September 21, 2009

• Co-op, Wild Adventures

  Friday was the second day of the homeschool co-op carpentry class. They reviewed what they learned the first week and then worked at planing down their boards the rest of the time....

   Danny planing, Austin catching his wood...

  

  Carmen planing, Maria catching...

  

  This was Dylan's first time, so Rocky helped him catch up to the rest.

  

  Look at ALL that sawdust!  And that pretty pecan wood!

  

  Saturday morning a group of us met at 6 AM to go to Wild Adventures for homeschool day. The sunrise was very beautiful, the sun so HUGE when it first came up, but my window of opportunity to photograph it was very small and I missed it! We had prayed for a beautiful day since there was still a 40% chance of rain. GOd answered our prayers and we had a nice, rain-free day! It was a 2 1/2 hour drive and we are so thankful for safety as well!

  

  So here are the pics....

   The Ant Farm roller coaster is a good starter coaster for the day!  Dan and Hannah Grace are in the 2nd car, blocked by the post, Danny & Jake Weaver in the 3rd car and Rocky and Silas in the 4th car...

  

  There is Danny, Rocky and Silas...

  

  A view of the ferris wheel...Dan and Tamara and Hannah Grace were in car 11

  

  A view out over the one part of the park, from atop the ferris wheel....

  

  Tamara  Hannah Grace

  

  Heidi and Toby in the petting zoo area...

  

  Carousel rides....

  

  We ate lunch in the picnic area in the parking lot. You are not allowed to take food into the park, but at least they provide an area for you to eat in the parking lot!!

  

  The Dan's....

  

  I thought this sign was cute!

  

  Dan & I riding the big swing to dry off after a water ride...thanks for the pic, Caroline!

  

  Samuel and Danny and Dan and Tamara riding the Aviator...

  

   

  

  Up high!!

  

  The BOOMERANG!!!  I actually got up the nerve to ride this! But...I probably won't again...roller coasters just make me feel sick  Bummer! I'd enjoy them if they wouldn't make me feel bad!
   A "car" pulls you up to the top, then realeases you through a few loops, you go up the other side and stop, then go backwards the whole way again!

  

  There's Samuel, Beth, Leah and Katy in the first car, being released from the top.....

  

  Our family spent a few hours in the water park...we all enjoyed the slides and then the kids played in this big park while Dan and I rested under the shade!

  

  The "cup" on the top just got full and tipped over....people are about to get drenched!

  

  A little boat ride...Frontier Flume

  

  Thanks Sammy for taking a family pic for us!

  

   

  

   

  

  Taking off for a Wild Adventure....

  

  

  

  One more Aviator ride...

  

   

  

  Tamara and I took another ride on the ferris wheel....

  

   

  

  while the guys went on Bug Out one more time.... (I took this from the ferris wheel!) Notice they are higher than the trees!

  

  Beautiful red, white and blue!

  

  One more carousel ride....

  

  Waiting for the rest of the group by Starbucks...
    Susan, Dan, Rachel, Leah, Tamara, Danny, Katy, Samuel and Caroline

  

   Looking forward to the next time.....

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