fun filled saturday

today was ryan's annual summer work party. this year it was held at darien lake, the local six flags amusement park. the girls had a great time in the children's area. i think the weather balloon ride was the favorite. (they rode it 5 times) we spent most of our time in that area and the rest of the day waiting in line for the old fashioned-drive the car by yourself-but it won't really go off the track, attraction. afton just loves to drive. we also went to the waterpark where ryan and the girls had a great time in the wave pool, apparently. i took a break and stayed on the chaise soaking up sun. they closed the splash pool early due to "water clarity" issues...someone had poopies in the pool. it was a fun day.

yesterday we spent the day in east aurora, a cute little "village" where the fisher-price headquarters are located. we went to a small children's museum, lunch at a mexican restaurant (we were hopeful it would be a great place for mexican, but were disappointed, once again), then to vidlers 5 & 10. vidler's is a crazy store that was opened during the depression. apparently they still have some of the original merchandise, at least that's what it looked like to me. it was fun and the kids had a great time looking at everything. then we went to pack the kids in the cars and my poor eliza had a dead battery. an hour and $50 later we had her car running and she had new jumper cables. we also made a new friend from florida. he was just home visiting and helping his mom with some new software for her business. i could tell you a lot more, because we spent a lot of time together under the hood of the car! he helped us out and then we were off to fisher-price to browse through their store. after that, we packed up the kids and poor eliza had a dead battery. wait, didn't i already say that? yes, i did...and i'll say it again. this time, we felt quite confident in our battery jumping abilities. we hooked 'em up and were completely amazed that nothing happened. after 20 minutes, a nice man and his wife helped us out. apparently we didn't have the cables connected correctly. who knew? so we were off, again. but poor eliza had more problems down the road. long story, long...she and the children made some new friends in east aurora and got to jump on this nice lady's trampoline while they waited for the dad to arrive and save them.
in case you are still reading...ryan and i celebrated our anniversary with a nice dinner at kyoto (benihana knockoff) and a quick trip to to cold stone. mmm, mm.