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This past Tuesday, Amanda and Ryan came to visit us in Jacksonville. We were so excited to have our second visitors in Florida already and it was a great visit. We had lots of fun showing them around Jacksonville, playing with the kids, and even visiting an Alligator Farm in St. Augustine.

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I put together a highlight video of the alligator farm:

We posed for some cute pics on a stuffed gator in the entrance.

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In the middle of the park, there were a bunch of huge gators. Every hour they'd put on a show and would talk about the gators and feed them dead rats.

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Connor even gave one of the alligators a kiss (through the glass).

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Connor enjoyed feeding the birds.

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There was a neat area that was set up like a natural swamp with an elevated walkway cutting through.

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There were some little machines on the walkway where you could buy some alligator food pellets and it was fun throwing it to them. I was really nervous someone would fall over the side though. You'd probably get torn to pieces in a couple seconds.

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We took a picture next to Gomek, who was dead and stuffed, but one of the biggest crocs we've ever seen.

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After the Alligator Farm, we went to Mango Mango for some beachside food, then went for a stroll on the St. Augustine beach.

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Today, on Saturday, we had to bid them farewell. It was a very fun visit and we loved having them as guests.

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Amanda showed off her baby bump! We probably won't see them again until that baby is birthed!!

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