Summer Vacation--Nagashima Spa Land!

Our cousin Tony has been visiting us for the month of August, adding a new dimension and personality to the wild mix of our home. For our first big event we took him and our friend Emma to Nagashima Spa Land, about 3 hours from our house. We spent half the time at the Jumbo Pool, which I didn't get any pictures of, and the other half at the amusement park which I did get lots of pictures of. Enjoy!

Outside the entrance

Taking lunch break at the pool

Lunch was onigiri, fast and easy

Ahhh, true pool looks!

In line for the go-carts

The boys were ahead of us

Julia's new favorite camera pose

And Julia on the go-cart

The 'very scary' haunted house

Waiting to be thrown straight into the air on the Space Shot


In line for the water jet coaster

The water jet coaster hill

Soaking wet! nice on a hot day

Waiting for Tony's first ride on an upside down roller coaster...we had fun getting him on different stuff

Janina and Emma waiting for Emma's first ride on an upside down roller coaster!


Tony and Emma had never been on any really scary rides, but they were brave and tried out everything! Here is the super duper frisbee twister ride..

The super duper frisbee twister as it takes off

And there it is up in the air, it almost goes upside down, but not quite

They took a break on the kiddy swings

Notice the flying rocket in the background? That's the one ride none of us will go on, besides the tea-cups...nothing that goes in complete circles

Just a nice group shot

The kids are somewhere up there!

And now we're waiting for the Steel Dragon!

The top of the Steel Dragon

And that was our last picture for the park, but check again for some videos of the trip, including the entire Steel Dragon ride!