A Six Flags Start

My blog and my house are both waiting to be caught up but I do not know where to start. The post guest house mess is getting chipped away at slowly because I keep getting overwhelmed and the billion pictures I took are sitting in my computer waiting to go public, but again, I am overwhelmed. I guess it is best to just start from the beginning.

Last Thursday (the 25th) my mom, and two of my sisters (Val and Kristen) and my niece and nephew (Luke and Audrey) came for a visit. They didn't arrive until evening but we still managed to squeeze in dinner at La Cabana and a few good hours of puzzle time and chit chat.

Friday morning we set out for Six Flags. I had 5 free tickets good for that one week only and since my mom is the one who bought our season passes I thought it only fair that she get to go with us once for "free". I will let the pictures do most of the talking for this one.

The kids fight for Kristen's attention

Alyssa is almost always glued to her Grandma Susie and they are great park mates because they both walk way too slow!

Luke was not happy about going on The Whizzer.

Luke, Alyssa, Alex and Seth each tried this game twice but no one won. Luke's strategy was pretty cute though. I will include a video at the bottom.

We usually don't play the games but since we had family in town we couldn't resist getting ripped off. We plunked $15 into these machines trying to win an Angry Bird (Luke is obsessed and my previously anti-video game son is becoming a fast fan as well). I like that Valerie is so excited in this shot that her hands are all blurred out.

We never won so we had my mom play the guess your age within three years game to win us a bird. We knew that one was a lock. This good lady guessed my 58 year old mom was 48. My mom hugged the poor woman but hey, I probably would too if I got told I looked 25.

The boys wanted an Angry Birds picture and I liked that they had very different ideas of how an Angry Bird should pose.

Alex adored Audrey and hovered over her constantly. He told me yesterday that me, Audrey and Ella are tied for the prettiest girls in the world.

I have never seen a baby eat like Audrey. She just turned one August 20th and is so tiny but she eats like a man. You can even give her a whole chicken nugget and she will take little bites and chew it up. I loved watching her grub!

Asleep while still eating a noodle.

Chloe got doused on Buccaneer Battle

We eventually found a kids game where you pay $5 and everyone wins a prize. Alyssa chose a Bugs Bunny doll...

For Audrey.

Alex and Luke got matching flashlight things.

And later Grandma Susie bought them air brushed Angry Birds hats. I always laugh that they still sell airbrush because it is so tacky but these actually came out looking pretty cool.

Alyssa and Chloe chose necklaces for their souvenir. So much for that "free" trip to Six Flags for Grandma.

After a full day at Six Flags and stops at White Castle and Chipotle on the way home we sent the kiddies off to bed and went back to puzzles and silliness.

Phew, one post down and plenty more fun to show you.