"Framily" Vacation to Anna Maria Island

Another successful FRamily vacation in Anna Maria Island just ended! As always, we had a ball! We all headed down a day early and spend the night in Tampa. We got up and tackled Busch Gardens. The kids LOVED the roller coasters, but unfortunately, since Kat is small, she couldn't ride very much, and our family had to split up. There ended up being long lines in all of the big roller coasters so we didn't get to ride very much. It was an expensive day for the few coasters we got to ride, but the memories are SO worth it!! We then headed on to AMI! The Brands and Abrahams had a 3 story house together only a block away from the Beavers and the Kahlstorfs. We hated not all being together, but we couldn't find a house big enough for all 19 of us! We played on the beach, rode bikes, ate good, and we even rode the jet ski's this year. The red tide was in the ocean so we did see lots of dead fish this year (which is not a good look for the beach). We saw a few manatee, but not many this year, but we did find some amazing sea shells!! We always have such a great time with our friends, and this is a trip we look forward to each year!