Rollercoasters and Street Fights

Mother's Day weekend we headed up to Dallas to attend Homeschool Six Flags Day for our 6th year in a row. We love Six Flags but in the Texas summer heat, it makes it miserable to go anytime after May. We are blessed to have Homeschool Day in the beginning of May so that the weather is usually perfect. This day was no exception; partly cloudy and 70 degrees. It was fabulous.

My mom and dad and I took the boys and our friend Ben up for the day. Steve had planned to go but with work being so busy right now, he just couldn't take the day off :-( He and I both love to ride roller coasters so it was hard not having him there!!

Thankfully my dad still loves to ride them and my mom likes to watch so we had a great team.

The day started with all smiles....
The first ride of the day made them all a little woozy....

Especially poor little Ben who had never ridden a roller coaster before :-)

The second ride made them all a little wet...

But by the end of the day , 7 hours under our belt, with our last ride was ridden...

Isaac saying "That's it?"

We were still all smiles......

Isaac was a real daredevil this year. He is finally tall enough to ride all of the rides and he did!! He was so excited and can't wait until next year. He even wants to try the bungee swing! I think I have an adrenaline junky on my hands!

That evening after we had eaten at our favorite after Six Flags restaurant, Steak -n- Shake, mom and dad took the boys to Ft. Worth while Ben and I drove home alone. My parents wanted to spend some time with the boys so they headed to the Civil War Museum and The Great Wolf Lodge for the rest of the weekend. Since it was my bday and Mother's Day weekend, Steve and I had some alone time.

The next day, we were invited by our good friends Miguel and Felecia to watch a reenactment in a nearby small town. Miguel is a civil war reenactor and we love to go watch. This was a unique battle because the town of Jefferson, TX was never actually attacked so actually this was an enactment on what could of happened if the Union had entered this port territory. Although Jefferson is a small town, it used to be a major port in the 1800's. Steamboats would travel up and down the Sabine River bringing cargo to the Confederates from New Orleans. This battle is also unique because it is fought in the street. Very up close and personal.

It begins with a parade through town.

The marching in of the soldiers.... Miguel is the one with the great beard :-)

Union troops lined the streets calling for the surrender of the Confederates

By the end, the streets were littered with the bodies of Union Soldiers and the Rebel yell could be heard up and down main street :-)

Of course the South won this battle and kept those Yanks out of our port..... gotta love Southern pride.

We celebrated the victory with a burger at the famous biker bar, Auntie Skinner's. A must visit if you are ever in Jefferson. Great food and great live Southern music.

All and all a great weekend....