Lipizzan Stallions

Today we took the girls to Myakka City to see the Herrmanns' Royal Lipizzan Stallions.

We found out that they have one brown horse for good luck!

Madison loved getting to ride one of the horses.

Little Jocelyn on a BIG horse.

The girls enjoyed playing some games and getting their faces painted.

The horses are beautiful!

We enjoyed getting to see them up close before the show.

It was an amazing show!

Spring Training Game!

Today we went to a Spring Training Game at Ed Smith Stadium.

We watched the Baltimore Orioles play the Atlanta Braves!

An Orioles Chick-fil-a Cow!

Uncle Kyle bought the girls some cute Orioles!

Happy 20th Birthday Regina!

Today we celebrated Regina's 20th birthday!

The girls each made her a special card and helped with her birthday banner.

Grandma and Regina!

Regina loved her birthday surprises from the girls!

We all enjoyed eating a piece of the banana cake with carmel frosting for dessert.

Orange Blossom Festival!

Today we went to the Orange Blossom Festival at Mixon Fruit Farms!

Madison couldn't wait to ride the white pony named Morning Glory!

Happy Madison!

Jocelyn loved getting to ride Dakota!

It was a beautiful day in Florida!

Time to play some games!

Time to swing!

Swinging Sisters!

The girls rode through the orange grove and each got an orange and some orange blossoms to take home.

Madison couldn't believe how high she could jump on the bungee trampoline.

She decided to do ballet in the air. Look at that form. ;)

Jocelyn's turn to J-U-M-P!

We also watched a dog show and...

a geese show!

Eden Farms!

This afternoon we went to Eden Farms to pick some strawberries.

They are hydroponic strawberries, which means that they are grown without soil and the nutrients are delivered to the plant in the water they use. Eden Farms utilizes a vertical system in combination with ground pots. The plants are grown in layers or mixture of perlite and coconut coir. Coir is ground up coconut husk and perlite is little spheres that are created when pumice is heated. The water used in ph balanced for the kind of plant it is supporting and is complete with all the nutrients needed by fruit.

The girls enjoyed using scissors to cut the ripe strawberries off the plant.

Our baskets are full of yummy strawberries!

Azalea Tree

Grandma is excited that her Azalea tree is in full bloom, so we took some pictures in front of it this morning.

Grandma and her girls!

Mommy and her girls!

Mommy and Madison!

Mommy and Jocelyn!

Jocelyn LOVES being in Florida!

Sisterly LOVE!

Smelling the flowers!

Enjoying our time in Florida with our family and the pretty flowers!