A little END of SUMMER....

get-a-way!

The weekend before this Momma went back to work, the car was loaded up with excited kiddos and four days worth of goodies, with St. Louis as the destination.

Between grandparent visits and meeting up with family for the annual reunion, a TON of fun was had by all.

All ready to hit the road and get a little face time with a few of our favorite people. 

Six Flags time!!! What a fun time! Thanks, Maw-Maw Cindy and Papa Steve!!!

Ride time!

Little Miss manning the pirate ship at the water park...

This place ROCKS, Mom!

So excited to go down the big slides and not having to worry about a thing....

Hands up!!!

One of Trey's favorite coasters! And, Maw-Maw was a trooper and rode along with him!

Bugs!

Waiting for the Looney Tunes show to start....

Super excited...LOVED the show, but wouldn't go near for a pic or two. 

Flooding the stage after the show...

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Guess who got to play until she won. It may or may not have taken 35 throws! Hitting the plate wasn't the problem, it was the breaking it part. 

Grabbing her 25th ball...giving up is not in this little cuties vocabulary!

All ready for the Ferris wheel...PaPa's request!

Movie time!!! Smurfs 2 was the unanimous choice....

What a great show!

Blue Gatorade, anyone?!?!

Fishing for frogs...hoping to just scoop them up!

Olivia and Trey....Frog Hunting Buddies!!! These two ALWAYS have a great time together!!!! You'd never guess they only see each other a couple times a year.....fun times!!!

What a WONDERFUL visit and an AMAZING way yo wrap up summer!!!

Love you guys and miss you already, without a doubt!!!

Adventureland TIME!

A few weeks ago, Trey, Ty, and I all headed to Adventureland for the WHOLE day....

Jason stayed home with frozen peas and Tay hung out at Grandma Marcia's. Tay could have made it for a few hours, but the older two were bound and determined to get the most out of their one and only trip to the local amusement park this summer....

I had a blast, that's for sure! It was fun letting them lead me around the park, picking and choosing where they wanted to go. It was a totally carefree and pretty relaxing day. (The only thing that makes me a nervous wreck is my little TALL 4-year-old who seems to be able to ride all the big kid rides!!!!)

My Little Man....

Ready to get soaked...

Fun Times!

They love those slides...

Sending Dad a thumbs up...

Trey being a sport...even though he told me he was waaaay tooo big for this ride!

Ty rode every ride she could...

Darts time!!!

Winner!!!

Trey's turn....

Winner!!

Enjoying the Ferris wheel gondola...which was a discussion the whole time we rode in circles. "Gondola. That's a funny word. What's that mean, Mom? Who came up with that word?"

It's written all over this pic...not a stinkin' worry in the world!

Miss Ty LOVED this ride...but, I was one scared Momma!!! "Hold on TIGHT!!!"

Love this pic! I can only imagine what conversation is being had. Probably something along the lines of, "Hey! Let's ride this ride at least 50 times!"

Posing in front of another fave. We spent at least 30 straight minutes at this ride....

Trey ended his time on the Scrambler. Which just happened to be an old Ballwin Days fave from my younger years. Poor Ty had to ride with an adult, which means she only rode it once. "Ugh!!!"

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Trey & Ty....

I had a blast with you two and am so glad we got to have a day of our own, doing what we wanted, when we wanted. Laughing till tears formed and skipping hand-in-hand around the park are memories I'll never, ever forget!!! Love you BUNCHES!!!

Adventureland Adventures

were the highlight of this past Thursday. Jason and I took the two older ones over to the local amusement park to have a little, hot sweaty fun. After 8 hours of roller coaster riding, water drinking, picture taking, wonderful walking, sun screen wearing, game playing, water park sliding, and snow cone eating fun, it's easy to say that we definitely enjoyed our time together....

After record temps for, who knows how many, days in a row...there was a little relief in the forecast. Realizing that it may cause crowding, we decided to venture out anyway. We figured our beating the crowd odds on a Thursday were MUCH better than our odds on Friday.

We were correct and thank goodness for very little line waiting....this was one of those, "the kids ask if they can ride again and they don't even have to get off to get back in line because there are no lines," kind of days!!! Makes it so much more enjoyable for everyone!!!

Trey was tall enough for just about every ride and Ty was tall enough to ride with an adult. Trey was the thrill seeker of the group, Ty gave it her best shot, but preferred the kiddie types of rides, and Jason and I were the "every ride makes us feel nauseous, but we don't want to ruin our kids' fun" type for the day. We'd tag team to get just enough, "I need to sit down for a minute!" time in and be on to the next adventure. I don't remember rides making me this sick to my stomach. Ever. What is it about getting old that makes it so stinkin' easy to get stomach queasy?!!?

All grown-up belly aches aside, we all had a super time....

Trey & Jason on the lift...Ty LOVED this part!!!

All ready for some super water park fun!

Um...LOOK at my 6 1/2 year old!!! Yes, that is him on the HUGE and SUPER DUPER HIGH red, white, and blue slide....I DEFINITELY had tears in my eyes on this one! So scary for this worry wart of a mother!!!

Double thumbs up to let me know that he was okay and that he loved it!!

Having a ball....

Trey was definitely #1 on those slides!! OMGosh...even looking at it now, I'm still getting the jilly-willies!!! Never been a fan of those things. Never. EVER.

Trey & Ty had a blast swimming together in the lazy river.

Ty's kind of rides!!!

Trey's kind of rides...The Dragon. Which totally killed my neck, for the record!!!

Back to the water park for a little more swimming & sliding action!!!

Onto the rest of the rides...hand, in hand...crazy hooded shirts and all. Silly kiddos....

Snow Cone Time!!!!

Another one of Ty's favorites...although Trey liked this one too!!!

I think the part he liked best was knowing that Ty was loving it!!!

Daddy& Trey on Trey's kind of fast, make me wanna puke, ride!!!

Ty diggin' the Lady Bugs!

Ty having a blast and Trey not so much....

An up close of his, "I'm too cool for these kiddie rides!" kind of pic....

What a super, fun day and YAY for the once-a-year amusement park trips!!! I couldn't imagine having season passes to that place....we were all beat!!! See ya again next time, Adventureland!!!