FLORIDA!

We went to South Florida for Ari's cousin's bar mitzvah. 

I got this sweet picture on the plane. 

We got all dressed up Friday night, Saturday morning, and Saturday night. I forgot to take any pictures Friday night, but here is a picture of the boys from services on Saturday morning. 

Here is Tahl looking handsome at the party with Aunt Nancy. They had lots of fun dancing together. 

Zev got a wilder and wilder as the night went on. 

Smooches

Some more crazy dance moves.

And a whole crazy family.

 This is such a descriptor of our crazy family. 

Sunday afternoon we headed out to Everglades National Park.  This was our first alligator of the day. 

This is an anhinga bird. The trail was named after this bird. 

More alligators...

Here is Zev at the southern most (at least land locked) end of Florida. 

The boys were excited to see an Osprey. 

The next day the boys got to earn new Junior Ranger badges. 

It is hard to see, but this is a little baby alligator. 

 Not all, but most of the trails were boardwalks like this that can be traveled on no matter the water level. We were there in the dry season with less mosquitoes and more animals to see. 

 Like more birds! 

And even more alligators... 

Ari found this snake.

The boys each wanted their picture made with this alligator, but it is really hard to see both the kids and the alligator at the same time. 

Here he is on zoom. 

 Your traditional boy and a crane picture. 

The boys were pretty exhausted from the water park and bar mitzvah (complete with late bed times) part of our trip, so they were not at their best at the National Park.  I still think it was worth visiting though and a very cool experience.