This was a day meant for pictures, not words.
So with that being said....
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| suuuurprise! |
I surprised Sydni with an orchestrated trip to King's Island. She guessed
that part of the surprise as we were turning into the parking lanes, but the bigger and better part of the surprise came when we strode into the dining hall and were greeted by none other than... cousins!
Maricor came down with the little girls and Shawna, along with some of Shawna's friends. We had the day at our leisure, and we took
full advantage of it.
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| m&s deciding our course for the day.. |
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| why are we still sitting here?! |
Okay, okay, enough of lunch... it's piiiicture time! ♥
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| starting the day with sophie girl! |
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| love these two |
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| the big girls on the first ride of the day with the teenage girls |
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gosh, i love these girls!
#cousins #sisters #family |
Shawna & her friends soon split off on their own route for the day, which left Maricor & me with hours of fun at our fingertips with the girls.
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| carousel |
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| so much fun! |
Syd usually spends her cousin time more predominantly with Madison, but today provided some solid bonding time with Sophie, which was thoroughly enjoyed!
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| s&s! |
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| silly faces!! |
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| little monkeys! |
But of course, it was a pretty wonderful day all around :)
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| hahaha |
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| the "twins" |
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| syd & mads |
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| all legs! |
Hangin' out with Snoopy & Woodstock!
It was getting hooooot outside..
... so we decided to take a spin on the water ride ...
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| love love love it!! |
The girls loved it, and they had good reason. On a day like this, I think getting doused was part of what kept us all in good spirits :)
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| sophie was upset because it took us so long to get back on the ride... again.. |
In between three rides on the water ride, Syd and I took a break to ride one of the bigger coasters; she's currently the only one of the three girls tall enough to ride it, so I indulged and soaked up every second of time with my girl!
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| roller coaster time! |
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| silly girls! |
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| sophie talking business... the older girls listening.. |
Our last stop of the day: Bumper cars!
I was very much impressed by the girls hanging in as long as they did today, what with us zig-zagging from one far end of the park to the other, and then back again. Over, and over and over again.
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| cousins - love, love love you, woman! |
The day wound down, and we eventually filed out of the park about 7 hours after we'd arrived. Maricor and I had bets on how far we'd each get before the girls were out cold. We made it aaaall the way to the first stoplight.. haha..
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| zonked. mission accomplished! |
Fast forward to the drive home, immediate showers, a book read, dinner eaten and some night-ending snuggles to top off the perfect girls' day out. We are happy to be back home with Rob, who spent the day catching up on the list of things he's been stretching to get done for weeks now. We're a happy, tired little bunch tonight, and 110% thankful for it.
Now bring on the...... work week.
Tomorrow, that is ;)
G'Nite!
xo | cmd
