Eight!

Our baby is now eight. It's a big birthday and one Sophie has been looking forward to for quite some time. How did she want to celebrate? Why by taking a few friends to Oaks Amusement Park which has been around since Adam and Eve I am pretty sure.

To secure the date we checked the calendar of chaos and we were able to work a Tuesday (for the buy 1 ride bracelet, get 1 free deal) Unfortunately, it turned out to be a scorcher that day. 106 degrees people. A promise is a promise!


And here are those sweet girls ready to brave the extreme heat.....so this is the before (in air conditioning) picture.

So with a backpack full of ice, water, and lemonade packets--we braved it.

And here we have everyone (cool dudes included) in our BEFORE in 106 weather picture. (Sans air conditioning.)

Cassidy and Kinley had a ride picked out and were ready to go!

The Ferris Wheel was quite refreshing and you felt a cool breeze as you went around. Definitely popular and the guy running it was a sweetheart!

Do not be fooled by this seemingly small roller coaster. It was definitely a quick one. Torynn's face shows it all. Not her favorite!

Keaton was ready to rock the Disk-O! Anything with rock n' roll baby!

Never has an ice cream cone tasted so good. NEVER.

Here is a ride favorite by several of the kids--Sophie included. I like to call it the vomit-wheel. No thank you.





Here is Sophie riding solo.

It turned out that I was going to be doing this with all the kids alone and my mom offered to help out! She was such a good sport and had a good time despite the sweltering heat! Thanks mom--you ROCK!

McKay and Tanner on the Scrambler. Another one with a cool breeze.

And here is the end of the day. There were pluses to this 106 degree weather--no lines. Who else braved it out on such a day? Few. The kids did GREAT! We downed the water and ran through sprinklers. We sat in the shade and relished every drop of ice cream. Sophie we think you're great and we'd even brave one hundred and eight