Fun as a FAMILY!

We have really been enjoying our time with DETTO!!

We have had tons of great QUALITY family time! I have not done ANY sewing since he has been home! Isn't that AMAZING???

We only have a few more days together, but I have been reading a great book that I think has helped me ALOT... Psalms 91~ God's Shield of Protection ~ Military Edition By Peggy Joyce Ruth! It takes Psalms 91 and goes verse by verse to explain and encourage! I have been reading it out loud to Detto! We have both been REALLY benefiting from it!

We have been doing soooo much stuff as a family ~ playing board games (almost EVERY night) & video games, Watching movies, going out to eat, going to Fun Spot, Busch Gardens, Sea World & the Clearwater Aquarium!!

Here are some pics of some of our GREAT Adventures together...

This is Winter the Dolphin at the Clearwater Aquarium. She lost her tail in an accident, but she can still swim. Check out her story here!

The kids holding a SEA URCHIN!!! YIKES

We LOVED Busch Gardens!

And Fun Spot was LOTS OF FUN!!

We had a BLAST on the go-carts! We are just too competitive though.... Detto bumped me and made me spin out! I almost got crashed into by 4 other drivers! Crazy Detto!

Life has been REALLY GREAT with our family together!

I am thankful for this time of fun and blessings!

Busch Gardens!!

This is us on the way!! Detto Driving and me... taking pictures!!

We had a BLAST at Busch Gardens Yesterday!! It was so nice to be at the park with the kids and Detto!! The Park WAS Packed!! My DAD would have Hated it!! (sorry Dad!) The lines were really long, but we got in FREE so!! Hoot Hoot!!

We only rode a few rides... Kumba, Montu, and the Cheeta Chaser!! But my favorite part was the shows!! We saw an awesome Christmas on Ice show!! They had all kinds of olympic skater there!! It was really an amazing show!! And we saw a cute Christmas Musical show while we ate dinner!! I didnt take any pictures of the shows... oops!!

The park was fun! We didnt get there as early as we had originally planned, but I liked having more of a laid back day!! We all love looking at the animals and so that's were we spent most of our time!! It was fun hearing the kids tell Detto all of the stuff they learned when we went on our homeschool days field trip to Busch Gardens!! It is amazing how much they remember!! 

They had a fireworks display at night!! We left right after that!! I didnt remember Busch Gardens doing fireworks in the past... I asked one of the ladies who worked there and she said they dont normally do fireworks, but this was a "Special Holiday Fireworks Show"!! It was really pretty!! I love fireworks!!

All around we had a fantastic time!! Detto was in a silly mood and so we laughed almost all day!! I wish he didnt have to leave so soon!! But the good news is that they cut down his time that he will have to be in Missouri!! He will graduate from AIT on February 11th instead of the end of March!! Yippy!! Then he will be home for a LONG TIME!!