Our recent trip to Florida included going to Sea World, Discovery Cove, Busch Gardens, and Aquatica. We had a fabulous time. It was a real treat to get to swim with the dolphins on my birthday this year. So cool. :) The only park out of the 4 that I had ever been to was Busch Gardens. I went there several times as a kid when I'd go to Tampa to visit my mom in the summer. It was great to be able to go with the kids. I love taking them places. :) For the trip down, we took 2 cars. My sister, Terra, drove over from Mississippi with her 2 younger boys on Saturday, then we headed down on Sunday. What should have only been a 6 1/2 hr drive took us more like 9 hrs. Lol. Why can't everyone just have to pee at the same time for pete's sake? Karen and Alyssa quickly went from this...

to this. Isn't it so nice when the kids pass out on a trip? :)

Kristen holding Alyssa at the Florida welcome center sign. We have so many pictures of this same spot. Lol :)

So, we finally get to the condo and drag in all of our luggage. And there was a lot. There were 9 of us. We got all settled in rather quickly though.

Why we always have to go to the World's Largest McDonald's is beyond me. My husband thinks it's cool or something. It's really just chaotic if you ask me.

We headed back to the condo and did a little swimming to finish up our day. The youngest ones had a great time.

This was the end of our day and tomorrow we would be headed off to Sea World. Yay!!! (I suppose I do need to try to get a little sleep before the kids get up. It is almost 6 a.m. after all. Eek!)