spoken for

Yesterday I took Sarah to Six Flags for the first time. It was a long day to say the least, but we did have a ton of fun. It was nice to get a “vacation” from the everyday even if it was extremely hot!

On the drive up, I realized I had not been to Six Flags in nearly seven years, since 1999! While a lot of it was the same, there was also a lot of new things: new rides, a new kiddy area, and the new policies that require us to enter through metal detectors and then get any bags checked before we even get to the ticket windows.

We processed our season passes (which took for.ev.er to get through the line and all of five seconds to process as we were herded through like cattle) and then started with the rides.

It was extremely cool because Sarah had never been before, she didn’t even know what a roller coaster was! I did my best to explain to her, but the best explanation was really just getting her on the Mine Train. We laughed so hard, my lips were almost frozen in a permanent smile (a scary one that shows alllllll the teeth). She freaked for a second when we went in the tunnel and the nearly straight down drop, but it only lasts a second so she was okay. We ended up riding that first and then last in the day.

We rode the bumper cars, the Screaming Eagle (roller coaster), Rush Street Flier (no way to describe this, really), the swings, Thunder River (boats along a “river”), the HUGE ferris wheel (that sucked, long story), and more. Of course, we got soaked on the Thunder River. Everyone says “duh” to that but I don’t think I’ve ever actually been soaked on that ride before. Of course, though, the one time I would have my purse and camera…

Soaked to the skin we went out to the Jeep, laid down the backseat, and changed clothes. That was a trip for sure. And, of course, we still had wet butts thanks to our underwear. :)

After it was all said and done, we went to the MercyMe concert. (And there you have it, that’s what the photo from the previous photo is from, my cell phone at the concert.)

Can you guess which song they opened with?

You got it!!

Spoken For! :-)

The concert was great, even if we were in the beyond-nose-bleed seats. I think that was the third time I’ve seen MercyMe (I’ve been following them since before they put out Almost There when they had out two cds I don’t even think you can get anymore and they don’t advertise on their site last I checked) and I can’t wait to get their new cd later this month, the one I pre-ordered. :)

So I’ve had a long weekend, and it’s only Saturday. I’ll finish uploading all the photos later, I promise, some of them are pretty good, actually. I’ll probably update this post with the photos as well. If you’re going to want to “check on” the photos, the whole set will be located here. So, until then, goodnight and Happy Easter everyone. :)