Lagoon and Cherry Hill

These pictures are in the wrong order- as usual!! But, last week my friend invited me to go to Cherry hill with her and I have been promising the kids all summer that I would take them so I did! The plan was to stay in Layton and then go to the zoo the next day but we decided to go to Lagoon instead. Dallas even took the day off so that he could go with us! We had a lot of fun but after 9 hours at Cherry Hill one day and 10 hours at Lagoon the next day, my kids were exhausted and extremely fussy!! It was worth it though!! Shelley and the kids even came for the 2nd half of the day at Cherry Hill and Lagoon.
Avery riding the carousel with grandma

Gavin eating his late-night snack.. an ice cream cone!! Dallas and I - I don't know what this ride behind us is called but Mackenzie LOVED it! I think she went on it about 6 times! I went on it once and thought I was going to throw up! I can't handle rides that just go in circles...
Gavin with his prize!
Tage, Trey, Mackenzie, and Avery with their prizes

This was Avery's favorite ride!! The BOAT!! She went on it a couple times and smiled the whole time! She loved the boat and the "wing" (swing) and was really upset when we went to put her on the swings and she couldn't ride becuse she wasn't quite tall enough so Mackenzie had to go on them without her.Avery wasn't so fond of the airplane ride. She cried the whole time. they had a guy from Vegas there doing a show with birds. Mackenzie, being the animal lover that she is, had to go watch. She got to pet this parrot. He had birds talking, singing, riding little bicycles and rollerblades, and doing lots of other tricks. It was pretty fun.

Dallas and Mackenzie on the litle title wave. I don't know what it's called, but that's what we call it. Gavin wouldn't go on it. He was funny, at first we had to force them both on the rides and then Gavin relaxed and he became much more adventurous than Mackenzie. His favorite rides were the big title wave, the bat, and the odyssey. Mackenzie likes puff the magic dragon, the spinning dragon ride, and the carousel.

Avery waiting while the big kids drive the bumper cars. She wanted to go too!!
Kenz, Gavin and Dallas riding Puff.

the carousel. Avery hated it the first time but loved it the second time. I am glad that we were able to go. It was a fun day! Luckily Trey was fearless and would ride anything so me and Dallas kept taking turns going on the "BIG" rides with him. I got some pretty good whiplash on the Jet Star, then blacked out a little bit on the colossus beacuse of it- when we went on the loops that take you upside down, I got dizzy, then my eyes got really fuzzy, then everything went black for just a couple seconds. After that, I was pretty much done. For the next few days, my neck was sore and I would get really dizzy every time I stood up. I do like going on the rides but next time I think I will skip the jet star!!

CHERRY HILL

My friend Ali and I went to Cherry Hill but she left pretty early becuse she had to get home for a softball game and Camryn was tired. Shelly came and brought the kids, as well as a few extra. Dallas's aunt Mindy came for a few minutes and Mackenzie got to have a sleep-over with Carson and Chloe.
eating some pizza
Avery's kiss face

Avery and Kyson
Camryn, Avery, Gavin and Ali

Avery eating some yogurt. YUM!!

Mackenzie

me and Avery

Gavin

Eating some lunch

Avery

PARK CITY!!!

Me and my friends have made it a yearly tradition to go to park city for a girl's weekend. Thanks Ashley for all of your hard work in planning it!! It was lots of fun! I didn't take too many pictures because I didn't want to pack around my camera. eating dinner at baja cantina

We went to see The Other Guys. It was pretty funny!! We had 11 people this year! This is everyone but Misty, Lindsay, and Tabitha. I didn't get any pictures of us all together.
misty brought her baby CiCi. She is adorable!! I am so glad that I was finally able to see her!We got the EXACT same condo that we had last year. It was really nice!

hot tub anyone???
hot tub gossip is the best!!! Me and Ashley stayed up ALL night talking the first night then we all stayed up till 3 am the 2nd night. I figured I went 43 hours without sleeping. I was a little tired when I got home!!Of course, we couldn't go to Park City without doing some shopping!!

When we got back to the condo we had to show everyone what we bought
these are most of my purchases for the day. I finished up the kids school shopping Yay!! oh, and I also got us all new shirts for our famly pictures and some big star jeans which I LOVE!!
While we were there Lindsay cut my hair and put in a few blonde extentions. I love it! Thanks Lindsay!! I am so lucky to have my friends! How many people do you know that are still close to their high school friends 10 years later??? We are pretty spread out as far as where we live now but we always try to get together a couple times per year. I can't wait till next time!!!

Panic!!

It all started a few weeks ago... My kids both learned how to ride their bikes without training wheels. They were so excited and ever since they have been spending hours every day on their bikes. I had decided that now that they are riding without training wheels, they need to wear a helmet. My plan was to add helmets to their christmas lists.... well, lets just say I will not be waiting for christmas. In fact, I ordered their helmets this morning. The panic began last night... It was starting to get dark and Mackenzie and Gavin had gone into my room to watch a movie. A little bit later, I hear a knock on the door- I open it up and there is a lady that I don't know standing there with Gavin. I don't even know what she looks like because all I could see was my son. He was covered in blood... his face, his shirt, and his pants were bright red. My first thought was that he had been hit by a car. I froze- I didn't know what to do. I wanted to rip off his clothes to see where all of the blood was coming from. Then I heard her say that he had crashed on his bike. I grabbed him and took him into the bathroom, layed him down, and Dallas and I started taking off his clothes to see where the blood had come from. Thank goodness it was just his nose!! He must have sat there with his nose bleeding for a few minutes before she came to help. I didn't even know he was outside playing!! I guess he went out and was riding bikes with our neighbor's kids. He slipped off the curb with his bike and face planted it into the road. One of the kids ran and got help. I wish I had taken a picture of him before we cleaned him up because it was quite a sight!! I wasn't thinking about that at the time though! After we got him cleaned up the damage didn't look too bad. He has a HUGE bump on his head- it doesn't look too big in the picture but it is! He also has a fat lip and a cut up chin - and his knuckles on one of his hands are pretty scraped up. we woke him up every 2 hours last night to make sure he didn't have a cuncussion. Thank goodness he is okay!! The panic I felt when I first opened that door, I don't ever want to feel again!!

and this is how Mackenzie looked yesterday morning when she woke up. They had slept out on the trampoline Friday night with Dallas. Saturday her eye looked a little swolen. I asked her if it was a mosquito bite and she said no- Avery had thrown a flashlight and hit her in the eye the night before. Well, Sunday morning her eye was so swolen she could hardly open it. It was so sad. She cried because she thought the kids at church would tease her so Dallas stayed home with her. I gave her some benadryl and an ice pack and by the time I got home from church, it looked much better!

A DAY AT THE CIRCUS!!
Saturday the traveling circus was in town so I took Mackenzie, Gavin, and Mackenzie's friend Kolby. The kids had fun. Me- not so much.. I feel bad for the poor animals!