Lagoon with Cousins July 2015

This was our second time going to Lagoon with the kids.  This time we went by ourselves for most of the day.  My sister Stephanie and her family joined us later.

Little Peter Pie was too small to go on most of the big rides but that didn't stop us from trying to sneak him on.  We would wait in line and I was trying to teach him how to stand as tall as he possibly could.  Try rising up on his tippy toes just enough that it looks like he still had his feet on the ground. He didn't quite master that skill.  So we did the next best thing and tried to rush past the person measuring.  We succeeded on some of the rides but not all.  He was very disappointed about that.  Peter really wanted to ride the Colossus.  I knew he was just too short but we waited until the person checking heights took a break.  We quickly ran past and got on the ride.  Peter loved it, he wasn't scared at all. Once we got off he asked to do it again.  We rounded the corner to get back in line but no luck, the checker was back at his post.

We all had a great time.  I even tried the Cannibal.  Talk about an intense ride.  To begin they put you in a cart that just has a lap belt, then the cart goes in this tower and takes you up a dark elevator of sorts.  The whole time going up the elevator I kept saying "oh geeze, oh my, oh my, oh geeze"  I was very nervous.  Once you reach the top this large garage type door opens and you see nothing but sky.  The track is nowhere to be found.  It gives you a couple of seconds to let this all sink in and then it drops you straight down in a concave curve.  I am not gonna lie.  I was screaming, and not like a little girl but like a grown woman who was plummeting to her death.  Oh my it was intense.  The ride proceeds to do some loops and turns then on the back side of the tower we came up in it decides to turn us upside down slowly.  Remember we just have a lap bar holding us in.  Everyone and I mean everyone at the end of this ride are just in shock.  Grateful to be back in one piece.  Not once did I see a group return with smiles and cheers of joy.  That has gotta say something about the intensity of the ride.  I am glad I did it but I don't think it will be a regular occurrence.

We opted to save some money and packed a picnic lunch which we ate in the car.  As we were sitting in the car with the AC on this Dragon fly kept coming on the antenna.  I don't know what was attracting it but I got a cool picture from it.

Lagoon with Cousins Sept 2014

Scott was able to get a deal to Lagoon with his dental association so we jumped at the opportunity.  We invited his sister and her family because they were going to be up here anyway. I haven't been to Lagoon in 14 years so this was a blast from the past.  It was fun seeing things that I remembered doing when I was younger.  Seeing games that  my dad would play brought back fond memories that I hoped to passed down to my children.

   We picked a school day to go.  My kids were so funny, they were mad at me for taking them out of school to go to Lagoon.  Who does that?  Once they were there they were happy about it but I got grumbles the whole way up there.  Bunch of weirdo's.  The day we decided to go could not have been better.  The crowd was almost zilch so we never waited in line longer than 5 minutes.  The weather was sunny but not hot so we didn't get heat stroke.  Basically we got to do every ride we wanted and were done by 3pm.  Its amazing how much you can get done when you don't have to wait in line.  We packed a lunch to help minimize the cost and that was a huge help.  Not to mention perfect timing because  Brennen split his pants and needed a change.  Luckily we brought our swimsuits just in case we wanted to go to the water park.  So he spent the rest of the day in his suit.  

It was nice taking it easy.  Usually we all get overloaded at a place like this, but the lack of crowds and the pleasant day eased all the tension.  The teenagers took off together to ride some big rides and just be "cool" teenagers, while the grown ups relaxed in the kiddie land.  Brennen was hilarious, he kept sneaking on this little bug ride similar to the Dumbo ride at Disneyland.  He must have ridden that thing 20 times.  I don't know what he found so great about it but he was having a great time.

We did lose William and Jarom for awhile.  They had a cell phone with them but apparently they didn't pay attention to it.  We called and texted about a dozen times trying to meet up with them.  Thankfully the park is not that big and we came across them right when we were ready to leave.  We actually left the park around 5 and my first thought was "are we leaving too early?", but the more I thought about it the more I realized we got an entire days worth of Lagoon fun done in just a couple of hours because we never had to wait in line.  I love it when we are lucky like that in picking the perfect time.  

this kid finds joy in so many things

one of my favorite rides

the end of a good day.