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Aug 6

our day at Worlds of Fun

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first ride of the day: Spinning Dragons.  maybe should’ve waited a bit…

Camp Snoopy provided a calm place after the Spinning.

 

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Dad & Hallie & the Funk family rode the Timberwolf (shown in background). This is a 20 year old wooden rollercoaster.
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Jonathan on the Camp Snoopy rides.
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The Red Baron

The Detonator.  First time to experience 12 minutes of free falling.  ok, probably .0004 seconds.Can’t believe J was big enough to do this.  He wasn’t really a fan.
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‘Many rides at Worlds of Fun are dynamic and thrilling’. yeah.
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The Sea Dragon.  Mommy was hesitant.  Jonathan was hesitant.  Daddy talked us both into it.  J ended up riding 4 times!
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Boomerang ready to take flight.  Freakish ride.
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Neil and his very popular t-shirt.
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Two tired girls.
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Two happy girls!

Jonathan was really dragging for the first few hours at the park.  Finally got to eat lunch, and everything got better!
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Waiting in line for the log ride.
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Log ride became one of J’s fav’s.  Rode it 3 times.
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waiting on the boats.
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The big girls. (Gabby, Gracie, Hallie)
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Our crew in line.
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The kids of the day.
Grace (13)
Gabby (12)
Hallie (11)
Will (8)
Claire (7)
Jonathan (6)
+ four parents. :)

 

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Apr 17

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This week…. an exhale.

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I have been a curiously inactive blogger for about a week. Mostly because this week I am taking a few days of vacation. And as such things go, last week had to be all about (and by that I mean, every waking moment was dedicated to) making this week possible.

Where am I going? Oh wouldn’t you like to know. Suffice it to say that there will be salt water and the promise of warmer temperatures, and non-stop conversation with four of my precious college friends. I’m en route at the moment, enjoying a long layover and taking the opportunity to write and listen to some great music. There may be posts appearing over the next few days…. those will have been scheduled, my friends, as I’m likely not taking the powerbook out of the case once I arrive.

The five of us who are gathering represent ten children, and are from five different states, and this IS a school week. This means there are five husbands who are being altogether awesome to make this possible. In my case, there’s also a small army of family members and friends and neighbors who are involved. Don’t get me started on the ‘do I feel guilty about this?’ question. I’ve got no other grid through which to view such a reality.

But did I mention the salt water? and sun? and friends?

Yeah. See you next week.

Apr 17

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This week…. an exhale.

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I have been a curiously inactive blogger for about a week. Mostly because this week I am taking a few days of vacation. And as such things go, last week had to be all about (and by that I mean, every waking moment was dedicated to) making this week possible.

Where am I going? Oh wouldn’t you like to know. Suffice it to say that there will be salt water and the promise of warmer temperatures, and non-stop conversation with four of my precious college friends. I’m en route at the moment, enjoying a long layover and taking the opportunity to write and listen to some great music. There may be posts appearing over the next few days…. those will have been scheduled, my friends, as I’m likely not taking the powerbook out of the case once I arrive.

The five of us who are gathering represent ten children, and are from five different states, and this IS a school week. This means there are five husbands who are being altogether awesome to make this possible. In my case, there’s also a small army of family members and friends and neighbors who are involved. Don’t get me started on the ‘do I feel guilty about this?’ question. I’ve got no other grid through which to view such a reality.

But did I mention the salt water? and sun? and friends?

Yeah. See you next week.

Aug 3

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Kim is out of the office….

I’m on vacation.

We have free wi-fi tonight, and so we sit, after the kids have gone to bed, with our laptops out, quite happy. I’m sure at some point I’ll blog about vacation. But for now, I give you this picture.

This is the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal North Pierhead Light, built in 1881. The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal allows passage from Sturgeon Bay (off of Green Bay) and Lake Michigan.

I took this picture yesterday. From a small ski boat with exactly 4 humans in it that seemed terribly fragile as it pointed toward a horizon filled with Lake Michigan. Ahhhh…….

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