Valley Fair 2013

Family day at Valley Fair!  I haven't been here in 20 years (or more) and we had a great time.  The park has added bigger better rides and we had a lot of laughs!!

Mollie, Eric, Elise, Lauren, Dad and I all went on the Wild Thing.. this coaster is AWESOME!!!  Not rough at all and there is a 200 foot drop for the first hill...I think Elise rode it 4 times!!

Eric and Elise were in the front seat.. this was their view... found this video on YouTube.

The Looping Star Ship... Mollie, Elise and Dad in the back!

Lunch break in the car.. it was nice to get off of our feet and not spend a fortune on lunch.

Steel Venom... this was by far the most intense ride at the park.  Eric, Mollie and I went on it the first time and the second time Dad joined us.  It shoots you up the rail and it feels like you are going to shoot off the end... needless to say I was a little shaky after that.. but it was SOOO fun.

 

Here is the footage of what is was like... yowza!!

 Mollie and I went on The Enterprise... the first of the day!

 A little dizzy!!!

Elise and Lauren are in the 3rd car, second row... they had their hands up the whole time..

So at the end of the day we split up for the last 2 rides.. Elise wanted to go on Wild Thing and the Big Shot one more time.  The first time we went on the big shot, Eric checked Elise's harness at least 4-5 times before he got in his seat.. then he couldn't take his arm off of her the entire ride.. when they went the second time he said that he still couldn't really enjoy the ride because he kept watching her and pushing her chest back... what a great Dad!!

Our trip to Minnie

We went to Minnesota for a long weekend to see my Dad and Lucy and to visit some friends.  Had such a great time.. there is never enough time! As usual we had amazing meals/desserts by Lucy, and great company.

Found a park by Grandma's to burn off some energy!

Getting ready to swim at Grandma and Grandpa Divine's pool.  Kaylee and Anthony Foster came to visit for the afternoon and Jake Haaz.

Mallory Haaz and my sis Mollie hangin' by the pool.

Anthony was too cold to swim so he hung with us in the sun and played games and ate potato chips.

Playing choo-choos with Charlie on the deck.

We had a birthday party (a little late) for Charlie.. he was in heaven.

New baseball glove and ball.

DUCK!!!



Lauren and Grandma get a little snuggle in!  Notice she is wearing a sweater.. it was the end of July.. and if felt like October... crazy!

Summer Time Fun... 2013!!!

Underwater camera catches Elise's big smile

BBQ with Neighbors... awesome night!

A little dinner before the Drive-In Movie.. opening night for Despicable Me 2!! With Nathan and Jayden Davis.

Sparklers at the BBQ (Nathan, Lauren and Elise)

A little ice-cream at Vandeez with our buddy Natalie.  (Haley, our awesome nanny took the girls.. wish I could have gone.. yummy!)

This is how Dudley chews his bone most of the time.. on his back.. he is so cute!

Elise singing at VBS

Claire and Lauren making rockets at VBS.

More ice-cream at VanDeez

Despicable Me 2

Lauren and Lauren Wood.. dinner before the movie..