Knotts Berry Farm

As a tribute to Mom, Becky, Pancho, Julie and I visited Knott's Berry Farm with all our combined kids. It turned out to be one of the most fun days! While the older cousins - Michael, Megan and Max went off to ride the 'real' rides, Sam, Lucy and Sofia hit all the younger rides. We went for a stagecoach ride, road the train, did the log ride, and hit Camp Snoopy! Sofia was big buddies with cousin Sam, who really was amazing at holding her hand and strapping her into all the rides. Sam, Sofia and Lucy had such a fun day together and it was wonderful to see the cousins get to know each other. We promised that we'd try to make the trip to Knott's an annual occurrence.

The entrance - just as I remember it!


The gang of cousins


Sam, Max, Sofia, Michael, Megan and Lucy


The four parents - me, Becky, Pancho and Julie


Sofia, our little jail bird


Pancho heading out with the kids


Snoopy!


Lucy and Sofia sitting on laps - I have similar pictures from when I was Sofia's age


The gals


Sofia watches the stagecoach - we just got off of it. So much fun!


Waiting in line for the log ride


The "grand finale" of the log ride. It was a very hot day, so it felt great to be a little wet


Lucy and Sofia hang out with Snoopy. We actually found Snoopy off to the side of a ride (I think he had just come out of his 'house') and no one else was there. The girls got to play with Snoopy for a long time. Sofia gave him a hug and kiss as we left.


Cousins! I love this picture (thanks, Julie!)


Flying with Sam


Trying to put her arms around Sam and Lucy


Sofia eats her first corn dog (or hot dog product for that matter) - not the best 'milestone'.....


Watching the show at Lucywood


Sofia volunteered for and got picked to be up on stage (she's in the middle). It was cute, however, all she really wanted was to "say HI" an "give them hugs"


Teacups! You can't go to Knott's and not ride the teacups.


Sofia's very favorite ride - I think the cousins went on this at least five times.





Such joy!


Heading off to another ride


Sofia's very first roller coaster (with Sam, of course). As soon as it was over, she said "Can we do that again?" She's fearless.


Weeee!


A very tired girl. We left the park around 730pm and she fell right to sleep. We ate dinner with everyone before heading home and going to sleep for the night. She could have really used a bath, but it didn't happen at 11pm when we finally got home!


The entire gang.