Tuesday afternoon we went to
Oaks Park for their 2/1 special--two ride tickets for the price of one. The unfortunate thing about Oaks Park is that most of their rides spin...not good for queasy-tendency people such as Mike and Kath. They enjoyed the big roller coaster while the rest of us spun around.
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Mark, Kieran, and Nick on the frog hopper
(Nick was not so happy after this ride went UP!) |
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| Mike, Kieran, and Chris taking a turn |
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| Nick on the kiddie motorcycles |
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| Big brother Kieran hopped on too |
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| Another scrambling ride |
Both Kieran and Nick showed how much they'd grown up in the last year. Nick went on the Tilt-a-Whirl and LOVED it (it was my favorite ride as a kid) and Kieran was my buddy on the most thrilling ride in the park,
the Scream'N Eagle (WHICH I LOVE!):
And Kieran on the ride that no one else would go on,
the Volcano (he rode it three times):
Wednesday was spent mostly packing (with a trip to Fred Meyer). Then we met my parents at the
Old Spaghetti Factory, where Olga treated us to dinner. I only got my camera out after Dad left early, so he missed the photo shoot.
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| Our two beautiful moms |
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| Kath with my mom |
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| Nick, Mike, and me |
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| Kieran and Victoria |
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| Chris and Mark |
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| Such a classic teen boy shot! |
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| Posing for photos outside |
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| Nick, looking serious and puzzled |
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| Now that's the silly boy I know! |
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| Grandma with the older boys |
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| Group shot |
We came back home and Olga and Kath gave Nick and Chris some early birthday pressies.
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| Nick in his new pirate attire |
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| Chris was happy with his Bright Eyes CD, London Olympics t-shirt, and Nintendo mags |
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| Kieran's fire |
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| On the last morning, doing one last crossword puzzle together |
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| Mother and son |
We had a very nice visit with the English ones and we miss them now that they are gone. And after catching up on the last week, I will now take a nice blog vacation over the next week. So see you in August!
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