Oh Wow! Nickel Arcade

We went to the Coleman boy's birthday bash at the Oh Wow! Nickel Arcade. Just like in the dollar store where everything is a dollar....everything in the nickel arcade is a nickel....and yet I couldn't help thinking each time we tried a new game or "ride", "How much does this one cost?"
Zack roamed free playing all sorts of games. Naissa and Isaac were a little more limited in what they could do (and reach). They had fun on the motorcycles and the skee ball. They could barely get the ball to go over the edge to score ZERO points. Zero points = Zero tickets. The "fun" didn't last long, so we moved on.
I was happy that Cameron remembered me. I only see them a couple times a year. Nicholas turned 8 and Christopher and Cameron turned 7. It was good to see Ruth, Ang~'s mom as well as Muffy and Tay Tay...who is all "growed up" with a beautiful little girl of her own! Ang~'s brothers were there too and Randon, her oldest has grown into a handsome young man, taller than all of us! (he's 16)
Ang~ and I became friends our freshman year in high school. We were both in the band and at the beginning of the year we didn't like each other! During concert season we were given seats next to each other and the laughter and friendship hasn't stopped since. We've been through tons together. She is one of my dearest friends who no matter how long we are apart we just pick up where we left off when we are together again! We were laughing about all the pictures we took of Randon and Leesha when they were little, I need to find those. It was nice to feel "home" again, even in the midst of a gazillion crazy kids playing nickel games.

It was the funniest thing watching Isaac and Naissa play skee ball. Here's a clip.....