Lagoon Again!

Our company summer party this year was at Lagoon, to the children's delight.  This year Melissa was much more brave.  We had already gone to Lagoon on my birthday in June, and she had tried a few new rides and had a lot of fun.  So this time she tried even more rides.

She rode the Rocket, the Jet Star, the Air Race, even the Samurai!!!  But she just couldn't bring herself to ride the Colossus.

We were also able to get half price tickets for any family members who wanted to come.  Some of Anthony's sisters and their kids were able to come and have fun with us.  Jeremy and Melissa were delighted to have cousins to ride with.

(Melissa and two of her aunts.)

We even had a couple of extra tickets to dinner that Jessica and Nate couldn't use, so two of the cousins were able to eat with us.

It wasn't very crowded, so we were able to take some time and go over to Pioneer Village and walk around.  Melissa had never seen any of it.  She was not very impressed, but I was amazed at the things they had on display.  I had a very nice time there.  Her favorite thing was getting ice cream.

Birthday at Lagoon

There was a drawing at work for a free family pass to Lagoon which was good for one of only three days - one of which happened to be my birthday.  I thought how lucky it would be if my name were drawn, then I could take my family to Lagoon for my birthday!  And lucky for me, my name was drawn!

I took the day off work, and Jessica was able to come after she got off work around 1 pm.  We packed a picnic dinner and went to Lagoon on Wednesday - my birthday.  The weather had turned cold and rainy on Monday, but it was supposed to be nicer on Wednesday and around 65°.  I decided to bring a jacket just in case it wasn't quite that warm and for after the sun went down.  The rest of my family wasn't so smart - they wore shorts and t-shirts and refused to bring jackets because "they would be a pain to carry around."  By the end of the day they were a bit chilly.

Well it was a little cooler but lovely weather - around 60° and no rain.  There were also hardly any people there in the middle of  the week.  We were able to enjoy all the good rides with hardly a wait.  Other rides we walked right on.  The longest wait was for the Rocket which all my kids rode, Jeremy went 3 times!

We even rode some of the rides we usually don't have time for, like the merry-go-round and a mini-version of the Tidal Wave called the Kontiki.  We even rode the train - my kids had no idea there was a little zoo at Lagoon.  It was so much fun!

Here are some more of our fun memories.

 

There was a new ride this year called "Air Race" which Jeremy was the only one brave enough to try.  It swung the plane full of people around (upside down) while the whole ride went around.  Too much for me!

 We ate our little picnic dinner at one of the many covered tables provided around the park.

Melissa's favorite ride turned out to be the old wooden roller coaster.  She rode it 4 times!  She got Jeremy and her Dad to go with her (I prefer the Colossus).

Jeremy's favorite ride was the Samurai.

Anthony's favorite ride was definitely NOT the Wicked.  On the corkscrew part his phone dropped out of his pocket!  He had to go to security who found it for him.  They said they have bark chips under there because people lose stuff all the time.  It was shaken up, the sim card was loose, but when he put it back together it was okay!

Jessica took a bunch of pictures with her cell phone too.  Thanks Jessica, these are awesome!

It was wonderful to have my whole family together, not arguing, having a fun time.  What a great birthday!

Moments Remembered from 2011

There were some events I'd like to remember from this year that I am just now getting around to blogging about.  First we celebrated Easter this year with my family (unfortunately minus Pam's family) at Cindy's house where we had lunch and then our first annual Easter Egg Bash.  We decorated eggs and then rolled them two at a time to see whose egg would hold up the longest without getting cracked or dented.  There were some accused of making cheater eggs with glitter glue and plastic shrink wrap, but it turned out that a plain old colored egg by Melissa was the winner!

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We celebrated the Fourth of July with my family at Sandy City with the parade, picnic dinner, entertainment and fireworks (unfortunately minus Cindy's family).  We had lots of fun.

My company party this year was held at Lagoon on August 17th.  We got 2 free tickets, free parking, free catered dinner at one of the pavilions, and discounts on extra tickets.  All Jeremy wanted for his birthday was to go to Lagoon, and since we got such a good deal, we took the family - Jessica and Nate even came.  Turned out that Anthony's family planned to go to Lagoon the very same day!

I haven't been to Lagoon in many years and was amazed as how much it has changed.  I also couldn't believe how grown up Melissa was, she went on tons of stuff, even the Terroride.  But her favorite ride was the Screamer. 

Jeremy's birthday is close to two of his cousins in the summer and Anthony's mom decided to have their party together and celebrate at Payson Lakes on August 20th.  So we made the drive and after some searching, found the family and set up our screen house and had a picnic lunch.  This kids swam in the lake and played for a couple of hours.  Just as we started to clean up, we got rained on - a total downpour which lasted just long enough for us to get our stuff taken down and packed in the cars - and get completely soaked.  Oh well, the kids had fun - and that was as close to camping that we got this year.

I though this picture was a great shot of the lake, the shoreline and the mountains -

about as good a "photographer" as I get.

Anthony's family has had a tradition that the whole family - all her kids and grandkids go to the Zoo together every Memorial Day.  They evidently went for years before I married Anthony, and we have been every year since then.  Imagine my surprise when I was told the first Memorial Day after we were married that we were expected to bring our brand new little 3 week old baby and go to the Zoo!  Well I was obedient and have been every since.

However, the last three years they decided they didn't want to go to the Zoo anymore, we went to a movie instead.  Well, Melissa didn't get to go as much as the other grandkids who were older and she missed that tradition.  So this year we decided to go by ourselves - just our family and we went on Labor Day instead.  Jessica and Nate came too and we had a lot of fun.  How do you like my three BIG kids on the little kiddie playground?