Bush Gardens surprise trip!

As I was downloading pictures off of my camera to put on my blog, I came across some pictures from a trip to Busch Gardens back in February, I believe, and I had to share this funny story.

We surprised the kids with a trip to Busch Gardens. We're fortunate enough to live about 30 minutes from the amusement park, so off we went one morning. The kicker is, we told the kids that they needed to hurry up and get ready for school, or they would be late. Todd told them that he needed to drop me off at work, as they usually take the bus and I am usually gone before they get up and ready for school in the morning and since I work right across the street from the kids' school, this was a very plausible excuse!. Now, their school is only 5 minutes away, they didn't realize we weren't going to school until about 20 minutes into the trip. This is how the conversation went while in the car:

Jepson: Uh....Dad? Aren't we going the wrong way?
Breigh: Yeah, Dad...you need to turn around! We are SO going the wrong way.
Todd: Oh, I guess you're right. Well, there's so much traffic this morning, I'll see if there's a spot up ahead where I can turn around.

10 minutes later.

Breigh: Dad!!! We're going to be SOOO late and I'm going to get in trouble! We have to turn around NOW!!
Jepson: Oh, no! I don't want to be late for school!!
Todd: I know, I know...I think there's a place up here I can turn around.

We then enter the parking lot for Busch Gardens.

Breigh: OH GREAT!!!! We've gone way too far now... now we're at Busch Gardens!!! We'll never get to school now!

At this point, Todd and I were trying SO hard not to laugh. They truly did not clue in on our little detour. Finally, we got out of the car and they realized, "OH, this was all a trick wasn't it?! Very funny guys!"..lol! It was classic. Hopefully one moment they will always remember :) Here are some pictures.



Me and the hub chillin'



Breigh and Jepson in the front entrance being silly!



These are "tree people". There is a new area in Busch Gardens called "jungala" where the tree people live. They were really nice, a bit strange looking, though I have to admit.