Best Ride Ever

At least it ought to be. We waited in line for 2 hours for it!!!!!!!

For the first time ever, we went downtown to participate in First Night Raleigh. The big draw this year was a ferris wheel in the middle of downtown. Obviously the kids wanted to ride so we got in line. We stayed in line, for 2 HOURS. The kids had a great time so it was worth it I guess.

Thankfully we passed most of the time chatting with friends, eating funnel cake, and visiting the porta potty!  In all honesty, I am not sure what else we would have done down there other than drag Will, probably kicking and screaming, away from all the overpriced booths of junk. At one point Matt and I decided we had probably saved a lot of money by standing in the line!

Matt took some really cool pictures while we were on the ride.

In addition to the ferris wheel, the kids played with a homemade light brite wall. It was neat and odd, all at the same time.

We got off the ferris wheel just in time to see the acorn drop. It would have been super cool to have seen it from the ride, but we missed it by about 90 seconds. Ironic, considering we had invested well over 2 hours into the ride!

After a quick dinner at Chick-fil-a, it was time to go home.