We had a pretty busy but exciting weekend. Friday we went to a Rail Cats game with Jamie's best man, Rusty and his girlfriend Leslie. The Rail Cats are a semi-pro baseball team in Gary. We had a blast and although the game wasn't too exciting, we made our own fun.
Then, on Saturday, I went with my sister Carey, neice Ally, and nephew Xavier to Great America while Jamie, Rusty, and Leslie went to the water park in Valpo. Jamie hates roller coasters so he chose not to go stand in long lines all day. I do not believe anyone should have allowed my sister and I to take this drive by ourselves...maybe we're not old enough at 26 & 27!
We got very lost in Chicago, Schaumburg, and everywhere in between! Carey said it was like war...just when we thought we were winning or getting on the correct rode, the other warriors trotted up to the top of the huge hill and started charging down after us to claim their victory (We got lost again!) As we sat in the car for 2 hours waiting to be able to park inside the park, she declared that she had been slashed and the other team was beginning to win the war!! This made the time seem to go by much faster. A
lthough we had some major setbacks before entering the park, as soon as we saw rides, I got to see the world through a child's eyes with my 7 year old nephew. He has never been to a big amusement park and never ridden an "Adult roller coaster" (as he put it). He rode his 1st upside down coaster and didn't scream or cry! As we stood in line for 3 HOURS, he was so nervous but also extremely excited...it made me nervous and excited too even though I'm a pro at these! The weather was perfect...not too hot and mostly cloudy! We thought all was well, until we went to our car at closing and had to sit in line for another 2 hours to leave the park...Carey declared we had been defeated in our war. I fell asleep at about 1 am and w
as woken at 2am to Carey screaming VICTORY>>>We won the war!!! We had finally made it home and she did not get lost on the way...only drove through 3 toll booths without paying...oops! (She had to go online and pay more than double the toll). I will never forget this special time since we defeated many wars that day!!
We got very lost in Chicago, Schaumburg, and everywhere in between! Carey said it was like war...just when we thought we were winning or getting on the correct rode, the other warriors trotted up to the top of the huge hill and started charging down after us to claim their victory (We got lost again!) As we sat in the car for 2 hours waiting to be able to park inside the park, she declared that she had been slashed and the other team was beginning to win the war!! This made the time seem to go by much faster. A
lthough we had some major setbacks before entering the park, as soon as we saw rides, I got to see the world through a child's eyes with my 7 year old nephew. He has never been to a big amusement park and never ridden an "Adult roller coaster" (as he put it). He rode his 1st upside down coaster and didn't scream or cry! As we stood in line for 3 HOURS, he was so nervous but also extremely excited...it made me nervous and excited too even though I'm a pro at these! The weather was perfect...not too hot and mostly cloudy! We thought all was well, until we went to our car at closing and had to sit in line for another 2 hours to leave the park...Carey declared we had been defeated in our war. I fell asleep at about 1 am and w
as woken at 2am to Carey screaming VICTORY>>>We won the war!!! We had finally made it home and she did not get lost on the way...only drove through 3 toll booths without paying...oops! (She had to go online and pay more than double the toll). I will never forget this special time since we defeated many wars that day!!
