Calaway Park

AGF, one of the companies Allen invests money with, has great contests and special events for families. They just had a contest and the winners got to go to Calaway Park...and we got to go! We arrived at 5:00 for a BBQ. Allen and I enjoyed visiting with friend's from our office and from the other offices. My favorite quote for the night was from Peirce, standing around, waiting for us to stop talking. He said, "Dad, this really isn't turning out the way I hoped it would be!" hee hee

The kids were pretty anxious to get at the serious business of Calaway Park, so off we went to cram in as much as we could before 10:00pm. At 7:00 they closed all the rides down and everyone is supposed to go home....but we had these magic purple bracelets that let them know we could still be there - and at 7:15 they opened the rides again just for the AGF contest winners! It was really fun to be able to get on a ride, and then run around to the line and get on again within seconds.

We especially had a good time on the bumper cars!! I think this picture of Allen is hilarious. He's a little intense about his bumper car experience - especially when he can crash into his friends!

This is an old friend, Maureen Snow! We didn't know she worked with PFS. It was fun to see her (and crash into her!)

The kids went on the Merry Go Round just to appease me. I used to like rides...but something has happened to me. I don't like them at all anymore. The Merry Go Round, though, is great!

I love how Peirce makes friends. He would hook up with someone and go on the rides with them again and again and again.

It's a funny thing when you have kids four years apart. Jill liked the scary rides that Peirce would not dream of going on in a hundred years. She, however, was pretty happy to come play on some of the less scary ones. So much fun!

Peirce had such a good time!! He had a big smile like this on his face the whole time.

Jill really enjoyed the scary, go upside down and spin and other foolish stuff like that. Good thing Allen was there to accompany her! They're definitely not for me anymore. Allen and Jill, however, went on all those scary ones at least four times in a row each time. At least they had a good time! She doesn't look like she's having too much fun here....it took her a few rides to get into the swing of things....but soon she was off and running!

At the end we stopped at the candy store. What a dilemma! When we left Peirce said he's never going to that candy store again unless he has $50 because it's just too hard to pick.

Thanks AGF for such a good time! We came home absolutely totally exhausted and Peirce was asleep within 15 minutes of leaving. We can call the night a huge success when that happens!