February 2009 and Orlando Florida

February 18: We looked out the window to see the largest snow flakes we have ever seen. Tessa state, "I've got to get some of those on my tongue" and ran outside - too cute! While she was outside she made pictures in the fresh snow in the driveway.

Grandma Becky gave the girls puzzles of NYC - they are proud to get this one done with a little help from daddy.

Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay as we visited the Tiger exhibit.

The Scorpion rollercoaster. This was Tessa first upside down roller coaster.

Face painting of the Unicorn Masks.

Very friendly giraffe named Cupid eating from Dagny's hand. They have purple tongues (so they don't get sun burned) that are 18 inches long.

Tessa feeds Cupid lettuce from the back of a safari truck in the Serengeti Experience at Busch Gardens.

The family is getting ready to get on the truck to go on safari in the Serengeti Experience at Busch Gardens to see Giraffes, Zebras, Rhinos, Antilope and much more.

Posing with a Budweiser Clydsdale horse at Busch Gardens.

We met Kristy and her son Ryan at Busch Gardens. She was in the Air Force with Joel. They live in Tampa and have had Busch Gardens season passes for 13 years, so they were great guides of the park.

The kids picked Magic Kingdom for the Disney park they wanted to go to. Tessa has a CD (now on her iPod) of Disney Theme Park music, so we were challenged to go on the rides with the music - it was probably the only way to get her on the Haunted Mansion (she said it was not as scary as she thought - but is concerned about the ghost hitch hiker. She even tried Space Mountain even though it had no theme song and was in the dark. Dangy and Joel went on Space Mountain nine times. We loved watching the fireworks at the end of the day.

We loved the Shamu show at Sea World. The girls took tons of pictures of the show.

After spending a fun filled two days at Sea World with lots of shows, feeding the dolphins and riding the amusement rides - we got to see the Shamu show. A great way to end our time in Sea World.

It was great to be staying at our timeshare of 12 years. We know our way around and are very comfortable there. They have made many improvements and expansions over the years, including this water park with lazy river. The kids enjoyed the pools even though most days were in the low 50's.

Pool activities at the pool included line dancing, which the girls enjoyed participating in.