EXHAUSTED!

It is 8:00am in my house and the first child just woke up (Brynn if you can believe it!). This week is the last week before school and we have crammed it full with as much stuff as we can.

On Monday, the kids and my parents and I went to Busch Gardens and closed the park down. I have found a roller coaster buddy in Price and poor adventurous, up for anything, Brynn cried everytime she was too short to ride a ride and that was a lot of times. That was all made worse by the fact that Evan got the cool, purple paper bracelet so he would not need to be remeasured at every ride, not that it mattered. He only likes the kiddy-kiddy rides. The kids especially loved the area with the nets where they could climb and then take a break in the water play area. Here are some pictures my mom was able to snap...

I know the kids are cute but check out the beautiful horse.

Brynn was the only one to play the "pay-extra" games since she was devestated when she was too short to ride the raft ride. Grandma quickly made her happy.

I'm thinking this was not Evan's favorite ride...

The boys rode on this one a few times. It was quite funny how Price loved the big, "adult" roller coasters but then was just as happy to be on a ride designed for a 2 year old.

Brynn exploring the gift shop while I shop for a new shirt for Evan, who unfortunately, has a stomach that does not like car rides... though his tummy seems just fine with fast moving rides... hmm...

Wednesday I took the kids, and their cousin Josh, to Water Country. It was hot and very crowded but it was still fun. There is so much to do there for all ages and at least to swim in the pools there is no line to hold up the fun! Josh took Caleb and Price on some of the slides. And the peace of the 2 hour car ride home was well worth the exhaustion of the day. We hit up the McDonald's just outside the park... Brynn fell asleep inbetween ordering her Happy Meal and picking it up at the next window. Evan fell asleep holding 1/2 his cheeseburger. The picture below is a picture of a picture so it is a bit fuzzy.

On Tuesday and Thursday we went to the pool, where the boys played a zillion versions of ball with the zillion other boys there while the girls played more in the pool. Denise took this picture of Nate and Evan, best buds... I love this picture, though all her pictures are great! What will Evan do when Nate goes to school next week? Speaking of that, we also had open house last night for Caleb and Price and I think carrying 6 bags of school supplies in might have been the most exhausting part of the week!

Tonight we will head back to the pool after running errands... including to the bank to get a check to pay for our China airline tickets and hotels!! Have a mentioned that I have been trying to get all that reserved during this week? In fact, I confirmed our international flights on my now defunct cell phone (not because it got wet but because the charge port is broken) while getting the kids lifevests on at the Hubba Hubba Highway.

I'm exhausted too!

*** They are all awake now and the big talk of the house is how Brynn was the first one awake. The amazement in their voices is hysterical!