Busch Gardens

 Charlie and Ava were both unsure about the birds. :)

 I love this picture….

 Busch Gardens has an amazing ice show...

 Of course we had to see SANTA!!!!

 The boys love….no, wait… ADORE popcorn. They have to have it. :)

I love Busch Gardens. 

They have so many fun things to do during the holidays. :)  They put all of their Christmas things out, and it just looks so pretty! I can not wait till we go again. :)

Getting into the CHRISTmas spirit!

It's CHRISTMAS!!!

The boys DO NOT like getting kisses. :)

Cooper and our dog, Rexy.

Charlie, putting on the star.

This is what most of our ornaments look like. :) 

Yay!!! It's almost Christmas!!! 14 days and counting. :)

~ We were just at Busch Gardens the other day and we saw Christmas on ice. (It is a very good show with lots of ice skaters) BUT, what made me so happy was to see that it was called CHRISTmas on ice! Nowadays, people are saying Happy Holidays,  because they are afraid to say Merry Christmas to someone. we do not need to be ashamed to say Merry Christmas… because this time of year is when we celebrate the birth of our Savior, the one who saved US from our sins!!! We need to give all the glory to God!!! So, tell everyone, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!! :)

Zoo

The penguins, waiting in line for the bathroom... at least that's what we said they were doing.

First of all, I want to say I am so sorry I have not posted in what...about 2 weeks? I have been really busy with school. (Lots of extra reading)

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Anyways, yesterday was our last day of the month to go to the zoo for free. We had not gone all month, and you HAVE to go to the zoo. We had lots of fun. Macie and I took about...200 pictures of leaves and flowers. Seriously.

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I have to say, the giraffes are always my favorite. This time around, Cooper got attacked. Every time a giraffe came near him it would nudge its head into Cooper. Maybe it sensed fear. Ha Ha, just kidding. :)

Homemade ice cream...YUM!

Go to the bottom and read up.

YUM!!!! Enjoy your ice cream!!!!

After 5 minutes, take out the bag.

...and then SHAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Make sure you shake for at least 5 minutes. This doesn't seem like a long time, but when your shaking a bag of melting ice...it seems like FOREVER! But keep shaking, otherwise it doesn't work.

(Watch the video at the very bottom)

Add the SEALED small bag...

Next, fill a GALLON Ziploc bag half full with ice. Then put 2 cups coarse salt in it.

Take a small Ziploc and put 1 cup of the mixture in it. Do this for 4 bags.

(everyone had to whisk it...)...yes, everyone.

Put them in the bowl and whisk all of the ingredients together.

Add half a cup of sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla.

Pour them both into a large bowl...

and two cups half and half.

Take two cups whipping cream...

Heavy Whipping cream. So fattening, but so good...

This was a very tasty treat, and also very messy. Make sure you do the "shaking" outside!

Here is the video! (turn OFF my music)

A fun day at MOSI!

We always eat lunch here.

Cooper spelt his name out of pretzels. (yes, that is a jelly stain.)

Building a pyramid.

MAGIC!!!

ELECTRIC!!!

Very business like...

We were VIP's.

I-max movie.

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On Thursday my family and I went to Mosi! We went with our family friends, the Palm's. We saw an I-max movie, Future Flyer's, (Something like that?) walked around the whole building, played on the playground, and ate lunch. Then we had to RUSH to make it to cross country practice. Overall, I think everyone had a fun time!