It's Aviv's birthday!!!

After spending another night at the Lawrence's (we keep coming, it's too hard to say goodbye to them)
we moved on to Manatee Springs state park, in the north-west of Florida. As we arrived there Aviv started working on her birthday cake for the next day.

Later on we went exploring the park. The Suwanee river flows across the park into the Gulf of Mexico. The manatees from the gulf are swimming into the river on winter nights since the springs are warmer. We were surprised to discover that the manatees swim in both salty and fresh water. Well, they are mammals and breath air, so it makes sense. We tried to find them in the river but they didn't come... We did see a lot of black vultures
Vulture style reception

Aviv panicked when she thought she caught a dangerous virus named "Squirreliosis" but eventually she was ok.
Suwanee river in the afternoon

Before going to bed, we decorated the rv for the upcoming b'day
Today Aviv woke up first, all excited about her birthday. We can't believe she's already 12! After a breakfast-in-bed treat, she made a wish and blew the candles

and we went to fulfill the birthday girl's wish for the day - shopping (how surprising).
Picnic-ing on the way
We had dinner at Outback stake house - Aviv's choice for dinner. It made us miss Brazil so much...