Day 55

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Everyone was able to sleep in a little bit after the long day we had at Sea World.  Once everyone started getting up and ready for the day, we helped clean up around the house before heading to my nephews birthday party.

We went to a local amusement type park for an afternoon of games and rides.  We started off inside playing arcade games and winning lots of tickets.  Naturally, we stuck to the 'push the coins off the cliff' type games.  We typically have good luck winning on those.  After that, we headed to the party room for pizza and cake.  After everyone had eaten, we went outside.  They had bumper boats, putt-putt golf, and go-carts.  Everyone enjoyed their time on the bumper boats, but tragedy struck on the go-carts.  After waiting a really long time, Robert and Abigail were rear-ended by a lady who was not paying attention.  They both had bad headaches for the rest of the day.

Having fun in the bumper boats

Who got sprayed the most?

Ready to Ride!!!

The Rangel clan

Once the party was over, we went back to my brothers house to rest.  Mom had purchased a game called Chalupa while we were at the Market a few days before.  She sat down with all the kids and played with them while most of the adults napped.  She had prepared some chicken for my brother to grill outside and I worked on some mac-n-cheese and corn on the cob.  We had a wonderful dinner and spent the rest of the evening visiting with each other.

Melinda playing Chalupa

Tita calling out each card

Starting the young ones off right.  Playing for pennies just
like our grandparents used to.