We had a great summer surprise earlier in June. My cousin called to say they would be in town for a couple of nights. We don't get to see him and his family very often so we were very excited to get to spend some time with them.
Julie (of whom I am very fond), Michael (whom I have always called Mike so I'll never get it right), David (a.k.a James) and teenager Madeline make quite a nice-looking family, I think. Our kids get along quite well and, despite the distance, we really would like them to grow up to be friends.
The second day they were here, we ventured off to Six Flags. That is always interesting when it's just the four of us because James wants to ride every roller coaster multiple times. Christopher will do the small ones and Keith and I flip a coin to see who has to do rides with James. (Although, we have been known to send him off by himself for the really giant ones.)
Mike's entire family likes doing the big rides so Christopher and I took a leisurely walk around the park, spent a lot of time shopping for his souvenir for the day, did a few rides and got his picture taken with many characters. It was one of my best Six Flags trips ever. (I even got a hug from Bugs, which did creep me out a little. He seemed just a little too anxious for that hug, but then, look at that face...it was just Bugs Bunny.)
I think everyone had fun - at least they looked really cool, which was hard to do because it was a million degrees. Most of all, we just enjoyed hanging out with our cousins.
I think we need to visit them the next time. After all, they live close to the beach.
