Coasters & What Not

We had a fun time in Kansas City last week on our summer vacation get-away with the kids. Here are Hannah and Sevin at the beginning of the road trip. They did really well. Sevin only asked "are there yet?" once about 1/4 of the way there, and he didn't get restless again until we got into the city.



No travel blog of mine would be complete without an up-the-nose shot of me riding shotgun and AJ driving.



Snoopy greeted us as we walked through the gates of Worlds of Fun.



The kids insisted on being photographed with this fake gorilla in the Africa part of Worlds of Fun.



Look five rows back and you'll see Hannah riding her first roller coaster that goes upside-down.



Here's poor Sevin sitting this one out. He was about three inches too short for several of the bigger rides that Hannah rode.



Sevin picking up a chick in his hot rod bumper car.



Hannah's at that between age where she was able to ride the smaller rides at Camp Snoopy with Sevin as well as take on most of the roller coasters.



Elvis on the same ride.



Hannah was able to ride the bigger version of this thing with me, but we didn't get any pics.



Hannah seeking Lucy's advice.



This is a shot of the Mamba which none of us ever got around to riding.



Sevin made buddies with this kid, and quickly declared that he was "riding everything that kid rides." We followed this kid and his family around for quite some time.



Biker Chick.



AJ patiently waiting out the Camp Snoopy rides.



The new-found friends doing a little boating.



Almost grown out of this kind of stuff.



Magic of the carousel.




Here they are waiting as AJ rides the Patriot, a roller coaster too big for either of them. I rode it too. Very fun.



Who doesn't love Asian gargoyles?




We stayed at these nice little cabins at Worlds of Fun Village. They were small, but pretty comfy.




They had these little upstairs lofts that are meant for people to use for sleeping bag style snoozing only. The kids thought of the loft as their miniature little room.





Porch pic. Note the badass tattoos they got at Worlds of Fun. Dragon, skull and crossbones, respectively.



We went to Oceans of Fun too, but it was sprinkling all day. So, I didn't take the camera. Here are some more cabin photos.





It was a fun family time.

When we got home last weekend, we had our big Pre-4th of July celebration again. We had to dodge the rain all night, and it was a mess because all the small kid fireworks had to be kept in the house. So, there were kids running in and out and all over the place. But we had a really great night with good friends and family. Sorry, I haven't uploaded any pictures of that night yet.

Next up, ROCKLAHOMA.... Watch out y'all. I'm bound to get stoopid... (sorry)

Happy 4th, everyone! May your skies be clear tonight.