yeah...kennywood day

Last Tuesday, we had a Kennywood day.  We went with two of our couple friends that we do many things with.  We met them at a local gas station to car pool.  I jumped into a car with the girls and other two moms.  My husband had SJ, Bob, Topher and Willie in our car. 

After we arrived at Kennywood, we dropped off our coolers that had our packed lunches and drinks in one of the pavilions.  As soon as that was handled, we were off to ride.  

The kids started with Sky Rocket.  Bob is not a coaster rider, so he waited with my husband and Willie's dad.  After that ride, we hit most of the rides that we passed.  They road the bumper cars, Volcano, Alien Encounter, Phantom's Revenge, Pirate, Music Express, Wave Swinger, Whip, Aero 360 and Racers.

Bob sat out for every coaster.  SJ only sat out on rides that went upside down.  The kids all wanted to ride the paddle boats.  Right before SJ got on the boat, he realized he lost his hat. I told him we would look for it and got him back in line. Bob rode with Willie, SJ rode with Topher and Ami and Mags (Topher's sister) rode together.  It was very hot, but they had a great time in the paddle boats.  My husband looked for the hat, but it was no where to be found. 

When they were done, we made our way back to the pavilion for lunch.  When everyone was finished, we continued to ride.  

We rode more rides and returned to ride favorites again.  SJ, Topher, Willie, Mags and the dads rode Noah's Ark, so Topher's mom and I took Bob and SJ to ride things in Lost Kennywood.  

We finished riding and went to meet the rest of our group at Noah's Ark.  When they got off, they got some snacks.  My husband got Potato Patch fries and a funnel cake.

After the snack, Topher's dad arrived.  We walked over to the Sky Coaster (a bungee ride) and the other two dads signed up to ride it.  While we were waiting, the boys played at the shooting arcade.  

The other families (minus the moms) took their turns on the very scary Sky Coaster.  We watched from the bridge as they were dropped.  They had a great time.  

Then we ate some dinner.  We ate at the big restaurant in the park.  All the kids ate  together and the adults sat at a separate table.  It was crowded, but surprisingly a nice dinner.

We continued to ride until it got dark.  SJ had such a great time with Topher and Willie.  (Bob not so much, but he is not an amusement park kid).  

At the end of the night, SJ and I went to lost and found to see if his hat was turned in.  We ran over there in the dark. I was so out of breath.  I asked the girl, but no one turned it in.  SJ was so sad!  It broke my heart to see him so sad over his hat.  I assured him that someone will probably turn it in.  (I can now sadly report that no one ever called us to say the hat was turned in.)

Even though we had the sadness of the lost hat, the rest of the day was filled with friendship, smiles and lots of laughter!