Our Trip to 6 Flags

So having a husband who works all the time and also does school on the side is very tough.  We had an idea of what it was going to be like when he first started but soon discovered it was harder for us a family since we don't get to do as many fun things as we used.  Don't get me wrong we do go out as a family locally but long distance driving is out of the question. So when we started talking about a possible trip to San Antonio Dan got the brilliant idea of buying season passes for the entire family with the hope of going back at least one more time before they expire.  We had such a great time and made lots of new family memories for the kids.  We left on a Saturday morning really early and drove for a while before we had to make a stop for breakfast and potty breaks.  We got to 6 Flags at a decent hour but it took forever to get our season passes all set up.  I am sure next time it wont be so bad.  As soon as we got everything all set up then the fun began and Dan took the kids on several rides while I stayed with Kahlan most of the time.  I have to say it is a little stressful for me to go to places like 6 Flags because I am always thinking that we are going to end up missing at least one of the kids, but we were all safe.
We had lunch in the parking lot and then enjoyed some more rides and a few games where the kids all won prizes and left the park before they even closed.  We headed to our hotel for the night and enjoyed some pizza.  Dan told Shayna and me to go to the movies to see The Hunger Games, he knew how much we wanted to go see it.  So we did and we came back way too late but it was lots of fun and the movie was great.  They did a great job following the story line.  The next morning we got ready for round two at the park and it was more enjoyable for me since I got to do a couple of rides with the kids.  Shayna and Aaron really surprised me with their fearless attitude.  Shayna got on what seems to me the most scary ride ever "Scream", she did a lot of screaming too :)  I went on something similar years ago at Lagoon and I hated it so I am really impressed that she got on a even bigger version of that.  Victor and Tristan are more like me and prefer to go with the safer or non scary rides.  We had lots of fun and it was nice to have a safe trip and come back home and rest after our little vacation. 

I am grateful for the moments we get to spend together as a family and although there might not be a lot of them for a while we try to make the best out of them. 

Victor's Birthday.

A couple of weeks ago we celebrated Victor's 10th birthday.  We have been so busy around here with all kinds of things but we managed to get together as a family and do a few things for Victor.  We took him to Denny's the previous Saturday to his birthday as it is tradition for our little family and he enjoyed a nice meal.  Kahlan made sure we got out of there fast with all her screaming but we all enjoyed ourselves eating good food.
We managed to wait until his actual birthday to open presents and decided it would be OK to skip on Scouts that day since nobody shows up anyways... bad I know but hey it was the big 10.   I made a special cake for him this year.  I know how much he loves chess and is always playing with Shayna, so I decided it would be fun to make a cake in the shape of a chess board and make all the pieces out of fondant.  When I make cakes like this is kind of fun because I am challenging myself to see what I can do and how to perfect my techniques.  I had to shape every single piece by hand of course and try to make them all identical and the hard part was to make them all the same height.  It really didn't take that much time once I did the first set and Victor didn't see his cake until he was back from school.  He was amazed by it and that right there made it worth all my hard work.  We let Victor and Shayna had a game before we ate the cake and sadly Victor lost but it was fun to see them play a game with the cake pieces... fun stuff.
He got lots of presents and I have to say it was a good year for me because I did most of the present shopping and he was very happy with the things I picked, I am not very good at buying presents, Dan usually does a good job.  He loves all his presents and has been enjoying them a lot.  Some of things we got for him were for him to use at Scouts and know he will get good use out of them.

I know he will read this some day and so I just want him to know that every year I am reminded of a very special day when he made his appearance in this world for the first time. Though it was a painful delivery the one thing I remember is how everything didn't matter once I heard him cry and knew he was OK, he is such a sweet boy and a good example to me many times.  He strives to do the right most of the time and is a good friend at school, great student and always giving me lots of hugs and I love the conversations we have one on one.  If you ever get to know Victor you can see that he is a very loving kid with lots of questions and LOTS of information to share, he is like a sponge and can tell you a lot about different topics.  I am so proud of him and all he does, I am happy to see him come out of his shell at school doing things that require him to be out of his element but he is enjoying greatly.  He has the best smile ever and I love how his cute little eyes disappear when ever he smiles. Love you Victor and hope you keep growing into a handsome young man :)