Lagoon Days

I mentioned in a previous post that my mom and I went to Lagoon for my works summer picnic.

We got there bright and early and waited with everyone for the entrance to open.

Once the entrance opened and we got in we had to wait for the park and all the rides to open. We just hung out under the trees and talked.

When the park finally opened we headed to the rides. The 1st one we went on was the Centennial Screamer

Prior to going on it I tried to worn my mom that it went upside done but she would not believe so we went on it and it did go upside. We rode in separate cages/cars and she said she had a heck of a time staying in the seated positing in her cage/car.
The next ride we went on was the Musik Express.

Because it was still early in the day we were actually the only two people on the entire ride. We sat together and had a blast. As is spins centrifugal forces are produced and those in the outside seat (me) get squished.
Next was a ride on the Wild Kingdom Train after the two previous wild rides we needed something mild.

See that it says please watch your head. They really mean do watch your head as my mom was to find out a little later.
The train takes you around the park and into the Wild animal Kingdom where you get to see animals. Like bears!
Tigers!

The Zebras

Camels and there were a lot more that I did not get pictures of.
Say Cheese!

Next up was the Tidal Wave. I thin this is quite possibly among one of my favorite risdes there. Especially if you happen to sit at either end of the boat

We really wanted to go on Rattle Snake Rapids but it was down for maintenance.

We later learned, from a very talkative employee, (who looked to be about 12) that it was the generator that was down and they were waiting on a part from Europe to fix it.

We went into Pioneer Village and that I will post in another blog as we spent quite sometime walking around there. Talking enjoying ice cream and just having a relaxing time. We also rode the Tilt a Whirl, Bumper cars and went through both Haunted houses

Here are just some other random pictures I took throughout the park.

This is the Jet Star II

Water Fountain

The turn of the Century

The sky ride

Movie night under the stars

I think by far my all time favorite summer activity is movie night under the stars. They bring a huge inflatable screen and it sit at the bottom of the big hill. Everyone bring blankets and just camps out on the grass. This year they played Horton Hears a Who. Spanish Fork city does this as well for Fiesta Days. They are playing Open Season. It will be on July 18th and the new ball park. So here some pictures from our night.

Hanging out, just enjoying a nice evening out of the house. Waiting for the movie to start. The weather was perfect.

Kollette and kids enjoying some together time!
The inflatable screen
Nap time

Presto the Magician

Kollette and I took the kids to the Library (read Kollette took us all to the library) the other day for the kick of for the summer reading program. They had a magic show. This guy was really good. He chose Kaitlyn as a participant for one of the trick and I got some of it on Video but not the whole trick. He made Lady bug appear in her hands. At one time I think she had six altogether in there. I asked her how but she didn't know. Guess it was magic.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Health and Wellness Fair

It seems summer is well under way here in Utah and so begins the different city celebrations. Recently Eagle Mountain held it's annual Pony Express Days. We started off the celebration by taking the kids to the Health and Wellness fair at the park. There was lot's things for the kids to do and to learn about and the weather was nice. The 1st thing we did was take a "tour" of the the Life Flight Helicopter.

Then Eryk Participated in a Seat Belt demonstration put on by the Utah Count Sheriff Association. Where he sat in one car all buckled and someone sat in the other car buckled in and at slow rate of speed the two cars collided to simulate an accident. We learned the importance of always wearing our seat belts.

Next was a teeth brushing activity where the kids teeth were painted pink and then they were shown the proper way to brush to get rid of the plaque bugs.


After having learned how to properly brush their teeth we took them to the rock climbing wall for some climbing



Then it was on to the National Guard to learn a little about what they do.




Of course there was a petting zoo so the kids to feed some goats and cows, chicken and roosters.


We had a really good time and the kids leaned lots of important stuff. Unfortunately Cheyenne was at camp so she missed out.

Lagoon

Today my work held their annual employee appreciation day at Lagoon. My mom and I went. Jared would have went too but he had to work. I am sure that most of those who read my blog are familiar with Lagoon and what it is all about. Today's trip was walk down memory for me as well a fun filled summer day with my mom. Flash back now to my growing up years. We went to Lagoon at least once every summer and my dad always made this a very special day. It usually began the night before with the announce,ent that we needed to get to bed early because the next day we were going to Disneyland. Why he refereed to it as Disneyland was beyond me. We would get up early that morning, before the sun even came up (maybe not that early but that is how I remember it in my mind) and he and my mom would load blankett into the back of the truck so we could curl up and sleep while on the way to land of Wild Mice and Roller Coasters. Once in the park my dad would only go on certain rides. One of the those being the log flume. I remember I always loved to sit in his lap as we went on this ride because he wrap is arms tightly around me I knew that even though it felt like I would go flying out would not let that happen to me. That in his arms I would always be safe. Today as I went on the log flume with my mom for a brief moment as we crested the top of the ride I felt like that little girl again. I felt his arms around me as we came shooting down the flume in our log like vessel, and I knew that even though there will be tough times ahead as we mourn his passing, my dad will always be there with his arms around me making sure everything is okay. I Love you Dad and I miss you

I hope you enjoy using them as much as I enjoyed making them

Eryk's Preschool graduation!

On May 23rd Eryk graduated from TLC preschool. It was a rather cold and rainy day but they still proceeded with the ceremony.

Waiting...

Marching of the Graduates

Chaos! They cut the whole thing short because of the weather and I tried to get a video of his age group singing but the younger ones were confused and were singing their song too.

The Graduate proudly displaying his diploma!

The graduate with his proud Mom!

With his proud dad

A group shot!

A rare photo of Eryk with his very proud Aunt!

Of course what is a gathering with out food!

Sweets!

Eating...... and the end of the graduation and Eryk is off to Kindergarten

Congratulations little EB. That 5 years certainly flew by and we look forward to whatever the future holds for you. Uncle Jared and Aunt Cammie are so proud of you and wish you a life time of success. We Love you!