A FUN LABOR DAY WEEKEND (THANKS TO MY DAD :)

WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AT CONNEAAUT LAKE PARK IN PA. IT IS A 2 1/2 TO 3 HOUR DRIVE, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST ORIGINAL AMUSEMENT PARKS AROUND IT WAS OPENED IN 1892. IT'S NOT LIKE CEDAR POINT, BUT IT'S FUN AND A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY....HERE IS THE WEBSITE IN CASE ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT IT http://www.conneautlakepark.com/ WE LIKE TO GO THERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT GIGANTIC SO I CAN KEEP TRACK OF MY KIDS. JUSTIN STAYED IN KIDDIE LAND WITH JOSH OR I AND DANIEL AND NATILIE RODE THE BIGGER RIDES OVER AND OVER WHILE MY DAD COULD SIT ON A BENCH AND WATCH THEM, THE RIDES ARE GROUPED TOGETHER PRETTY CLOSE, THEY AREN'T HUGE RIDES, BUT IT IS STILL FUN. AND NOW IF BY SOME MIRACLE THAT THIS LITTLE PARK IS STILL OPEN WHEN DANIEL AND NATILIE ARE MARRIED WITH KIDS THEY CAN SAY THAT "I RODE THESE RIDES WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE" WE HAD ALL HAD SUCH A FUN DAY THANKS TO MY DAD FOR FUNDING THE ACTIVITIES :) JUSTIN ON A RIDE

WE ATE AT A RESTAURANT THAT OVERLOOKED CONNEAAUT LAKE, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL VIEW. HERE ARE THE KIDS WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR OUR FOOD. (NOTICE, JUSTIN SMILING AGAIN.....WE ARE GETTING BETTER)

DANIEL, NATILIE AND PA (AKA. GRANDPA, MY DAD)

JOSH AND JUSTIN AND DANIEL.....

MY PHOTOGENIC WADE IN THE STROLLER SMILING UP AT ME WHILE WE WERE AT THE PARK DANIEL AND NATILIE GETTING READY TO GO ON BUMPER CARS.....THEY CAN FINALLY TRASH IT OUT ON THE TRACK AT EACH OTHER AND NOT GET IN TROUBLE :)

JUSTIN SPORTING A HOT PINK CAR...

ITS A RARE MOMENT WHEN WE CAN CAPTURE JUSTIN LOOKING AT THE CAMERA ACTUALLY SMILING, BUT HE HAD SO MUCH FUN RIDING RIDES OVER AND OVER...HE IS SLOWLY GETTING BETTER WITH THE CAMERA...

AND THEN JOSH PUT JUSTIN ON THE LITTLE DIPPER ROLLER COASTER WITH THEM, (YOU CAN SEE HIM FAINTLY IN THE YELLOW JACKET NEXT TO DANIEL) BUT HE WASN'T A BIG FAN OF IT.

DANIEL AND NATILIE ON THE LITTLE DIPPER IN KIDDIE LAND

JOSH AND I IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE OLDEST WOODEN ROLLER COASTERS IN THE US, THAT IS TEMPORARILY NOT RUNNING BECAUSE THEY NEED MONEY TO MAKE REPAIRS...BUT IT WAS COOL TO LOOK AT. (notice the gimpy right ankle/foot, I totally wiped out while I was at Beth's apartment on Friday and was carrying Wade and twisted my ankle stepping off of a curb, I swear the more kids I have the more clumsy I get)

ON THE DRIVE HOME IN THE VAN IN THE BACK SEAT... ( WHICH WAS FUNNY AT FIRST BECAUSE JOSH THOUGHT HE WAS BEING PULLED OVER BY A COP WHEN HE SAW THE FLASH)

THE KIDS INSISTED ON TAKING PICTURES IN THE BACK SEAT, WHEN I WAS THE LUCKY ONE TO BE STUCK IN BETWEEN THEM FOR ALMOST A 3 HOUR DRIVE. THEY WANTED TO TAKE SOME FUNNY SILLY AND COMPLETELY DORKY PICTURES AND THEN THEY INSISTED ON POSTING THEM ON THE BLOG EVEN THOUGH I WAS EMBARRASSED, BUT WHAT KIND OF MOM WOULD I BE IF I CANT BE A DORK WITH MY KIDS RIGHT :) ALL OF YOU MOMS WHO HAVE YOUNGER KIDS.....JUST YOU WAIT UNTIL THEY ARE OLDER AND THEN YOU WILL BE DOING THIS TOO :).....

NATILIE WAS PICKING OUR POSES AND WANTED TO KISS THE CAMERA...

DANIEL WANTED TO DO SOMETHING EXTREMELY GOOFY...I LOOK LIKE AN ALIEN....