Memorial Day - Holiday World Fun

Tate was finally tall enough to ride the roller coasters.  We let him pick which one we would ride first and he picked The Voyage.  It is Holiday World's tallest and longest wooden roller coaster.  We hurried up to get in line! 

Getting ready to ride The Voyage. What Tate didn't know was that this was also my first time riding The Voyage.  

That is one tall roller coaster!  Tate absolutely loved riding The Voyage.  I was afraid he might not like it, because it is fairly intense.  He loved it and we rode 2 other times before heading home!  We also rode the other 2 wooden roller coasters as well - The Legend and The Raven.  By far Tate's favorite coaster is The Voyage.  He loves the big drop!

Riding the Turkey Twirlers!  The boys love trying to make it spin as fast as possible.

Riding Holiday World's new ride - The Firecracker! The boys wanted to ride by themselves, so we each took a car!

Can't leave Holiday World without getting your picture taken with Santa!  

Santa Selfie!

Summer Camp Trip to Holiday World

Waiting in the gym at Good Shepard to leave for Holiday World. 

We rode some rides in Thanksgiving land first. Don't these boys make some cute pilgrims?  

Riding the Turkey Twirlers with Tate. That's quite the tongue twister. 

Ghostbusters has made quite the comeback this summer. The boys have really taken a liking to both the old and new versions. We couldn't pass up a picture here. 

The log ride was next. The lines were really starting to short. We were able to ride a couple times in a row without getting off. The boys thought that was just amazing.

This is one of our favorites. 

Devin wanted to ride the swings, but Tate was just a little to short. We watched as Devin rode.  Tate's new favorite ride is the Revolution.

Can't beat the carousel!  

Carousel Selfie!!

The boys treated me to a ride on the old time cars. I loved being chauffeured around. 

A must to get your picture taken with Santa. We had an amazing day!  Lots of fun. 

I couldn't miss out on a picture with Santa. 

Holiday World - Family Fun Day!

So what is the best way to spend a hot Sunday, why with a trip to Holiday World. We left the house bright and early this morning to be there when it opened. 

Tate being a spooky ghost. We rode a couple of rides in the Halloween section before heading to the water park. 

We spent most of our day there. We started out to first ride the Mammoth water coaster. Just before we got on the ride broke down. We got lucky though and got a front of the line pass for when it started working again. We went and ride several other slides and then came back to ride the Mammoth and Wildebeast. After some lunch and more slides, we decided to dry off and ride some regular rides. 

Tate and I rode the Turkey Calling ride and the spinning turkeys while Dad and Devin conquered the Voyage. 

Devin conquered the Voyage and loved it. Greg said the hill made him a little nervous, but after the first drop he loved it. 

My silly pilgrims!

Waiting to ride. 

Tate sat out the Revolution, but Mom and Devin had a blast. Greg got this picture. You can see Devin's bright orange shirt!!

Then the boys took flight!  

Devin and Tate both ride the Doggie Roller Coaster. Devin quickly decided it wasn't as near as much fun as it used to be. Tate rode several times. It was one of his favorite rides. 

Mom and Devin on Liberty Launch- another first for Devin. 

We split up for a little bit. Dad and Tate rode a few smaller rides, while Mom and Devin rode The Legend and The Raven Rollercoasters. 

Tate riding the mini version of Libery Launch. 

Last ride of the day-  The Raven. Greg just happened to catch us as we were pulling back into the station. We picked the back seat. 

I'm pretty sure this picture is mandatory. Quick picture with Santa before we headed out. I'm guessing we are going to have some worn out kiddos tonight. 

Happy Birthday Mom - 1st visit to Holiday World.

 
Daddy and Devin shooting "Turkeys" in the Thanksgiving portion of Holiday World.

Tate was even trying to get in on the action.  

Devin driving the bumper boats.

Devin and Tate both getting into the action.

One last ride on the little carousel.

 

Holiday World

Our first stop after getting to the park was to head to the Hol-i-dog roller coaster. Devin couldn't wait to ride. First up, taking a ride with Mommy. The park was really slow so we ended up riding several times without having to get off.

That wasn't enough so Devin had to ride with Dad. They also rode several times before we headed for more rides.

Devin was an excellent driver!

Next up was the train ride. Devin of course picked the passenger car for us to ride in. Greg and I had to squeeze ourselves in and out.

Daddy and Devin inside the train car.

Off to the carousel.

Devin riding the canoe's - I even got a wave.

Knucks to the guy operating the kiddie fish ride.

Devin with Holidog!

Devin driving us on the old time cars. The ride was a little rough, but we had a lot of fun.

Boy we lucked out. Santa had taken some time away from the north pole to visit children at Holiday World. Devin had to sit on Santa's lap. Devin asked Santa for 2 things - #1 Percy with the book car and #2 the Shiny New Hiro engine. He was quick to tell Santa what he wanted and Santa reminded him that he must be on his best behavior.

The big boys had to visit Santa too. Santa quickly stood up, I don't think he was too excited about having them sit on his lap. After this move that Matt pulled I don't think either one of them will be making the "Nice List".