Monday, August 15, 2011

Road Trip 2011: Part 8

Alrighty... this is the LAST post about our trip. Our last full day of vacation was a busy one. In the morning, Christie and I took the kids to their local park. They live in a fabulous neighborhood and the park (and Hailey's school) is only about a block away!


It was such a fun little park, with something for everyone to enjoy. And everything that Molly and Hailey did, had a "make believe" story attached to it. Here they are "riding the horse" to save Rapunzel!


And of course the 2-year olds found plenty to do as well. Paige even shared her swing with cousin Luke!


After lunch and naps, we joined Scott at the Cure JM (Juvenile Myositis) Benefit Concert. One of Scott's friends has a little boy suffering from this disease and every year they throw this huge benefit concert to raise money for research and awareness. Scott volunteered at it all day and we were excited to join him. One of the headliners was Blake Lewis, the beat box guy from American Idol. I have to admit that I was quite impressed with him, and loved watching him record and loop his vocals on the fly right on stage. It was pretty cool!


The kids had a BLAST dancing to the music... but Garrett definitely stole the show. He danced non-stop the entire time, and even flirted with Blake's back-up dancers when they came down into the audience.


There was also a TON of free activities there for the kids, including all kinds of inflatables like slides and bounce houses. Here's Garrett and Paige waiting for the balloon guy tie some balloons for them.


Steve waited with Hailey and Molly in a long line to get their faces painted. They were SO determined to get their faces done that they actually waited over an hour and half in line!


But the results were worth it... and they were two very excited little girls!


It was such a fabulous day with the Savage clan. It was hard to leave for home the next morning and almost all the kids (and maybe the Mommy's too) were in tears when we left. The drive home was long, but the kids did amazing and were angels the entire day. And thus ends another summer road trip for our family. What a wonderful adventure!

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