9 1/2 hours of fun

After living only forty-five minutes from Busch Gardens for almost two months now, today my family finally spent a long, fun day there. We were blessed to be able to participate in the Here's to the Heros program which allow members of the military and four of their dependents or friends to enter the park for free, so we only ended up having to pay for my youngest brother.

The day included everything a good amusement park should: fun and thrilling rides, exciting music- some of it live- and, of course, cotton candy. Haha! We all had a blast.

It also felt somewhat symbolic. With Dad only just returning home yesterday from a week out to sea, and preparing to leave again tomorrow for the rest of the month, as well as Jordan packing up for college in just nine days, it was both lovely and sad to have one last fun family time together. Everything these days seems to go back to the fact that we are moving into a new and extremely foreign season of life.

Anyway, enough of the melodramatic musings! It really was an excellent day and I simply can't wait to go back. Now I need to go floss this cotton candy out of my teeth...

~Hannah Grace