kennywood amusement park, pittsburgh

On Friday, Brent's work reserved a pavilion and had their employees and families come to Kennywood. Google provided lunch and a fistful of $1 tokens. Google really spoils their employees! We had a blast running around getting on roller coasters and doing kid rides with Lindsey and Rebecca.

The Log JammerBrent, Lindsey, Brendan and Amy

a busy weekend

Last Saturday we had a shindig.

And Sunday we went to the Park family reunion.

My cousin Craig and his baby girl Molly:

Aunt Dennie, Uncle Ken, Grandma, Mom, Uncle MurrayGrandma, Great Aunts June, Dorthy, and AudreyThe whole kit and caboodle (there were a lot of people that I didn't know and a lot of people missing):

three thousand three hundred and thirty three

who is the 3333rd visitor?

sparklers, rain, a river, a lake and breakfast

Our Celebration of a Three-Day-Weekend with a Camping Trip:
(on the Nooksack River)

The next door campsite people had some fireworks

And due to tradition we had sparklers...ah how sweet

Document it: Teresa cooking breakfast. (with parental supervision)Silver Lake north of our campsiteNooksack River falls:On the side of I-5 on the way home.
It sprinkled, poured and had a few sun breaks, but we had good food and better company. And not one picture of the river...

a thunder storm!

Last night we woke up at 2am when there was a flash of light in our room and the entire house vibrated. Then the torrential downpour started. As I ran around the house shutting the windows I looked out to the street and saw three guys standing out in the storm smoking cigarettes. They were just standing there. In the rain. Smoking.

Luckily Jeff and I both like lightning and thunder, so we had a good time. It reminded me of when I was a kid, during bad storms mom would bring me downstairs to the basement to sleep and we would count "one one-thousand, two one-thousand..." to see how far away the lightning was. Oh what fun! I wish I had some photos...