Day 6

Day 6 we headed to Farmington, UT to go to Lagoon! If Disney Land is the happiest place on earth, is Lagoon the happiest place in Utah? Could be...

Ben has never been to Lagoon and I haven't been since my senior year of high school, so we were very excited to go, especially to be taking our kids.

Here is the whole crew in the Lagoon parking lot, minus my dad who is taking the picture.

And the first thing we do when we get inside is.... sit down! We were waiting for everyone to get through the gates and make a game plan.

We started the day off by doing all the kiddie rides.

We were kind of nervous about taking the babies- we didn't know if it was worth it to pay for tickets for them because we didn't know if there was enough rides they go could on to make it worth it. But there was lots of kiddie rides and so many other rides that they could go on with adults. I am so glad we took them.

But it was kind of weird putting my little one year olds on a ride all by them self... they seem way too young. Leah was all smiles until the boats started moving and to keep with true Leah fashion, she started to cry. But once she realized that it was fun, she calmed down. Lexi was the exact opposite- she calmly steered her side of the boat and acted like she rode rides at Lagoon every day.

Chloe was a trooper to ride some kiddie rides with the babies. This shot captures Leah and Lexi's personalities perfectly- Leah all tears, Lexi all smiles. Leah really did enjoy herself the whole day, but she does not adapt well to new environments. This was definitely new to her and crying is how she deals with the anxiety of new situations and activities. But when she warmed up to everything, she was actually much more excited and in to the rides then Lexi was.

And here is my man- what guy he was this day. Although he'd never been to Lagoon before, he was always the one to volunteer to stay off rides and watch kids, or ride as many kiddie rides with the little ones as they wanted. Everyone was very concerned that Ben wasn't having fun or that he was not riding enough rides, but he told me that he's to the point in his life where he'd rather watch his kids have fun then do things for himself. He wanted this to be a fun experience for the kids and he was going to do all he could to make that happen. Our kids had a blast and that made his day as fun as it could be. It really was so fun to see our kids have so much fun.

My favorite Lagoon ride, Rattle Snake Rapids, was closed that day (darn!) but my next favorite ride- The Log Ride- was open and we all rode that about 5 times in a row.

It was an exhausting day, though. Poor Carter just needed a nap, and his mom told me he never falls asleep like this.

He was such an amazing little guy all week. His parents couldn't come on any of our day trips due to his newborn brother just getting home from the hospital, but they let us take Carter with us every day and we are so glad. He is so much fun and hilarious. We loved having him with us every day and for missing so many naps and having no parents around, he was exceptionally well behaved and so much fun.

Me and Mitch, riding over Lagoon

Chloe, Grandma and Paige

Mitch was exhausted too, but waited to crash until just before we were leaving the park for the day around 8 pm.

We stopped for a late dinner in Layton at Chilis, at Carter's request. He has severe food allergies and this is one of the few restaurants where he knows he can safely eat something on the kids menu.

We didn't get back to Logan until 11:30 p.m. What a long but fun day!