Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Magic Mountain (Six Flags for those of you who are Texans...) :)

For Christmas Pops & Nana gave us season passes including a free parking pass to the Magic Mountain in Arlington Texas. (No, we do not call it Six Flags because where we are from in Cali it is called Magic Mountain so it will ALWAYS be Magic Mountain to this Californian.) :) We were soooo excited. We wanted to use them right away but in Texas the park closes for the winter. Weird huh? The season didn't start until around May. By then we had the baby and then she got RSV so we still had not made it to the park. Then, it was so hot I was afraid my face would melt off...lol so our first time using them was on Monday for Miguel's actual birthday. I had my daycare kids so I had to stay home but Eric took Andi & Miguel. He said there were NO lines and you could walk up as many times as you wanted. Anyway, the "season" is already over but we can go to special openings about once per month until Jan and they are open on most weekends. Next month they are having season ticket appreciation day and that is right around Andi's birthday so we are all excited... :)
Below: Andi & Miguel are in the red one in the middle... for you Cali peeps, on this parachute ride you sit with your feet dangling, not stand in the cage like at Knott's.


Below: Andi rode Superman all by herself. She seems to be the daredevil of the two kids... :)

Below: this is what they saw all day... no lines!

Monday, August 17, 2009

Miguel's 9th birthday party

Miguel had a GREAT 9th birthday. He has not had a "big" party since we got him when he turned 5 so he was due. We have a splash pad/park just doors from our house that is free to use so we had his party there. Add pizza from Costco and cheap punch and you have a party! :) My friend Andrea provided the cupcakes and the splash pad/park provided all the entertainment so we didn't need to play any games or anything like that. The party started at 11am and we didn't leave until almost 3:30pm. :)
Below: our mailbox announcing the big day!Entrance to the play area
The splash pad parents... The baby doing what she does best when there is a party... sleep! :)Gifts!
Our friends Daniel & Ingrid with the babyTime to eat!
Kids!!!!

Time for cupcakes!

Man Talk :)

Time to open presents!

The baby was glad to be home after the party. :)

Lovin' the lake

We love the Lake. I'm sure there are bigger swim beaches out there with other lakes, but this one is literally 15 minutes from our front door and it's FREE so we love it. The sand is soft and beautiful, the water is clean, clean bathrooms and it makes for great family time. The actual lake is miles and miles long, but they have a small swim cove and it is perfect for us. This last time, Eric joined us and we were there for over 4 hours. It was the baby's first time. :)
Below: here are some pics we took prior to this visit on a sunny day...Later that night, Miguel, Andi & Poopie made the birthday bags for Miguel's bday party the next day... :)

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