Just Amazing!

It's funny, because I am always worried about my kids (well anyone's kids) being comfortable when they are about to take a nap or are going to bed for the night. Well this is what I walk in on today after working on my blog. Who knew that all it took was a single pillow!!!

Lagoon

While we were up in Goshen, Wayne and I took the girls to Lagoon for the first time. We were able to go with my sister Stevie and her family ( who have been living in Japan for the last 4 years). On our way to go and meet Stevie I was watching the girls in the rear view mirror and they didn't even seem the least bit excited. I on the other hand was soo excited that I was bouncing up and down in my seat. I finally had to point out that they were not acting like two little girls who were going to an amusement park for the day, but two girls who were going to be spending the day playing in the back yard.

When we got to Walmart in Springville (where we were meeting Stevie and fam) I decided to go ahead and start shopping for our lunch and snacks to take with us. Stevie and fam showed up and approved of the food items and we headed to the checkout stands where we paid $25.00 for everything (lunch for 7 people).

It was really nice to see Stevie and Jason and their daughter Bryton (who is Kailtyn's age), we caught up on things and Wayne asked a lot of questions about what Japan was like. It was really interesting to hear how clean the country is and how they have every flavor of KitKat you can imagine. And how a job and McDonalds is considered a great job. Plus after you order your food you find a table and they bring you the food instead of you waiting at the counter.

When we finally got to Lagoon and paid for our tickets we headed for the children's area and found the kids size rocket ride. It was so fun to see the excitement on the girls faces while we sat there waiting for the ride to start. It was even more fun to watch their faces when the ride started. This ride would lift you up in the air and then suddenly drop you really quick and then back up again. I tried with no success to get Kaitlyn to raise her hands when it would drop us.



The next ride we went on was some dragon ride ( I can't remember any of the rides names). When it starts it spins around in a circle really really fast. Megan was laughing so hard she couldn't hold on to the support bar and ended up being squished into my side.
After that we headed for some squid ride where you could make it go up or down to avoid getting hit by water. I decided to let Megan be in control and I ended up getting shot right in the head with water. The Bat was next. I think it was one of my favorites. It's not very long, but it is super fun. Jason's (my BIL) brand new phone flew out of his pocket and broke on this ride. I felt really bad for him. Thank goodness they got insurance on their phones.
From there Wayne and I went on the Jet Star while Stevie took the girls on the areo gliders.

I took this picture while we were on the ride note the wild blown hair and then got in trouble for raising my hands when we dropped, but I would say it was well worth it.

The day continued on and we went on a few more rides before heading out to the parking lot to grab a bite for lunch. After lunch we went on Dracula's Castle which I was really surprised scared Kaitlyn and Bryton. We let the girls play in the the water feature and Megan got soaked.

We headed down to the other end of the park where Megan was able to go on her first roller coaster ride with her dad. We hit the Pirate Boat (big and small), puff the magic dragon, the carousel, the log ride, the wild mouse, rock and rollo planes, the little swings, the bumber cars (big and small), the spider, the colausses, and we ended the day with Rattle Snake Rapids where we all go soaked except for Wayne ( the little stinker).

We had so much fun and I am soo glad that we were able to go with Stevie and her family. I can't wait until Ty will be old enough to go. I could just kick myself for not getting a picture with Stevie, but maybe next time.

Cousins + Slip and Slide = FUN

A couple of weeks ago the kids and I headed up to Goshen, so that I could help Wayne's sister Angela with her kids while she was at work and while his parents (with whom they live with) went to Alabama to surprise Wayne's other sister Lori at her baby shower. I had plans to take them swimming at the newly remodeled Payson pool, but that day ended up having a bit of a rain storm in Payson. I decided to go to Walmart and buy a slip and slide and bring it back out to the house so the kids could still have some summer fun.

After I set it up and turned on the water I noticed that the water was not shooting out like it was suppose to. Come to find out the water pressure is not all that great out at Grandpa's, but we made do and the kids had a wonderful time.

Carson being the only older boy was not afraid to get wet in the least.

Courtney and Megan before their first run.

You couldn't get them off after the first time!

I was really surprised to see that Ty loved it. Besides Megan and Courtney, Ty was the next to be on the slip n side the most. I had put him in his swim shorts, but he insisted on just wearing his pull-up.

My sweet Kaitlyn ended up barely going on the slip n slide and spent most of the time running away from the swarm of mosquito's that live in Goshen.

All in all they had fun and used the slip n slid every day after. I think it has been one of the best investments ever!