Magic Mountain

This is the first week of the summer that we have spent together as a family! It was very nice to all be together for a few days, even though we were super busy trying to pack all of our typical summer events and packing for our trip all into one week! But first thing was first, playing! On Monday we went to Magic Mountain with our good friends, the Buscos. We had a great day going on the rides and being together. For most of the day, we split into two groups, the older kids, Maddie, Jayd, Chris and Brian, went off to go on the rides which required more height. We stayed with the shorter group, who was not lacking in courage at all! They took us to all of the roller coasters they could. They insisted on going on Superman, a ride where they shoot you down a ramp at 100 mph that eventually curves upward and goes straight up. Julie and I refused to go, but they wouldn't be talked down. So I sent my 65 pound, eight year old girl flying through space. She came back very windblown, but smiling and laughing! They also went on X2, a roller coaster where the seat moves individually from the car, so you really get a lot of motion. Maybe they gained all of this courage from the eight 36 ounce sodas that they drank throughout the day! It was a very exciting day.