A REALLY busy saturday

Yesterday was such a busy great day- & guess what my pictures are up!! Saturdays are always busy, but yesterday we had a Young Women's Conference for church in the morning that was amazing- then headed straight to ballet for Nutcracker tryouts- next to Laggon. After last year's tryouts I was a little nervous about getting her hopes up. I kept telling Chloe & myself- it's all good... etc. but look at this face...YES!

She made it- we find out tomorrow night what part.

Next the whole family went to Brett's office Lagoon day. Talk about exciting- we only go to Lagoon once a year so this was a big day.We headed straight for the bumper cars- not sure why- after driving Chloe to ballet & all the big talk we were doing about smiling & being brave, & good attitudes, & doing our best... I decided - that's it- I'm going on "Wicked" and all the big rides this year! I was totally pumped.Then- we got on this- (such an innocent photo) the twirly whirl. HUGE mistake. I was a wreck. I had a little or big panic attack. I started screaming & holding onto the bar saying loudly

don't move- I mean it!

I thought for sure I was going to lose my lunch. Chloe thought the whole thing was funny- apparently some of the people waiting in line did too. That almost ruined the day. I was queasy for hours afterward- I guess I'm not as young as I used to be. Even talking about it right now is making me a wreck.

We opted for a something a little less traumatic. Sky Coaster. There is something so peaceful & fun about the sky coaster.

Chloe & me on the sky coaster.

Trent insisted he was going on the white roller coaster (a rickety old thing.) I told him I would go with him... we got in line & Trent started saying over & over- I'm not a scaredy cat- I'm not a scaredy cat- some of the neighbor kids had said he was a scaredy cat for not making it on last year.

We got up through the line where we could see this. We were next in line- Trent started getting a little panicky. I can't really say much can I? As soon as the gate opened & it was our turn- Trent jumped over the roller coaster seats & ran down the ramp- no go this time.

don't worry from here on out it was all good

We met up for dinner with the office folks. There was a mix up on times so we almost didn't eat- therefore no family photos...


Hailey & friend were there, but we didn't meet back up with them until the end of the night when they were leaving.

Megan & tony came too- ya here they are with the smarty pants teen who didn't want to be in the photo... is his hair thinning?

Karrie & her girls met up with us just as it was getting dark & you won't believe it- after hearing Trent's white roller coaster story- she asked him if he wanted to get on it with her & guess what? He did it! That girl can get him to do anything! She also got him to jump off the diving board this summer- I asked him why he would ride with her on it & not me? He said- she needed a partner, she couldn't go on it alone- so cute. Hurray for Karrie! He has been thrilled to tell everyone he can get to listen about the whole thing all day.

*do you like rides?

*do you have a friend who can get your kids to do things you can't?

Lagoon Day

Today was Brett's office's annual Lagoon Day.

Lagoon is an amusement park north of SLC.

Trent has been looking forward to this day all summer!

On Lagoon day we can go anytime & stay as long as we want. The company dinner is served at 5:00.

So, we got there around 2:30- which just about killed Trent- he got up at 5:30AM-just a little excited.

Hurray~ Megan came up from Provo.

This last month with all her R.S. meetings & boyfriend Tony- she has been too busy to come up. I am so glad she came, we've been missing her.

Dinner was fun. Hamburgers, hot dogs, ribs, chicken, etc.

Plus all the ice cream treats you want!

Here we are on the train.
One of Trent's personal favorites!

And here is Trent maneuvering a bumper car.

Trent has been bragging for the last week about how he was going to go on all the scary rides & even jump off them and climb down like spider man- especially the new ride "Wicked." (boys?)
As soon as he saw Wicked- while still in the parking lot- he started to get scared. He said it was "too wicked" and he was not going on that. But there were other scary rides. He went on & on bragging. Well, here we are on the paratrooper (not very scary-compared to what he had been talking about) & he was terrified.
I am such a jerk, I could not stop laughing. I kept giving Brett the thumbs up sign - asking how he was doing & Brett kept giving me back the thumbs middle to down sign back. Honestly it was so funny. He came off the ride, ran over to me, threw his arms around my neck and started to cry. Poor kid. He was trying to be so big.

(if you click on this picture it will enlarge & you can see his poor little face & white knuckles)

This Red Baron was more his speed.

Last year Brian & I waited in line with Trent & Chloe for the kiddy roller coaster Puff the Dragon. When it came time for our turn Chloe & Trent ran ahead & got in together. Brian & I got on like idiots & were so embarrassed when people from Brett's office waved at us. So we decided to make it a tradition to have the whole family go on it together from now on. You know the saying...The family who is embarrassed together stays together.

Jack was humiliated & refused. Brian dragged him up the ramp. Trent insisted that the ride was called "Puff OFF the magic dragon" which didn't help with all the rowdiness.

Now the boys were jokingly telling each other to Puff off- between nipple twisting and general rough housing the whole long wait. The people around us must have been mortified.

When we went to get on Brian, of course told the kid running the ride it was Jack's favorite ride. I have decided Jack will not miss Brian one bit when he leaves.

Here is my Self Portrait for the day.

We had so much fun!

*Have you ever been to Lagoon?

* Do you like scary rides?

*Do the boys/men in your life tease & rough house every second of the day?

* Do you uncontrollably laugh at things you shouldn't, like boys who are crazy fun?