Busch Gardens - Williamsburg!

We made our annual family trip to Busch Gardens over the weekend.  Anheuser Busch does a Waves of Honor program where they give every active duty military member and 3 of their dependents free tickets to a park of their choice.  We always choose Busch Gardens.  I think it is so nice that they do this for us, it is such a treat.  We have been going since 2008, I think.  The kids are STILL in school, but we pulled them out Thursday.  We are all roller coaster junkies, we can't get enough.  I LOVE that Brenalee is finally tall enough to go on every ride!  It's so much fun to sit on the rides with the kids and hold their hands and scream together.  Brena is more fearless than Tyler!  He's a little cautious at first, but not Brena.  The park opened at 10am and closed at 9pm.  We were there the entire time.  It wasn't too crowded, which was awesome because we NEVER had a line to wait in!  I couldn't believe it!  Every time we went in Florida, no matter what month, it was crowded.  We were going to take turns with Bristol staying in Sesame Street, but we decided she won't ever remember this time, the older kids will.  So, we all stayed together and just took turns between TJ and I staying out with her.  She was in her stroller most of the day, but she did pretty well.  We had such a blast, can't wait until next year!

 This fits Brena SO well...her room - ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

 First ride of the day - the kids and Tj are up there somewhere!

We did have a moment of parent guilt and took Bristol on this one ride.  That was enough!  The wait was forever and the ride was lame!  And, she didn't even act like she loved it, so why bother?!

 Ah, Mach Tower...you scared Tyler and I last year - but not this year!  I think Tyler went on it 20 times.

 Yup - all the way up there, with a straight drop down.

Until next year Busch Gardens!