Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Christmas Eve at Knott's Berry Farm

On Christmas Eve we surprised our kids and took them to Knott's Berry Farm with some of David's family. Our kids were super excited. Grandma and Grandpa Rich paid for all of the grand kids:) While we were in line to pay for ourselves someone came up to David and handed him two free tickets and said, "Merry Christmas." We were so happy and thankful for such nice people. We were hoping that by going on Christmas Eve the crowds would be light. It was also cold and threatening to rain, we just dressed warm and hoped for the best.


We spent the morning in Camp Snoopy. There weren't any lines and we even got to see Snoopy.



As the kids rode this fun ride one of them yelled out, "It tickles my tummy!" It is such a joy to watch smiles on kids faces.



Of course Jayden loved his ride in an airplane.


Emma was in heaven. She wasn't ready to ride any roller coasters, but she enjoyed everything else.



Alison and David went on a ride in Camp Snoopy called The Sidewinder. We thought it would be a mild kid ride. It ended up being quite intense and Alison closed her eyes to whole way. David even said, "Once was enough." The seat would spin as in went on the speedy track. David said it threw off ones equilibrium. I'm so glad I didn't take her. I would have probably gotten motion sick:(


Sadie enjoyed being with her cousin Sara. She loved running from ride to ride. Us adults loved that there were no lines.


Alison, Emma, and their cousin Nathan rode the swings three times in a row. They didn't even have to get out of their seats between turns. They squealed with delight.


This picture cracks me up. Alison is terrified and consentrating while trying to survive. She's braver than me, that's forsure. Her favorite ride was actually The Jaguar. I think she rode that 3 times.

Grandma Rich's favorite ride...an electric scooter. She was very happy.


Before the day was over we watched Snoopy on Ice. David, his dad, and my brother in-law, Aaron, rode the craziest ride called The Silverbullet, 3 times. Alison and I even rode The Log Ride; hoping we wouldn't get wet. Thank goodness we didn't. We all had a wonderful time and it never even rained. We had so much fun that we are hoping to go again next year with more of David's family.

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