Our Saturday started out with us hopping in the van and hitting burger king for some much needed yummy breakfast :) 2 hour drive to Spokane and we met up with Tony, Jeanne, Samir and Abbe at Riverfront Park. Initially I was very bummed because Daddy forgot my camera :( but in the end it was wonderful because I got to just be a MOM rather then chasing everyone with the camera. No worrying about taking care of kids and a camera and getting the perfect shot... I just got to "be" for the day. A little sad I don't have amazing captures from the day, but it was truly great to just take in the moments of the day. it's something I do way too little of! Tony and Jeanne had a day pass for the family they let us use which was wonderful and the kids got to go on rides galore :) Kinleigh experienced her first rides and she seemed to enjoy them. Her very first ride was the Ferris Wheel with Momma. She really wanted to go with Daddy but he refused to take her LOL He doesn't care for the ferris wheel and the thought of having Kinleigh on it with him was too much.
At least my cell phone has a camera and I was able to snap a few pics. they aren't amazing pics but they are amazing memories!
And here is Kinleigh with Papa on the boat ride. She liked it and rode it with Momma but preferred to ride it with Papa. She really is such a funny kid, one day it's all about Mom, the next all about Dad. This day was an all about Daddy kind of day ;)
We also got to go to our first IMAX movie. It was about rescuing Orangatangs (who knows how to spell that word??) and Elephants. We kicked back to enjoy this show with some popcorn, sodas and slushies. Kai managed to spill his slushie all over the floor but that's ok ;) What would a movie be without a good spill? That IMAX screen was amazing. Very cool to get to experience it. After the movie it was off to Miniature golf. Unfortunately mini golf and Kinleigh are not a good combo. She preferred to pick up everyone's balls and throw them so her and I went for a little walk in the arcade part while everyone else played their 9 holes. She had fun just sitting on rides (these took quarters and I didn't have any) and then a little boy came up and gave her a quarter so that she could ride the horse. what a sweet kid! I told him she was fine and he could keep his money but he insisted. Guess no one can resist the cuteness of Pretty ;)
Not long after this Kinleigh was starting to lose it. It was beyond naptime and she was tired. So her and I walked slowly to the carousel while everyone else had a few additional rides. My equilibrium is so messed up after my thyroid going all wonky and having kids so I can't do most rides anymore :( if they turn in circles at all I am not up to it :( When we hit the carousel we had lots of time to kill so we walked around the park checking out the festivities. Culture Shock! LOL Apparently there was a gay pride type festival going on? Lots of rainbows and balloons and booths and music and people with pride written all over them. The thing that threw me for a loop was the drag queen looking men! I'm used to seeing gay people and have some amazing gay friends. I'm not used to seeing drag queen's. I don't think they hang out in Ephrata much LOL I was curious and intrigued and wanted to just take it all in but didn't want to be rude and stare..... Headed back to the carousel with a now sleeping Kinleigh and waited for the rest of the gang. After a few rides on the carousel it was time to head out for the boys big surprise! Gave our loves and hugs to Tony and the family and a Happy Birthday to Samir and headed off...
On our way to our destination we got lost :p GPS led us around the airport in circles twice and if we kept listening to it we would have done circles all day long! We had hoped to pick up some dinner at a drive through but we were in the middle of nowhere and lost :p After some big circles and backtracking we found our way and ended up at our destination. When the lady at the parking lot informed us the Monster Truck parking was straight ahead Kaeden's ears perked right up! He asked Did I just hear her say MONSTER TRUCKS? LOL We tried to play dumb but the cat was out of the bag and he was excited. Kai and Kinleigh were sleeping ;) Once parked Kaeden spilled the beans to Kai and they were so excited! The show was great. The kids loved it. They did quite well! Dinner sucked. The most expensive ($41) crap food i've ever had! But oh well. Lesson learned. We got to hang out in the pits and the kids got to see Monster Trucks up close and personal. We did not stand in line to get autographs from the drivers because we were starving but we got pics with the monster trucks and on them and in tires. :)
We had some great people sit next to use and I was thankful for that. They were very tolerant of 3 kids and thought the kids were quite funny! They shared their food and entertained my kids. It's funny how you make friends and leave friends so quickly at an event like that. We'll probably never see them again but thank you to Don and his Dad for making the evening great :) Thanks for sharing your cheese with Kai and picking Kinleigh's dirty suckers off the ground for her Daddy to clean off.
Kinleigh started to get tired and fussy around 9ish and Steven says to me "give her the boob!" Kaeden turns around and says "No not in public!" LOL LOL LOL She did not get the boob. And she survived ;) The trucks put on a good show. The motorcycles were kinda boring. The jet car was awesome and we got to see it burn two cars to a crisp! That was very neat. We also got to see quite the amazing wreck! The monster truck got a lot of speed going to try to do a double jump and while in the air it flipped in a circle and landed on it's top! Flipped over twice before landing on it's wheels. The crowd was on it's feet. The ambulance and people were running over. The driver walked away fine :) Phew! Was a little tense for a minute!
Kinleigh started to get tired and fussy around 9ish and Steven says to me "give her the boob!" Kaeden turns around and says "No not in public!" LOL LOL LOL She did not get the boob. And she survived ;) The trucks put on a good show. The motorcycles were kinda boring. The jet car was awesome and we got to see it burn two cars to a crisp! That was very neat. We also got to see quite the amazing wreck! The monster truck got a lot of speed going to try to do a double jump and while in the air it flipped in a circle and landed on it's top! Flipped over twice before landing on it's wheels. The crowd was on it's feet. The ambulance and people were running over. The driver walked away fine :) Phew! Was a little tense for a minute!
Taking kids potty and changing diapers in porta potties isn't the funnest thing on earth but we survived. Getting out of the parking lot was a big challenge but we made it. Driving home in the middle of the night sucks but it was a great day and we loved every fun filled moment :) Nothing like a great surprise for some great kids :)
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