Six Flags Great Adventure

Last Saturday Matt's company had a special group deal for Six Flags Great Adventure. You better believe that while my parents were up here we had to go to a theme park!

Everyone knows how Disney obsessed we were last year, why not it was in our backyard. So after having some withdrawls we finally got to go to a theme park again.


Along with a Disney obsession I also have a love for roller coasters. Well Six Flags are known for their roller coasters...

Matt's company group special also included the opportunity to enter the park an hour early to ride their newest ride the Green Lantern before the park officially opened.

Since my mom is the best (and not a roller coaster rider) she watched the kids while Matt, my dad and myself went on the Green Lantern.

We (minus my dad) then got to hop right back on but switched to the front row. We could of done this for a full hour (aside from us being late) but we decided twice was enough.

My thoughts personally on the Green Lantern, the position in which you stand with a bicycle seat between your legs is uncomfortable and for those shorties like myself your head gets battered around in the top harness. I couldn't keep my head from rattling around. The rollercoaster itself was fun but not great.


Later we got to go on Nitro, and both Matt and I really liked it. Much smoother, great drops and long enough to not think that's it?!

I really wanted to go on Kingda Ka but it was closed.

As far as for the kids, there were a ton of great kiddie rides.
Maddie of course made us ride on the carousel.
Mason took us into Bugs Bunny's Fun factory which was this tent full of soft balls that you could shoot with air, drop all over the place from baskets and for the parents... vacuum up so they could do it all over again.
They also rode Bugs Bunny's Ranger Pilots, Daffy's Deep Diver, Pepe Le Pew's Hearts Away and numerous more!

On our next trip we still have a lot to see at Six Flags Great Adventure but especially the drive through Safari!

As far as my personal favorites Sheikra from Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and The Incredible Hulk from Islands of Adventure in Orlando still hold the top spots for roller coasters that I've been on.

World Trade Center Memorial Fountains

Last Friday we attended the World Trade Center Memorial Fountains with the kids and my parents.

We have seen the site from afar, but to be there where the buildings once stood was a heartrending and solemn feeling.


Since it is such an important event, especially living so close to it all, we feel that the kids should know about it. Although Madeline is clueless to it, Mason understands it to an extent.

Mason's school had a special morning service on the Friday before the 10th anniversary. They had a few speakers and a few books that explain it to children.

My parents also visited the new memorial in Liberty State Park called Empty Sky, which we then all visited once we got back.

What's hard to imagine is I know how I feel about 9/11 and I didn't lose anyone or even live in the area when it happened, so to think of those people who experienced it first hand, my heart goes out to each and every person who did.

All of these memorials are a reminder of the loved ones that were lost that day but also a reminder that we must be united as a nation.

Five Years

Five years ago I married my best friend.

Celebrating today couldn't have been any better.

We took the kids to Liberty Science Center, as we were sitting at lunch, it dawned on me this was an absolutely perfect way to spend our anniversary. What could be better than sitting next to my amazing husband and kids, munching on our lunch, and enjoying the day playing around the museum. It was proof of what we together had made of our lives.

We then watched the FSU game, all decked out in garnet and gold. Since we couldn't be in Tallahassee, we brought Tallahassee to our living room.

I am so blessed to have met such an amazing man, who is patient, caring and absolutely hysterical.

He keeps me laughing, cools me down (I am Irish after all) and always there for me.

While we've been married for 5 years, we have done so much in such a little time I can not even imagine what the next 5, 10, 50 years will bring us.

Words can not describe what I feel for Matt....

So with that, I love you sweetie and I am so excited to continue on our adventure together.