Tibbitts Family

Busy Busy Week            We gave Hope a week long birthday celebration this year since we were away from family and friends.  We started the celebration off with a trip to Build a Bear to get her birthday bear on Monday.  Tuesday she had her gymnastics class and got a special blue ribbon. On Wednesday, Hope and I went to Dinosaur World, which was fun but a little scary too. She opened up her presents on Thursday, then went to swim lessons and finally we sang happy birthday to her with close friends and family who have iphones joining in via FaceTime. Friday we went to the pumpkin patch with some new friends from church. Saturday we packed up the car and joined our friends from San Diego who now live here in Florida at the beach for some fun in the sun. I think she had a wonderful birthday this year. Build-A-Bear Gymnastics About a week after we arrived in Tampa, I found a gymnastics center that not only has a fabulous gymnastics program for ...

 Happy Birthday to Hope!      To celebrate Hope's 4th birthday on October 6th, we visited Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.  Our plan was to go to the Peppa Pig theme park, but that park didn't open until 12 noon today, and we wanted to get an earlier start on our day.  None of us had ever attended Busch Gardens, but we looked forward to the day as the park has a mixture of attractions, such as roller coasters, Sesame Street shows, rides, and a playground, and animal enclosures. Since the hurricane, the weather here in Tampa has cooled significantly.  It feels like a San Diego Fall, high 70s low 80s with a crispness in the air.  Humidity about 78%, which is a nice change from 100% humidity. It was a great day to be outside.     Hope loves posing on animal statues.  If I spot an animal statue, I must show Hope and she must ride on its back and pose for a photo.  We saw four statues this day.  Here a our favorite photos.  We wer...