Lagoon 2018

Sunday, June 22nd we went with Brett and Bindy and Skylee. The first thing that happened when we got into the park, was I had Bindy take a family pic for me. At one point I didn't notice that William had tried to jump into my arms and Jake let go (he was sitting on Jakes shoulders) and he fell and landed on his head. Poor kid. Jake and I felt so bad. He had a scrap on his head, and a pretty big bump. I took him into the "Drs office" they have a lagoon, and the only concern was a concussion. So we watched him for a few hours. Turns out I have one tough kid. No problems occurred. But I was very cautious with him the rest of the day.  I didn't ride any big rides, and told Jake I would ride some roller coasters with him on Wednesday when my mom could watch Lizzy and William. Putting William to sleep was quite challenging. Bindy took Lizzy on some rides, while I held William, rocked him, let him scream while holding him, and eventually putting him in the wagon and just walking back and forth in front of the rides Lizzy was riding so I could still see her. Eventually Bindy took over for me pulling the wagon so I could ride a couple rides with Lizzy. And he slept for a couple hours. Jake and Sydney and Brett and Skylee went on a few of the bigger roller coasters. Sydney absolutely loves roller coasters. And we usually can't fit them all into one trip. I am so glad William liked the rides this year as well. And Lizzy of course enjoys the rides as well; she can't wait til she is big enough to ride some of the bigger coasters with Sydney and Jake. In fact when Jake was heading off to the Cannibal with Syd and Brett, Lizzy ran after him and cried because she wanted to go ride coasters with him so badly. I think all my kiddos will grow up loving roller coasters as much as their father does. :) Overall, it was a really good day. At the very end of the day, Sydney and I raced off to ride a couple rides while Jake stayed with the kids, and we got on the white roller coaster, and wild mouse, and spider before we met up with everyone. I loved being able to ride a few rides with just me and her. On our way home We actually stopped off at the Walmart one exit down from Lagoon because we lost Williams Lightening McQueen car that my mom bought him at Lagoon. And we ended up getting pulled over because we crossed several lanes of traffic coming out of a left turning lane. We only got a warning, but because Lizzy was out of her seat by the time the cops got the the window, we also got a warning for child endangerment because she wasn't buckled up.

Wednesday, June 25th we went with my family.
We got their around 1 PM. The first ride we rode was rattlesnake rapids. Everyone got soaked. Then we headed to Kiddie land and let the kids ride some rides. Jake, and Sydney, Dad, Grandpa Harvey, and Shayla all went off and road some rides for awhile. At one point they came back for me and we went on Cannibal. I got sick. could barely walk straight. It took about 15 minutes for me to start to feel normal. The hanging upside down for an extended amount of time (like 30-40 seconds) just did me in. I felt bad about leaving Lizzy and William with mom. I later learned that mom spent the first few minutes after I left chasing William around, at that point Sarah showed up. And after a few rides, they learned that if they alternated and Sarah took William on a ride, and then the next ride she took Lizzy then it seemed to be easier for them to handle. And mom stayed with Oaklee the whole time. At the end of the night Sydney wanted to ride the white roller coaster with just Jake and me (my parents had the little kids and we were to meet up with them at the thunder dome to ride race cars in fifteen minutes), and so we thought we could get in one or two more rides. so we ran from ride to ride and the lines were either too long, or the ride was closed so we were a bit bummed out. After meeting up with everyone at the race cars, we realized we needed to go. William was tired. the parked closed in twenty minutes. So we took the kids to kiddy land, Jake road a few rides with William while I went on a few rides with the girls. The very last ride was this jeep ride. We saw jake their with William and so I sent Sydney up. Well a minute later Lizzy wanted to get on, and right as she got to Jake he was going through the gate and she got stopped. So she started crying because she got "left" behind. So I went and comforted her in line. the operator let her in (and Jake handed me William as I walked through the gate) and Lizzy and William road the jeeps as their last ride for the night.
After that we headed to the trailer because all the rides were closed. And we got our stuff and headed home.