Lagoon

Nate had his company team building activity at Lagoon yesterday. We decided to buy tickets for the whole family and make a day of it. Since Nate was on the planning committee for the team building, he was busy with that from 7:30 in the morning until 2:00 in the afternoon. We recruited Aunt Jody to go with us to take turns riding with the kids. She was a lifesaver! At the last minute, we decided to leave Abby with Grandma Reatha at Aunt Holly’s house. It was a good choice. She got loads of attention from her cousins and didn’t even miss us. We decided that babies and amusement parks are not a good combination . . . we even started to question how great they are for three year olds. :)

The kids had a great time. Ben is tall enough now that he can ride all of the big rides. He LOVED all of them. His favorites were the Spider and the Rocket. Emily was surprisingly brave and had a surprisingly strong stomach. We weren’t expecting that. Her favorite ride was the Bat and her favorite part of the day was seeing Miss Kim (her preschool teacher) at Lagoon. Elise was pretty wimpy. She’s usually all about the fun and we were expecting her to be wild and crazy. Mostly she just got a freaked out look on her face every time the ride started. Her favorite rides were the Baby Boats and the Merry-Go-Round.

Jody hung out with the girls for the last little while so Nate and I could ride Wicked with Ben. There was a super long line, so we almost dogged, but it was worth the wait. It was a crazy fun ride. I laughed and screamed the whole way.