Best Day Ever

Mom & Dad went out of town last weekend to Las Vegas for the Creed concert. We left Sunday & got back on Tuesday, so I'm having a hard time getting back into the swing of things. It was a nice, quick vacation and thankfully its Friday!

Before we left, last Saturday we decided to take advantage of a great offer that Gilroy Gardens was offering. A back to school special for $9.99 per person.

http://www.gilroygardens.org/schoolspecial.html

I never really thought we'd head back there, we had been twice when the kids were younger. Its a bit of a drive and I thought the kids were getting a bit too old for the park. But for a day away together to ride some rides at for $50 for the entire family (with parking), what the heck!

We got there right as the park was opening at 10am and went straight to the rides. On some rides, K & Bubs were the only riders. They got to pick which "car/strawberry/artichoke/garlic" whatever they wanted to ride on. And there were 2 rollercoasters that both kids were tall enough for. Bubs made it by less than 1/2 an inch! We rode them 5 times. One time staying on and moving to the back of the coaster. There just wasn't anyone in line so they got to pick front or back - where ever! They thought that was the coolest thing!

We were so busy, the kids just wanted to keep going & going. We had to stop them so we could eat some lunch and that was after 1pm! By then it was close to 90-100 degrees so after lunch they cooled off for the 2nd time in the water play area. We let them go in their clothes and it didn't take too long for them to dry off again. The longest wait for a ride ended up being for the Train that circled the park. We had to wait for it to circle the park twice. That was our last ride though & we said goodbye to Gilroy Gardens & the heat at 3pm. It was quite a full day.

The kids had a blast. The best part for me was hearing K say "That was the best day ever!" in the car heading home. I couldn't believe it. It didn't really compare to Disneyland. But it made me smile thinking about how it was a very good day. The family all together having fun. It just goes to show that kids don't need much. A trip to the simple amusement park made our day!