Summer Vacation #2: Rides and Slides

Brett was so excited that he was tall enough for the big rides at Lagoon. He rode Colossus, The Spider, Wild Mouse, the wooden rollercoaster, and Wicked. All of these rides had a 46" minimum which is exactly how tall he is and he LOVED them all!

Brittany and Caitlin came with us. We all had a lot of fun. Here we are waiting for Rattlesnake Rapids, where we got soaked! Ty and Brittany rode the Rock-o-Plane about 6 times. We spent hardly anytime in "kiddieland". They are getting too big!

We also had a great time with almost all of the cousins at 7 peaks. Brett again was excited to ride the slides alone. The big kids loved the rope swing. Below is Bryce swinging. Bryce, Ty and Paige spent the day with cousins and It felt like I hardly saw them all day. Brett and I spent lots of time in the wave pool where he swam and pretended to drown!

Brett quote of the day

Two quick vacation quotes from Brett.
While playing with cousins,"I have a weapon, and I don't know how to use it!"
And repeatedly while at Lagoon,"What is the biggest ride that I can go on by myself?"
More to come about how brave he was and other vacation adventures.

FamilyFun

We have been subscribers to FamilyFun magazine for many years. I love it. It is always full of fun ideas for all kinds of family activities. We have made halloween costumes and Christmas cards and t-shirts all from FamilyFun ideas.

The kids (ok Paige) will sometimes look through the magazine on her own looking for something to do, as she did this week. She and Brett found everything they needed to make bubble snakes.

I love it when they entertain themselves on a summer day!

Pyromaniacs

Brett lighting his first firework.

Ty with the remains of something.

Bryce ready for take off.

Paige with a sparkler.

We mostly took it easy this 4th of July. We went to a BBQ at church afterwhich we swam a little and did some fireworks in the front yard.

Sidenote: The sparklers here really stink. I love the pretty sparkly ones in Utah. I know they have a metal stick that can be dangerous, but these just dissolve into burning embers that fall and burn little toes (he did have shoes on in case he stepped on anything, didn't expect hot ash to fall from his sparkler like that).

(Paige last year with a "Utah" sparkler.)

Brett quote of the day

While playing a game with Brett...
"Hey guess what, once I almost won against myself!"

Brett quote of the day

After seeing "Night at the Museum" on vacation Brett said, "There were a lot of deleted scenes in that movie."

He was convinced he saw things in the previews that were not in the movie.

Summer Vacation #1

2680 miles in the car
9 states
4 rainy days
6 cousins
8 days

Corinne, Paige and Chloe did each others make-up

2 movies

5 restaurants

14 miles in canoes

40 toe nails painted

42 mini bags of chips

Dave and kids on the one hot day at a park

2 amusement parks-King's Island and Holiday World

16 rollercoasters ridden

10"boring" rides

7 rootbeers Bryce drank at Holiday World (they have FREE drinks!)

12 sore feet

What Dave's swim suit looked like after the water park at Holiday World

20 slices of pizza

7 smells- Terre Haute is known as the City of 7 smells, we found at least a few of them!

1 bald eagle siting

0 days hiking-we planned to, but were too tired!

2 days splashing in Aunt Beth's pool

Brett enjoying the cold water!

2 happy girls who had really missed each other!

3 wild turkeys spotted in Alysa's backyard

1 afternoon playing at the gymnastics gym

1 stinky van

1 tired family