Lagoon

I have been waiting and waiting and waiting for my Caleb Bo Baleb to be tall enough to ride some rides at Lagoon.  He BARELY passed this year.  We called in a babysitter for Luke and Lexi and headed to Lagoon!

 

Taylor & Rylee were just a couple of inches shorter than Caleb, so they had to have an adult with them for most rides.

This ride started out with smiles...Caleb & Taylor were in tears by the end of it.  Is it okay that I find it sad and a little bit funny?  Finding a smidge of humor in my kids sadness is being a bad mom.  Oopsie.  They just get so dramatic!  But I also know what it is like to be scared...so I sympathize, honestly - I do!

Caleb is just as content as can be in the little kid rides.  Nothing to crazy for this boy.  He did go on the Flying Aces and was screaming the whole time, "AHHHHH!!!  I'M GOING TO DYE TODAY!!"  But when it was over, he said he loved it.  It's a good thing he's still little so he can fit in the seats of these little kid rides!

I love that in this picture - my kids all of their hands up in the air.

I thought we could bust out Lagoon in a few hours.  Well...we were there for almost 7 & didn't even do everything that we wanted to do.  On our way out we ended with the merry-go-round and some cotton candy.  It was a fun day & the kids had a blast.

I got DRENCHED on rattlesnake rapids.  It was so cute...we were getting on the ride and Casey said, "Now you guys, watch out for rattlesnakes!"  Rylee replied in the cutest voice ever, "And the rabbits?!?!"  (rapids and rabbits sound so much the same!)

Happy Birthday!

At the end of July we all got together and celebrated my dad's birthday.  He's a pretty decent guy :)  I like him.  Here is a shot of most of the group getting ready to play a game.

I didn't manage to get a picture of the birthday boy wearing his gift - but the siblings all got together and got him this awesome t-shirt.

We had plenty of fun playing catch!  Eva was hilarious - she would put out her Velcro mitt and scream, "Catch it to me!"  It was adorable.  Rylee even got to play some catch with her favorite boy, Griffy Poo.

Jordon buddied up to Luke with the bubbles, Jackson ventured onto the grass for a bit, Taylor & RYlee loved their chocolate cake and ice cream, and Eva & Lexi managed to drench themselves.  It was a nice night!

A couple of weeks after my dad's birthday, Casey's dad turned 60!  It's weird how young 60 seems to me now.  When I was in my teens...60 was ancient.  We went in with Mona on a metal art sign for his birthday gift.  We thought that he would take it out to Dove Creek...but I guess he loves it so much he is hanging it in their basement.  Mona got a piñata...look at little Lexi's face in that top picture.  She cracks me up.

My kids were excited to beat the unicorn to smithereens.  Wonder if they will need therapy one day.

Caleb managed to decapitate the creature.  He was mad that the whole thing didn't explode out with candy...but he got over it.

Mona made Brad a cobbler for his birthday treat.  Luke's face in this picture makes me happy.  That little boy loves to eat.

Happiest of birthdays to a couple of really great guys!