Lagoon '09

So we took our annual "vacation" to Lagoon the 18th-21st. We had actually met Nicole in Malad on Wednesday night and she took Rylee for a couple of days just for fun. It was kind of nice not having to do her hair in the morning but I sure do miss her when she is gone-even though it was just for a couple of days. Justin and I left Saturday morning. Our big plan for the day was the Clark Planitarium. I wasn't really sure if the kids would really like it but I had seen online that they had a 3-D film of bugs so we did go see that.

It was kind of creepy but the kids seemed to enjoy it. Then we wanted to take them to one of their star shows. I remember back when I was little seeing the Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd (all the same to me) laser show and I really liked it so we wanted to do that and the only one showing was Saturn-oh my gosh it was soooooo boring. There were some parts were the kids liked it but most of the time it was "when is this over?". Andrew did say that he really liked the Planetarium but it wasn't Rylee's favorite thing. At least I can say that it was somewhat educational.

Sunday we took the kids to Lagoon hoping that because it was Sunday it wouldn't be as busy and we were in luck because it really wasn't too bad. It was pretty humid though but what do you expect. The kids had a blast as usual and I did too. I always feel bad because my sister always lets Justin and I ride a couple of rides by ourselves while she has to wait with the kids but I sure do appreciate it. I know we go mostly for the kids and we go on some of the kid rides but it is always fun to ride the big rides. Our favorite one is Wicked. I make myself just about sick waiting in line and then after the ride I want to do it all over again but that line is always long! Every year we save Rattlesnake Rapids for last because we know we will get soaked and we don't really want to walk around wet all day. I always have fun on that one and we all just laugh and laugh and we have so much fun we do it again but it is never the same the 2nd time-we just happen to get wetter. Unfortunatley (not really)we have no pictures of us after that. We were there from when it opened at 11 until about 8:30. The kids really are troopers but by that time they were pooped! So were we.

But we asked for it all over again Monday as it was bounce back and we only had to pay $9 each to get back in. I thought it would be fun to try Lagoona Beach since I hadn't ever been there and Rylee kept asking to go to the water park. My sister wasn't able to go there so Justin and I took Andrew and Rylee. They had fun especially floating on the tubes. It wasn't as fun as I thought it would be though with the kids because they really were too little for anything fun. Even with adult supervision we couldn't take them on the big slides. So we called Nicole to come back for the rides. We made her take the kids for a little bit while Justin and I did some of the big slides. After another day of rides and even more heat add to that playing in the water which always wears you out I was dead. We called it a day at 6-even the kids were ready to go plus the park was way busier and the lines were worse. We couldn't even end the day with Rattlesnake Rapids because the line was miles long. Still a little bummed about that.

Tuesday we headed for home. I know I have said it before but I am always a little sad when it is over. You wait and wait for the fun and then it is over just like that and you have to go back to being a regular person going to work and school.