And a little puke to go with your Thanksgiving turkey

We spent Thanksgiving Day at Knotts Berry Farm. Mom and Jim paid for the entire family to get in. They get an awesome discount using Jim's status as an ex-military grunt. It's cool that Knott's give such a great discount to military families, especially with the economy the way it is. Mom and Jim got in for free and the rest of us had a deeply discounted admission price. It's really cool.

We got there as soon as it opened and didn't leave until right before it closed. It was a very fun day! Travis and Danny took the older kids on the scary, stomach turning rides while the rest of us settled for taking the younger ones on calmer rides. I've been going to Knotts since I was a little girl, and several of my favorite rides back then are still my favorite rides now. The log ride, the gold mine train ride and the bumper cars are so fun for me.

Faith did absolutely fabulous waiting in line. She had one minor breakdown when she exclaimed, " I don't want to wait for my turn!" and then she slapped me. Strangely enough that's the first time she's ever hit me. I was mortified that she picked a public place to smack the daylights out of me, but then again, she likes to show people who wears the size 3 pants in this family. After that incident she went back to being sweet as sugar for the rest of the day. My nephew Tyler had a breakdown at the same ride, but instead of slapping his momma he choose to take off running, because nothing spells fun like making your mom chase after you in a crowd of people.

Towards the end of the evening Ethan went on this horrific ride called the Revolution. It's a ride that not only spins really fast but it swings up and down while spinning. The first time on Ethan loved it so much he went on it a second time. The second time he went on it he loved it so much he went on it a third time. After the third time he turned green. And then later he puked. And then after that he ate a churro, because sugar-coated fried bread makes a sick tummy feel better, right?

All in all it was a fun evening. We went to TGIFriday's for our Thanksgiving Dinner. It was one of the few places to eat that opened on Thanksgiving. So for our traditional dinner we had deep fried macaroni-n-cheese and mozzarella sticks. Yum! Doesn't get any better than that, does it?

Thanks Mom..Thanks Jim..for a fun day!