Universal Studios.....

Monday morning we got up and headed out to Universal Studios! We realized on Sunday night that we were an hour in a half away! Whoops, we didn't plan that very well. But, that is o.k. the kids are old enough to travel well. We just put in Punky Brewster and drove.....

By the time we got there our breakfast had worn off and we were hungry again. First we got some Cinnabon. Then some pizza. Not really sure what Brayd is doing......

 We then headed to the lower lot for the kids to ride some rides.

 I tried to teach the kids to stand single file in case anyone wanted to pass us.

I guess Aaron thought it was cute because he wanted to take a picture.

 Brayd couldn't go on "The Mummy" so we found Scooby Doo.

Brayd and his van.

 Scooby Doo himself!

 Brayd and Porter's favorite ride.

 Madi and Ry's favorite ride.

 We then headed up to the Upper Lot and found lots of characters.

The Lorax-Ossie:)

 Sponge Bob.

 And cute Curious George.

Madi thinks he's so cute!

 Frankenstein came up and grabbed Madi and started dancing with her.

 Brayd and Diego:)

Brayd was excited about this.

Ry was too embarrassed:( He's getting too big!

Madi still dancing!!

 We then headed over to the Curious George playground.

It's amazing how we all wanted to put balls in different places.

Brayd just kept putting balls in this gun and all they would do is drop out, not even shoot.

He didn't care though, it was so funny!!

 Going for another ball!

 Aaron, Porter and Madi trying to get a basket full.

So cute!

 Ry was so good at continuing to fill the buckets.

Such a hard-worker!

 Brayd and I got a Churro while the older kids got to go on another ride.

He was sad he couldn't go.

 Then they wanted to go AGAIN!!! So, we got him his own sucker. 

He was happy about this!

 On our way out!!

 Aaron bought me these extra long Twizzlers!!

So yummy:)

The kids all have money to spend each day. They used some of their money to buy treats from this store.  We had a good time at Universal Studios. They all just wished there were more rides so we will find more at another amusement park this week!

At one point in the day Madi said, "Mom, I feel so bad for you that you can't ride the rides."

I told her that I really didn't like them anyway and preferred to watch people. She was happy about that. 

She is such a sweet girl!

An excellent day with excellent company!!