Noah's Ark

 Our Annual Trip to Noah's Ark (AUG 18th) was pretty mellow this year.  Just Grandma and Papa, Our family of 4 and Melissa and Liam were able to join us.  It was all about the kids (Papa and Dan ran off to do some real rides) but we managed to get Jack on a couple of big kid rides too!

 The bumper boats

 Taking a Snooze- SUPER CUTE!

 The Log Ride: You can't see him, but in our row (2nd from the back) was me, JACK, Dan, and Papa Russ.  This is the classic up the big hill and down the huge hill ride.  Jack was pretty excited to go, but once we were going up he just asked to go down.  Our only response, "We'll go down in just a minute."  At the bottom, he was pretty close to tears but we just told him how proud we were that he was so brave, and they he gave himself a thumbs up and said "I DID IT!"  We asked him if he wanted to go again, and the answer was no. 

 Lunch break and hanging out.

After lunch, Jack really enjoyed the family tube rides and even went on the "Dark Night" which is a family ride inside a dark black tube.  We saw lots of stars! (little holes that let the littlest bit of sunlight in, it kept him happy.)

And Nora loved the swing.  That was the highlight of her day.