Rollercoaster - woo - hoo - hoo - hoooo

Tuesday we took a trip to Fiesta Texas compliments of the Coke-a-Cola Company. Finally, drinking copious amounts of Diet Coke has paid off!
I came to the decision that I either needed to invest in their stock, or sign-up for their Rewards Points program. I chose the latter.
Between the points I gathered from home and the points generously given by friends, I've come to the realization that we need a twelve step program for our soda obsession. While this may be true, I guess I have no problem exploiting our addiction as I saved up several thousands of said points to go to Six Flags with the fam.
There's a lot of work that goes into getting the numbers (especially the caps) entered into the website. You get 10 points for 12 packs and 3 points for lids - any lids. It doesn't matter if they're three liters or twenty ounces.

Most moms will longingly look back and recall the days when their kids brought them a precious flower they found. As their child came running through the door, flower in hand, face beaming, you can see the excitement and love in their eyes.
Per usual we are a bit different. I can't tell you how many times Brandon would come to me, smiling from ear to ear, with a red cap that actually kind of looked like a flower because he found it smashed in the middle of the road. Honestly, because of the way I received those lids, they were worth much more then the three points.

The best part about our trip on Tuesday was that we were able to relax and reconnect as a family. It was also a time to remember that we're all sooooo different... and that's ok.
Alex doesn't like to ride rides. He loves the whole scientific part of the rollercoasters. It was a little disappointing at first, but again that's ok, we had an official backpack holder.
Brandon and Ben... their diffences are very apparent all of the time. What was so great about this day is that they rode most of the rides together -- all day AND laughed together! Nobody fought. Well, there were a few minor incidents, to be expected, but that's it.

Matthew and I had a different revelation about ourselves. One that we can no longer deny... we're getting old. We could only take a few of the rollercoasters that we used to love so dearly, because this time instead of running to get back in line we had headaches and needed Tums.