Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Lakeside... It Seriously Still Exists!

Lakeside... it's this little amusement park on the NW side of Denver. As a kid we'd go there every summer after we got our free admission tickets from the library's summer reading program. Well wouldn't you know it, my kids got free admission tickets to Lakeside after finishing the library's reading program this summer.

So for FHE last week we packed the kids up, ate dinner in the car (yes, Chad's car that doesn't have AC because the van was still in the shop), and headed to Lakeside. The kids had never been to an amusement park before so they had no idea what to expect. The verdit... they LOVED it! And they probably would have stayed all night if we had let them.

Waiting in line to get their wristbands. They still didn't know exactly what was going on, but they were excited!

The first ride of the night:

Cayden loved it.

Laura loved it.

Grace... not so much. This picture just kills me!

They finally stopped the ride, let Grace get off, and then started it back up again for the rest of the kids. This is how Grace spent the next little while after the horrendous turtle ride. Hahahahaha!

Cayden and Laura went on a bunch of rides while we tried to convince Grace to try another one.

Motorcycles

Loving the twirly thing that would have made me sick.

 Getting brave. :)

Riding the ferris wheel with dad. Chad's face...

On top of the ferris wheel.

Ready for the roller coaster.

Brave front row riders.

After a lot of convincing, we finally got Grace to try a few more rides.

She wasn't so sure about this one...

...but Laura loved it!

The racecars were Grace's favorite ride of the night!

Enjoying the carousel. Laura is such a ham.

This was perhaps the best moment of the whole night. We had to bribe Grace to get on this ride with Chad. I told her if she went on it with Chad that she could have a treat afterwards. She replied (totally straight faced and in a completely serious tone), "OK, but don't kill me." I about died. Chad about died. Everyone in line about died. This girl is a nut job.

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