The Deglers Go on Vacation

The Deglers came to visit us this past weekend! They are some of our very best friends from Kentucky, and it was soooo good to see them again. They stayed with us in our 2 bedroom apartment, which was just a tad bit crowded with all 6 of us. I don't know how some people live like that permanently. But is was so much fun. We packed a lot of activities into the 3 1/2 days they were here.

THURSDAY
They arrived Thursday night and we headed down to Channelside to eat at a japanese place down there. Then we grabbed ice cream at Coldstone. Yum, yum!

FRIDAY
On Friday, we went to Busch Gardens all day. Below are some great pictures from the day. We had a great time and really only had to stay in line for one rollercoaster. The most funny thing from the day was that after we rode Kumba (rollercoaster), we went to see our picture and the guy said that he couldn't show it to us because Beth was flipping the camera off. For those of you who know Beth, you know that that was absolutely not true! hahaha

SATURDAY
On Saturday, we went to Passe Grille beach, which is a nice, quiet beach in St. Petersburg. We only stayed for a couple of hours as Josh had to be back to preach that night. We played Kan Jam and frisbee in the ocean. Chris reapplied sunscreen like 3 times and sat with a towel around him most of the day to keep from getting burned. That night we went to the 5:00 service at church and then went to eat at a great restaurant in Tampa, Ballyhoo. After Josh finished preaching, we went to see Super 8. I was fighting to stay awake the whole movie, so I didn't enjoy it as much as I probably would have.

SUNDAY
On Sunday, we had a quiet morning waiting for Josh to finish preaching. Then we went down to John's Pass, which is a great boardwalk area. We rented wave runners to ride on the ocean. Nicholas kept pointing out to me how slow I was driving. The waves make me nervous and I don't want to be thrown off to the sharks! After the wave runners, we ate at Bubba Gump!

If you know the Deglers, you know that you will always come away from spending time with them with a load of funny stories. Most of my Degler stories are Chris stories, but the best one this trip was from Nicholas. In our apartment complex, the gate closes after 7PM and you have to use a card to get in. We told Nicholas that we have to pay $5 every time we use the card. He believed us the whole weekend. Then on Saturday night we were having to use the card to get in and told Nicholas that it was his turn to pay. He said, "Mom I'm not stupid. Josh already told me that they have a season pass!" HAHAHAHA We finally told him the truth on Sunday.

Below are some pictures from the trip: