So, this is for week four for May of the Criminal Minds Weekly Prompts. I chose the third prompt.

"an amusement park, a water ride and sore feet"

Summary: The BAU takes a weekend trip to a new amusement park in town. Reid/OC, Morgan/Garcia, JJ/Will, Hotch/Beth

It had been a while since we'd done anything fun at the BAU, so when Penelope suggested we all visit an amusement park we'd all agreed. It ended up being Spencer, Hope, Hotch, Beth, Jack, Penelope, Derek, Emily, Rossi, JJ, Will, Henry, and me at a crazy new place that had just opened up. We were all excited, but the three kids were most of all.

Jack was eleven and I could hardly believe it. He and I still got along really well, and he was always really great with Hope. He'd been really happy when Hotch and Beth had gotten married and I couldn't blame him. We were all happy and could see the changes in Hotch. They were a really sweet family.

Sweet little Henry was already seven and growing in leaps and bounds. He'd spend weekends with Spencer, Hope, and I every so often and was such a great kid. He'd stayed the sweet quiet little boy he was, and he was still great at getting what he wanted. It was a trick his Aunt Penny had taught him.

I couldn't believe that Hope was almost two years old. It seemed like just yesterday we'd been throwing her first birthday party and now she was growing up. She was so much like her father it scared me. She had shoulder length brown hair that fell in perfect waves. Her mannerisms were so much like his, right down to her sweet tooth. The only thing that she got from me were my blue eyes, and hers were flecked with chocolate brown. She was my world.

When we got their Jack and Morgan dragged us straight to the first roller coaster. It was absolutely mammoth with five or six flips.

"I think I'll sit this one out," I said holding tightly to Hope's tiny hand. There were too many people around for my liking and I knew crowds grew as the day progressed.

Jack made a face at me and turned to his father and Beth, "You guys are coming right?" Beth nodded immediately and Hotch looked apprehensive.

"Oh fearless leader you have to go," Emily teased. He nodded at Jack who looked over the moon.

"Are you coming Aunt Emily?" He asked.

She nodded, "Of course!"

Penelope had paled, "I'm gonna stick back with Sarah."

Morgan grabbed her arm, "Baby girl, you have to come."

"Chocolate god, I am not doing that, end of story."

"I'm gonna stay back with Henry," JJ said.

Henry shook his head, "I wanna go Momma."

"Baby boy, you're too short," She said. "Go check." He tried his best, but even on his tippy toes he wasn't quite tall enough. Will decided to go, much to JJ's surprise. Spencer and Rossi were hold outs.

"Pretty boy is coming," Morgan announced dragging Spencer over.

"Derek, I don't know," Spencer tried, but Morgan was determined. Hotch dragged Rossi on as well and they all got in line.

Most of the day I managed to avoid rides like the plague. I'd never liked roller coasters, and had never had a good experience on one. When I was extremely young I'd almost fallen off one that had no safety regulations, as a teenager I almost lost my eyeglasses on one, and once when I went with Spencer the ride broke almost resulting in us crashing into the cars in front of us. After that I refused to go on anymore rides, unless they were extremely safe and everyone was going. After a long day we ran into a water ride and even Hope was tall enough to go.

We sat her in between Spencer and me in the massive circle. It just fit all of us and was supposed to make sure everyone got soaked from head to toe. The ride was fairly slow, but the slight spinning did exactly what it promised and we were all soaked by the end of the ride. When Hope begged to go again everyone agreed and we ended up riding it three times before leaving the water ride. We ate outside and started walking again.

"Momma, I wanna go there," Henry said pointing at the children's part of the park. Hope nodded and grabbed Henry's hand.

"Me too, Mommy," She said. The other adults all groaned, even JJ looked disappointed.

I smiled, "Come on you two." JJ kissed Will and went to follow me. "JJ, go have fun."

"No, it's fine," She said shaking her head.

"The three of us will be good, right kids?" The small ones nodded frantically and she let me take Henry. Everything here was much smaller and there were fewer people than in the main part of the park.

"Aunt Sarah, can we go on that?" Henry asked pointing. I looked over to see one of the boat style rides that swung like a pendulum. I nodded and all three of us got on together. It never went too high, but the kids were overjoyed. "That was so much fun!"

"Again Mommy, again!" Hope cried clapping her hands.

The woman who was helping everyone off looked over, "You know there aren't enough people to fill the ride in line. You're welcome to ride again." I smiled gratefully and we went through the ride again.

The kids rode on a few of the rides and we all went on the ferris wheel before Hope started to get tired. I knew it was her nap time so I picked her up and Henry went on a few more rides himself. When he got bored we decided to walk through a few shops and he immediately chose the candy store.

"Mommy can we get one?" Hope asked holding an empty plastic tube. I walked closer to see Henry standing next to a machine that literally poured sugar into the tubes.

"I don't think that's a great idea sweetheart," I told her. "You'll both be really hyper."

"Please," Henry asked. "We'll be good, promise. Right Hope?" She nodded frantically and widened her eyes slightly.

"Guys, I said no," I reminded them.

Hope clasped her hands together, "Please Mommy! Pretty please."

I shook my head and Henry looked over at her, "It's okay. We'll just ask Aunt Penny later."

"You'll do no such thing. How about instead we get ice cream?" I said. Hope shook her head. "Alright, you guys really want this sugar stuff?" They both nodded. I grabbed one six inch tube, "You can share this."

"That's too small," Henry whined.

I reluctantly bought one for each kid, and told them they could have them at the end of the day. They were both unhappy, but glad they'd eventually get them. I was more than happy to have them behaving again.

A little while later they were complaining about their feet being sore. I decided to take the kids to a show where the animals did tricks and such. They were excited and we all got to take a break. When it ended I carried the kids to the exit to meet up with everyone else. Hope was sound asleep and Henry was fighting it off. JJ took Henry and we all headed home. It had been a great day, and I was happy to have spent it with my family.