What a Surprisingly God Weekend Vacation

It's Monday and we're off to the races again - racing for chores, work, homework, family time, and Jesus! But for a few days, everything, except Jesus, was put on hold as we took a big family vacation to Orlando/Winter Haven.
We got to the hotel friday late afternoon, just in time for the rain clouds to pass and to go swimming...Alyssa quickly learned how to swim when we told her she was going to a waterpark. She was happy to practice her swimming skills in the hotel pool and she loved the slide.
We went to Cypress Gardens in Winter Haven on Saturday and I must say that we were all extremely pleased!!!! It's not the big, rough and tough rides at the Disney/Orlando theme parks, but the waiting lines were never more than 5-10 minutes for any ride, even the roller coasters. And there were LOTS of kid rides for the younger children. The Splash Island waterpark inside of Cypress Gardens was the perfect thing to end several miles of walking and sweating. It was well worth the money we spent on annual passes.

Sunday, we got up early and went to Wet-N-Wild in Orlando. We got there earlier enough to ride down some really cool slides without long lines. It was nice too....and of course, Alyssa got to swim again. She loves to swim. (She was ecstatic when she realized that after a whole 3 days worth of swimming and fun, she got to go swimming at the UNF pool today at Summer Camp.)

Here's a few more pictures.....

Love you all....

Gail