The Jones': July 2010

Lagoon

Yesterday we took our kids to Lagoon. Ryan has been beyond excited for the last 2 weeks! In fact the night before, he could not sleep. He finally went to bed around 10:30 because he was so excited. My sister works at Harmon's and they have such a fun employee Lagoon Day. They have wristbands for the family and you can get food for super cheap to free. We got hot dogs and hamburgers. But I think the kids favorite foods were Cheetos and cotton candy. It was Ellie's first experience with Cotton Candy and I thought we'd have to hose her down because she was so sticky!!
I didn't know if Ellie would be able to ride the kiddie rides. She is so crazy that I didn't know if she would sit still, or if she would even be big enough to go on them. Of course, Eric told me that she would be fine and he was right. She went on tons of rides with Ryan and loved every minute of it. There were some rides that she could have cared less about, but she didn't complain, she just was along for the ride (literally).

She was waving at everybody while they were on the boat ride.

Waiting to go on the tilt-a-whirl
The Cotton candy mustache!
Her first bite! Look at the big eyes!!
Look at the Cheetos face.After the ride, he LOVED it!

During the ride, he just laughed and laughed.
Before the ride...a little scared.

Ryan LOVED all of the rides he went on. If I had to pick some favorites, however, I think they would be the tilt-a-whirl, flying aces, helicopters, the ride with the guns (I don't remember the name), well pretty much everything else. He was sad that he couldn't go on Jet Star 2, but I think in a couple of years, he'll be going on everything.

Eric and I took the kids home so his parents could watch them while we went back and enjoyed some time on the "big kid" rides. Ryan was asleep before we got out of the parking lot at Lagoon. He was so sleepy. When we got home, I picked him up and said that Grandpa Jones was going to come play with him because Mommy and Daddy had to go somewhere. I was not about to tell him we were going back to Lagoon. Ryan tried to look at me, but his head was bobbing around because he was so sleepy and with his eyes shut he said (in a drunken tone), "Mom I want to go ride some more rides). We will be going back in the next couple of weeks, and I think in the next couple of years we will be getting season tickets. I was so excited to go take the kids to Lagoon, and I was not disappointed. It was a child's heaven!
So, Eric and I went back around 6:00 to ride some more rides. We went on everything we could as fast as we could. By the time we left I was ready to throw up. We literally had to stop at a gas station on the way home so I could get a drink (I was not going to pay $3 for a coke at Lagoon). And when we got home, I literally went straight to the bathroom. I didn't throw up but sure felt like it. It gets worse and worse after each child. I think next time I go to Lagoon, I will take the fast rides a couple at a time, doing them all together was so not a good idea for me. But it was so much fun spending time with Eric. He is so much fun and I LOVE him!!!

The boats

Ellie on the gun ride, she clearly has an older brother because she knew just what to do with the guns!

Taylorsville Dayzz

My kids crack me up! We went to Taylorsville Dayzz (yes that is how you spell it), a couple of weeks ago and our kids just loved it! Ellie especially loves the fireworks, and Ryan loves playing frisbee and football in the park. On a side note, Ryan loved playing frisbee so much that he got hit a couple of times in the face, one of those times giving him a bloody nose. After we got him all cleaned up, he wanted to keep playing frisbee. We suggested throwing around the football.
Ellie just kept wandering around. She especially liked a little sink hole in the ground. She would walk, always in that direction, and everytime she got near the hole, she walked right into and fell on in. We just laughed and laughed, especially since she kept going to that area and falling. No, she did not get hurt, she just got right back up and did it again.

We bought Ryan a light up sword, and he thought that he was a jedi. It was hilarious to watch him, try and get everybody with his sword. Just look at his stance, and he learned it all on his own. I am so proud!

The 4th of July

I have decided that maybe I should try to catch up on some of the things that we have been doing the last several months. The fourth of July is one of my all time favorite holidays! I love the patriotism shown by so many, I love the BBQ's, spending time with family, the parade, the fireworks, I love it all ! This year was so much fun. My family went to the Murray fun days parade. We have been doing this for years and years! This year was a little different, because Eric and I were the only other ones, beside those living at my parents house, that were able to make it. We still had lots of fun, Ryan and Ellie got way more candy than they know what to do with (it is still in the trunk of the car).

I was also able to run the 5k before the parade began. Since, I just ran the Wasatch Back, I was in condition to run it. My goal was to finish in no more than 33 minutes (keeping a 10 minute pace), well I finished in just over 30 minutes which is really good for me. So, pat on my back!!

Here are some fun pics from the day!