Kings Dominion...and other fairly crazy tales

We pooled together some gift money and decided to get Kings Dominion season passes for the summer. We've heard so much about the great amusement parks out here in VA and boy were they right! We went this last Saturday with our friends, the Martins, and had such a great time. The park is HUGE. There are some GREAT big kid rides and the little ones have some pretty good ones as well! ;) We went from noon to 8:30 and didn't even get to half the rides...and the water park isn't even open yet! I do believe we've made a great investment--we can't wait to go back!



However, the day-o-fun didn't end at 8:30. We decided to keep the party hoppin' by going out to dinner at the local Cici's (Rudy's favorite--a pizza buffet). We hit solid traffic getting to the restaurant and didn't get there until 9:30. By then our kids were out, but none of us had eaten dinner so we decided to get a little crazy and wake them up to stuff our faces with pizza 1/2 hour before they closed. At 10:00 Tucker and Sam (the Martin's little boy) were running on brownie fuel all over the arcade they had. I went to the restroom and came out to find Tucker crying pretty solidly in Rudy's arms. Rudy announced, "I think he's going to need stitches". "Oh Rudy," I thought to myself, "you're spending too much time in medical situations, I'm sure he's fine"...(apparantly he HAS been spending too much time in medical situations and KNEW what he was talking about! ;) He pulled the paper towel away and I think I saw his skull. Without missing a beat our sweet friend (who just so happens to be a Maxillofacial Surgeon), invited us over to his house where he'd "take care of it". And that he did! They let us come over to their house until after midnight while on one of his FEW precious days OFF work, he...worked. They set up a little 'hospital' with some Mickey Mouse Club to help distract while Tucker was numbed, cleaned, and stitched up beautifully! THANKS GUYS! I can't imagine having to go to the hospital until the wee hours of the morning just to have the on-call Dr. patch him up. He did a great job, Tucker was a great patient, and I think we'll always remember our first day at Kings Dominion! :)