! I know zoo photos can get boring if you aren't there in person so I'm going to try to limit the photos in this post to my favorites.

I'm kind of in love with this frog one I snapped!

Coolest lizard ever and he was such a ham, posing for me!

Ariana loved getting to feed the birds in the aviary.

I feel like she's saying "what are you looking at?!" Nice hairdo and makeup!

Check out that long purple tongue!

My favorite shot was of Ariana and the giraffe posing. I swear it's like they bonded and she wanted to be in the photo too. They were so cute!