Since Terry and I spent two weeks in Greece and the boys had various things they were involved with, we didn't have time for a big family vacation. But I wanted to plan something fun and different. So we decided to head to Cedar Point to ride roller coasters. The kids didn't like any "scary rides" when they were younger, and Terry and I swore off taking them to an amusement park until they were old enough to really enjoy it. Time got away from us, and we almost waited until we were too old to enjoy it!
Joseph couldn't get off of work, but we bought a plane ticket for Rebecca and picked her up on the way as a surprise to the boys! This was our first time all together since her wedding, and it was so fun! We camped at East Harbor State Park.
The campsite was nothing to brag about, but the kids enjoyed tossing a frisbee around in Lake Erie, and we drove down the road a ways and saw a cool lighthouse.
We spent two days at the park, riding roller coaster after roller coaster. Rebecca doesn't like heights, but even she enjoyed them! Terry and I had to take Benadryl and Ibuprofen in fairly large quantities. We gained a new appreciation for the phrase "more fun than people oughta have!" Terry, Nathan and Rebecca actually blacked out on some of the rides. Caleb read that the trick is to tense your core like fighter pilots do.
This is the first one we rode. It was intense and very jerky. I started worrying whether I had made a bad mistake planning this trip.
But then we discovered the GateKeeper - a wing coaster that we all enjoyed!
The most fun thing was just being together - we even managed to play games while standing in line:
I decided that our fun little trip sort of symbolized our lives together - ups, down, twists, turns, fears, joys, yelling, waiting (lots), but most of all speed. Life goes by so fast. There's nobody I'd rather spend it with than this bunch!
