September



September was pretty low-key, but we soaked in some end-of-summer fun by going to Adventureland for the day.  Confession, I purchased discounted tickets through work back in May and when I finally found them in my  "junk" drawer, I realized that there was one weekend before Adventureland closed for the season.  The bummer was that BJ was out of town, but I'll remember that next year and let him take the kids by himself :). 

 

It turns out that September was an awesome time to go to the amusement park.  There weren't any crowds, and except for a little rain shower, the day was close to perfect.

 

Genuine smiles while waiting for our train ride.

 

Enjoying the carousel...

Waiting out the rain while Charlie searched for the hidden treasure on the Adventureland map - we never found the actual treasure, but I found a Diet Coke for me and ice cream for the kids, so pretty much our version of a treasure.

Charlie was a pretty good big brother to ride some of the "baby" rides with Lucy.  In turn, Lucy was pretty patient while Charlie rode a few rides that she wasn't able to...admittedly, I'm not sure that she will ever be tall enough to ride most rides because she is so short.

It's no secret that I'm technologically-challenged.  While waiting on the giant ferris wheel to start, I learned how to take a selfie.  I never knew that you were able to "reverse" the view from your cell phone.  All this time I wondered how people were able to take selfies.  Mystery solved but I still think that most selfies are silly.

Anywho, a post-rain selfie.   

We saw Bernie, the Adventureland mascot, a few times throughout the day and finally captured a photo. 

At the end of the month, BJ and I headed to Kansas City for the Chiefs-Patriots game.  I was able to see some old friends from work during the day and meet Catherine and Nick's beautiful and sweet daughter Claire before the game.  The company, weather and company were all great - a really fun and quick night away. 

My friend Betsy (in the unfortunate Patriots attaire) was a lot of talk before the game . She was pretty quiet the rest of the night :).  As always, it was great to see Catherine, Nick and Gavin.

I proudly showed off my selfie-taking ability.  I don't think that anyone believed me that I just learned how to do this.  Anywho, see the gap between Nick and Gavin?  That is where BJ was supposed to be, but we couldn't find him and time was of the essence for the selfie  [I promise to never write the word "selfie" again on the blog, I've annoyed myself.]

Happy fall y'all!